Mixed Media Cubist Masks

Materials:

Cardboard 

Boxcutter knife

PVA glue

Scissors

Oil Pastels

Chalk Pastels

Posca pens

Paintbrushes

For this class, I pre-cut the cardboard into random cubist-inspired face shapes, eyes, ear curves, triangles, circles, and squares. 

In the class we discussed Picasso's approach to depicting the face from different angles, and then had a go at arranging face details before gluing them in place with PVA and paintbrushes. As the glue dried, students added patches of colour on the face base and then on the facial features themselves, using oil/chalk pastels and Posca pens. 

The results are colourful and textured!

Autumn Art Wreaths

These beautiful decorations were made by children at my Autumn Art Wreaths class at Katoomba Library. Using a mixture of textured painted paper and construction paper in Autumnal colours, students created the perfect ornamental artwork for this time of the year. We used some different Autumn leaf templates I premade, to trace and cut out (however I encouraged students to make their own leaf shapes too). The white decorative markings were achieved using one of my favourite materials - Posca pens!