Class 1. Shannon had us do/use various haptics (a new word for me) and mark makings for a few prompts and then at one point we all worked simultaneously on one huge piece of paper (Rives BFK I think). First, make marks; second, use blacks or dark colors; finally, look at the negative spaces and do something. We used watercolor, ink, gesso, oil pastels, markers, acrylic, watercolor, ArtGraf chunks, masks and stamps etc.
We will be working on this for the next two sessions. I'm so curious to see what this will turn out to be.
Class 2. We did some more group work, this time we all made our mark on one piece of paper and passed it around the tables and the each next person had to react to that with their own marks. Then working more on something with more creative prompts. We also watched John Cage's video of how his paintings made with giant brooms and ink were made and now he made his smoked straw paintings. The point of all this is to go beyond the traditional tools and medias and experiment (that's why it's called experimental drawing) and explore. Some things I like and some things I don't but what I do like is that there is endless layering and nothing is so bad it can't be layered over a few more times.
Class 3. I forgot to take an early photo of this one. I'm pretty sure it will change some more.
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