20 sept

What we were making/doing:

Today we were looking at some art pieces by Simon Patterson when he uses his fascination with lists, information and data to create maps based on the london underground map design. We were talking about using mind mapping to create art and thinking about how to organise information in our own visual way. After we had done some mind map drawings we all collaborated on a large scale piece using tape (like Jim Lambie who covers entire gallery floors in coloured stripes made of tape) and creating 'stops' where we then drew or wrote in

Artists we were looking at:

Simon Patterson

Jim Lambie

What we learnt:

We learnt that putting information and words together can start to create something we treat as art. We learnt that to collaborate we have to all be discussing what each other is doing without leaving any part out. We all collaborated really well together! We were learning how to use tape to make art just like Jim Lambie does and how to use the medium of a 'map' to describe a journey or development of ideas

13 sept

What we were making/doing:

Drawing! In school we don't get a chance to really learn about the skill of drawing properly or worse still told that we can't draw. We were focussing on confidence in mark making and the art of looking and describing what we can see using drawing. At art club we believe in empowering young kids with real education taught at art schools which will give them a head start to understanding visual art. We did excersises such as quick drawing, drawing without looking, drawing without taking the pencil off the page and more!

Artists we were looking at:
Michael Borremans
Marc Brandenburg
Kim Hiorthoy

What we learnt:

Through trying out lots of different drawing activities we learnt that everyone can draw! We learnt about perspective, capturing an image quickly, looking, size and scale, how to isolate and negative space. We learnt that drawing is not just about getting a pencil and copying something, it's a way of thinking about the world around us in a visual manner. It can improve our ability to balance images, create other artworks and designs