Today, we donned goggles and respirators and made our first proper attempt at aerosol art. What a blast!
I'd been shown how to do these canvasses by the graphic (and participatory) artist, Tommy Anderson ( www.baselineshift.co.uk ). And they're great fun to make.
First, you use masking tape to mark up a design on your canvas.
Then, put on your gas mask ...
And (preferably outdoors, and using a drop-cloth!) spray your first layer of colour:
Then remove your first layer of tape, mask up the canvasses again with a different design and spray on another colour. We found it fun to experiment with getting close to the canvas and then further away, thus changing the intensity of the paint. We also made thinner stripes with spaghetti and, another time we might try to add squares and circles to the mix.
We got as far as 3 layers and then the rain got us! Which, in itself was interesting because the raindrops added a nice extra texture to some of the finished pictures - I suppose it was a bit Jackson Pollock to let the elements make their own impact. So here are some of the finished items:-
Ooh, at the end of all that it felt a bit like we should have a Blue Peter Badge!
ooh, I do like that bottom one! Might have to give that a try, thanks for the idea :)
ReplyDeleteThey look even better if you build up more layers (we stopped at 3 due to the rain): sometimes you can get 3D effects; and if you swap nozzles, you can get graininess or splodginess or all manner of other non-technical terms for interesting effects!
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