Paint like a child....
Monday past, I spend a very productive day at The Learning Connexion (TLC) in Lower Hutt, Wellington. It was interesting to spend time in a classroom environment with my tutor (Gary Freemantle) and other on site students. Feedback and interaction is freely used in the class and have sparked a few ideas that will hopefully serve as inspiration for future works of art.
I started the day off with strong colours and large paint brushes trying to paint without thinking about what I am doing - just doing shapes, lines, patterns. Like a child would, without any inhibitions.
This proved to be more difficult than what I thought. It is amazing how a trained mind want to force you to behave in a certain way, i.e. I like to be in control of my paintbrush/paint. Painting like a child is not like that. Eventually I let go and at the end of the day I liked the outcome. I poured, splattered and rubbed the paint with my fingers. I definitely want to develop painting faces (abstract and otherwise) with dripping and running paint.
Below here are the work I did on this classroom day. It is in no particular order.
