Building The Art Garden
An easy to follow step by step instructional art workshop book about creating simple, harmonious, wabi sabi mandalas - playing with pattern and having a great time
through the book we are looking at basic elements and principles of design
also including the symmetry of patterning into butterflys, bees and moths, and reducing shapes in nature to easy markmaking
and discussing the history a little bit - but more about the here and now aspect of drawing mandalas and how it relaxes your body and mind
As I was creating the Modern Mandalas workbook - I developed this one as well
This is more about exploring basic markmaking shapes from all over the world
I am always hearing from people that they are struggling with what marks to use
- and in this booklet - we look at all the varieties and shapes from different cultures
and then it becomes a storage place for all your favourite marks that you can use as a resource
As I mentioned, I was writing a 'Mandala' workshop book - and this one has been born because IT IS REALLY INTERESTING
and in the workshop lives with a different country each week, we explore
indigenous patterns and marks from around the world
This is an A4 6 dot instructional paint card with real artisinal watercolour paint made by me
Not only is it a fabulous learning tool, its made with the highest quality paint that you can use
SO......Isaac Newton was WRONG - and we have spent our lives learning all this disinformation about the colour wheel
This colour wheel is the next level of information that we have learnt by the development of new technology
We will discuss what this means to our whole "complementary,split complimentary...ect" system - and its a great tool
to solidify the globally recognised names of colours
colour is so incredibly wonderful and complicated, and I have developed this paint card learning tool as the
next level of understanding in my own colour journey
we have been using it in the live workshops - its got great feedback - it is a real winner
and even if your not interested in the intellectual side of colour - its an awesome amount of gorgeous,
bright watercolour paint to use
Every Tuesday for 12 weeks I have spent the day livestreaming into the group, and going through the workshop book exercises with everyone
also each week of the livestreams into the group we have explored a different country
Eventually all of my courses are destined to become digital download online courses with professional edited videos -
and in the long term you will get those too
At the moment the course consists of a large body of information rich live streams
recorded into the facebook group -
And each chapter is being edited down into a shortened version
Once this is completed - Modern Mandalas will become a digital course - and the long slow paint with me livestreams will be housed in the Art Garden
So now is the time to join the course and get access to the hours and hours of filming
It helped me to loosen up and realise how pleasurable art was without the boundaries of expectation
Every mark is a surprise - and there is no pressure because its a background that you paint over - it is a wonderful feeling
As a controlled artist for over 30 years I felt a rush of the wonder I had experienced as a young artist just learning everything, it was so exciting
Since then I have been breaking more and more boundaries and have immersed myself into abstract art - I LOVE IT