When was the last time you played? I can't remember the last time I felt like I was playing. But I did play last night at the mixed media art course I'm taking at the Rec center. We started off with a warm-up activity in which we were given a paper plate containing these small paper shapes: 4 tan squares, 1 red long rectangle, 1 green circle and 1 green/red semi-circle. We were asked to make a design on a mat board and then pass our design to the person next to us. Our partner then named it and told us what she liked about it. Variations of this activity went on for about ten minutes. It was such fun to design and then get feedback. After that, we played around with different colors of acrylic. Then we used gesso to cover mat board and imprint a variety of rough substances onto the boards.
The course continues tonight and for the next two nights. On Saturday, we'll work on our final project. I forgot how much fun it is to create with substances instead of just words.
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