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FALLING, FLOATING, FLYING the Nest
Camp Bestival 2019 Gorilla Circus Flying Trapeze School
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DRAWING ME AND MAYBE YOU
Proportions of the Face and Eye, c. 1489 by Leonardo Da Vinci Week 6 FLASH ART CAMP April 20-24, 2020 We’ve been spending a lot of time —six weeks now — sheltering alone with the people in our homes. Seems like a good week to take a close look. How do we really look? How are our eyes shaped, where do they sit on our head, and what about the complicated build of our nose and the way our lips sit, one on top of the other…? And what happens to our faces when we’re mad? Or happy? Or sad? We’ll be drawing all week and at the same time…
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Making the Pictures in your Head
Week 4 FLASH ART CAMP April 6-10 & 15-17, 2020 In the process of creating an illustration, artists think about (and often research) the settings, the characters and the history behind the story. To this point, we will consider a series of questions about the country Ghana where our particular story, LAZY ANANSI, originated before we begin our own illustrations. The conversation will include a discussion about how folk art, like folk stories, are created from things at hand, springing directly from the lives people live. That Anansi the spider/demi-god/trickster originated in a culture that is known for its exceptional woven cloth speaks of the close ties between art and…