The Art of capturing the everyday object, create a small a series of ink
paintings inspired by Carolyn Menzies exhibition Of Slender Means. Carolyn’s sculptures and charcoal drawings embrace and
explore the use of the domestic everyday objects. Find some objects in your Home and use these as paint brushes to make marks, exploring
movement, texture, volume and materiality.
Pull apart your chosen materials if you can. For example if you have are going to use steel wool, wool mesh or string
Create different shapes, or patterns with your materials. For example you could plait some string to get various textures or create mini paint brushes, or circles .
Dip you materials into the ink or chosen paint and start playing around on your paper, painting patterns or creating lose strokes on your paper.
If you are using the steel wool as one of your materials, you can build volume and texture on your paper by dusting of the pink surface on the wool steal while the ink or paint you are using is still drying.
Be as carefree and playful as you like and feel free to share you creations with us.
Share it with us! Upload a photo of your artwork below and we will share your creations on this page
Activity and photographs by Hana Vasak.
