As soon as we see Julia we feel at home. It is such a great place to be. A welcoming hug, other artists there who are always a mix of interesting and friendly people and it just feels good. We go through our project ideas as Julia puts the kettle on and talks us through our PLAYDAY. She has assembled a huge array of materials for us to explore with. Chalks, pastels (oil and chalk), charcoal, powder paint, glue, tissue paper, watercolours and crayons. The idea today is to get rid of thoughts and constraints and play with different media and see what happens. I vow to ignore the judging thoughts and just be a child again.
What great fun and surprising results. We spent the morning playing with wet on wet, using oil based material then spreading water products on top to see the effect of them not mixing. Lots of differing effects and lots of learning. Antonio Banderos has never seen himself in so many different ways! The morning disappeared in a blink as it always does at Arthouse with Julia.
After lunch at Bar Balesta it was back to attempt more measured versions of pictures we had created in the morning. Again great learning as I discover you can't correct watercolour in the same way you can oils. Also how difficult it is to get the different media to stay in the places you want them to be. Thoughts keep rushing to the fore 'let me back to the comfort of oils...please please'. As Julia sees me struggling with my media my final task today is to break my pictures down in light, dark and mid tone shapes. This is preparation for some collage work tomorrow.
Exhausted but fully energised from the experience today. A wonderful way to spend a day and it did actually feel like being a child again.
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