...till the Fat Lady Sings.
Cathy, Debra, Yvonne, Cathy, Louise, and Susanna painted the fat lady in various poses.
I gave them no time to think, told them a little story, named poses, posed her as much a possible and it was just go,go go for a spontaneous painterly expression.They had to improvise a little as well. The Fat Lady is an old friend of mine from Cape Town and she usually stands in my sitting room. A quick shortcut to stylisation is to begin with a sculpture and paint it in such a way that you have made the artistic outcome your own. It also teaches you about the process of stylisation - exaggeration, adding pattern, avante garde colours etc.
And here is the outcome after dividing the A2 sheet and concertina-folding it.
This was a fun project and each person made up their own script to go with their books.
Susanna Evans was really dreading having to paint so quickly and under such pressure but she certainly created a charming little book!
I gave them no time to think, told them a little story, named poses, posed her as much a possible and it was just go,go go for a spontaneous painterly expression.They had to improvise a little as well. The Fat Lady is an old friend of mine from Cape Town and she usually stands in my sitting room. A quick shortcut to stylisation is to begin with a sculpture and paint it in such a way that you have made the artistic outcome your own. It also teaches you about the process of stylisation - exaggeration, adding pattern, avante garde colours etc.
And here is the outcome after dividing the A2 sheet and concertina-folding it.
This was a fun project and each person made up their own script to go with their books.
Debra Kaatz gave her fat lady rainbow wings.
