Red to Green: Patterns in Nature, Line and Wire

By Sheila Ceccarelli

This, my second session at Red2Green, was initially about using drawing to explore designs and patterns in nature, followed by a making session using wire to extend ideas into 3D.

Photo taking by a student at Red2Green whilst looking for designs and patterns in nature
Photo taking by a student at Red2Green whilst looking for designs and patterns in nature prior to this workshop

 

Working with wire at Red2Green
Working with wire at Red2Green

 

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Aspire to Create: Inspired by Nature & Empowered by Creativity – Red to Green

One: Casting

Exploring mark making into wet clay, mould making, mixing and pouring plaster

Exploring mark making into wet clay, mould making, mixing and pouring plaster

Two: Patterns in Nature, Line and Wire

Using drawing to look at designs and patterns in nature to inspire the creation of wire sculpture

Using drawing to look at designs and patterns in nature to inspire the creation of wire sculpture

Three: Taking Rubbings and Making Compositions

Recording the surrounding world by taking rubbings

Recording the surrounding world by taking rubbings

Four: Block Printing

Learners are introduced to block printing

Learners are introduced to block printing

Five: Monoprinting

Exploring texture, pattern and mark making through monoprinting

Exploring texture, pattern and mark making through monoprinting

Six: Steps to Observational Drawing

Four steps to enabling observational drawing

Four steps to enabling observational drawing

Seven: Making Sculpture

Learners explore sculptural principles of form, space and balance

Learners explore sculptural principles of form, space and balance

Eight: Wax Resist and Scraffito

Introducing colour with wax resist and scraffito techniques

Introducing colour with wax resist and scraffito techniques


Red to Green: Casting


Animal Sculpture and Collage with Students at Philip Southcote School, Surrey


Making Sensory Drawings by Gillian Adair McFarland

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