Circle Painting - what on earth is that? Was not sure either but I went for a workshop last friday that would teach us just that!
Warming-Up
Niep Nguyen was our teacher for the evening. There was around 20 of us at the workshop, all eager and excited. Patient and gentle, he started the session by helping us to wind down. We moved, exercised, danced and got to know each other through relaxing!
The Practice
To give us an idea of what Circle Painting was about, we form into teams of 4 and worked on a piece of A4 paper, using markers and coloured pens. The team starts to draw by having one person draw a dot in the middle of the paper. The members of the team then take turns to add on to the dot (you could only draw circles, spirals or dots, text and cliche images were a no no!). We had to work in silence and the only word we could say was "WOW!". After about 10 mins, we stop and it was really "WOW!", through teamwork, we had transformed that small A4 piece of paper into a piece of Art! Very beautiful, very bright.. Next, the A4 paper was moved amongst the team and we worked on another team's work. It was amazing, how we also tranformed the work of others!
The Real Thing : Working on the Art Canvas
We couldn't wait to start working on the real thing but first, we had to do the base painting. Easy : splash the canvas with one coat of quick-dry colour paint and in 10 mins, we were raring to go.... ! Open ceremony.. with a little dot and yes, we started... Needless to day, I had a lot of fun drawing lots of circles and spirals! Soon, all to fast, it was time to stop! The paintings that were born were absolutely beautiful, I think all of us could never believe we had produced those paintings!
My Thoughts
Even if you think you can't paint, you should try this! It IS amazing what a team of people could do with just circles, dots and spirals. The painting had a life and the energy it was delivering said "Teamwork" and "Connectivity".
Warming-Up
Niep Nguyen was our teacher for the evening. There was around 20 of us at the workshop, all eager and excited. Patient and gentle, he started the session by helping us to wind down. We moved, exercised, danced and got to know each other through relaxing!
The Practice
To give us an idea of what Circle Painting was about, we form into teams of 4 and worked on a piece of A4 paper, using markers and coloured pens. The team starts to draw by having one person draw a dot in the middle of the paper. The members of the team then take turns to add on to the dot (you could only draw circles, spirals or dots, text and cliche images were a no no!). We had to work in silence and the only word we could say was "WOW!". After about 10 mins, we stop and it was really "WOW!", through teamwork, we had transformed that small A4 piece of paper into a piece of Art! Very beautiful, very bright.. Next, the A4 paper was moved amongst the team and we worked on another team's work. It was amazing, how we also tranformed the work of others!
The Real Thing : Working on the Art Canvas
We couldn't wait to start working on the real thing but first, we had to do the base painting. Easy : splash the canvas with one coat of quick-dry colour paint and in 10 mins, we were raring to go.... ! Open ceremony.. with a little dot and yes, we started... Needless to day, I had a lot of fun drawing lots of circles and spirals! Soon, all to fast, it was time to stop! The paintings that were born were absolutely beautiful, I think all of us could never believe we had produced those paintings!
My Thoughts
Even if you think you can't paint, you should try this! It IS amazing what a team of people could do with just circles, dots and spirals. The painting had a life and the energy it was delivering said "Teamwork" and "Connectivity".
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