May the 12th, 2012th.
Categories: artwork, general-stuff
Tags: Dragon and His Princess, Big Book Draw, Maidenhead, Art on the Street, Book Draw, Promethean
Date: 11 May 2012 09:26:03
Oh it's been a year...
The next stop on my art journey is this Saturday at the Maidenhead Art on the Street event. The more I find out about it the more I'm excited to be a part of it and I've gone from being a very irregular visitor to come to being smitten with their art shop (an amazing place with four floors and an art room which makes my art classroom pale into dungeon like status. That said, it will not topple Guildford Art Centre from my affections as one of the nicest places on the planet, partially because I think Phillipa would kill me if I said anything even remotely close to that effect. It's a close race though...)
The Art on the Street event? Sounds brilliant. 120 pitches for artists to sell their wares, lots of information for new and growing artists, live music, treasure maps, all sorts. Fantastic stuff. You can read more about it here: http://www.maidenheadartmarket.org/
My involvement? Well, I've been drawing on a range of odd and unusual screens for a while, as readers of the blog will know, and one of my favourite screens is a Promethean IWB 500. Mutlitouch and a lovely canvas to use Art Rage software on. I'd already live drawn on a Promethean IWB at a trade show before and had video'd not only one of the images created (IWB art) but also the journey to the show (iPad art).
This time it's different! This time there's a plan :) (Last time I was told to show up and draw).
This time it's a book draw.
Yes, I know. One of them... And yes, it does sound counter-intuitive bearing in mind we'll be drawing on a large flat, matt canvas with digital paint.
The thing is, I know they work. I like the characters (The Dragon and His Princess). And to see kids come out of the session with a small book that they've made? Always very exciting. So I put my mind to how the Dragon and His Princess would interact with an IWB and, from then on in, the story pretty much wrote itself...
So... Here are some images that have been made during the planning process and, on Saturday... It'll all be very busy and lively and exciting I expect and a very exciting book will be finished. Me, I've only done a small part of it, there's much more to be made and that's not my job, me I'll just be there to hold the IWB pen and encourage others to do the cool stuff.... Videos and pictures of the day to follow, these are doodles from the week leading up to May the 12th, 2012th.
All images painted on Promethean IWB 500 using Art Rage software between teaching classes :) You can see a video of the making of two of the images above here: http://www.youtube.com/user/apaulio
Looking forward to it? Oh yes. That said I have to get a train there at 8 which means getting up at 6.30. On a night after youth group. And then wifeys out in the evening so I'm not even able to sleep then! (Then a Sunday group doing art and craft activities.... The fun never ends. Sunday afternoon will be sleep, sleep, sleep, as Damon Albarn once beautifully soundtracked)...
Big screen fun, small paper finale. Hope you can join me, say hi if you do.