Bad Hair Day

There is no specific artist to focus on with this session, but I hope that a simple starting point will lead to lots of exploration.

You can take this idea in many, many directions. First of all we need to decide if it's bad or "bad" in a Michael Jackson kinda way!

This is where the idea formed. Albert Einstein always seemed to have wonderfully 'wild' hair. Someone decided to combine that with mathematical and geometric patterns to give him a Bad Hair Day.

I liked that, so looked for other ideas... something pretty or whimsical,

or self expressive

Here's how to get started:

You will need
A sketchbook or paper
Scissors and glue
colouring pencils, felt tips, markers or drawing pens
and a face...
Use a photocopy or print of a photograph of yourself, if drawing a self portrait is daunting.
Alternatively use a picture from a magazine or newspaper. It could be someone famous or just a person with an interesting face or expression.
Trim all the real hair off the picture and glue the 'bald' head onto a corner of your page.
Then, give that person some 'bad' hair. Let your imagination run wild.

Extension ideas

Incorporate a dream into the hair
The lyrics from a song or words from a poem
Make the hair entirely from words
Make your hair 'all about me'
Try out some 'alternative' hairstyles or colours for yourself
Fill your hair with your heart's desires/ goals or plans


Here are some of my first experiments