One of our first sessions was looking at collage and pattern. The inspiration was a picture called Gustav the Giraffe by
Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson.
She is an American collage artist. Unlike most collage artists, who 'find' the paper for their work, she creates her own. She uses paint and printing to transform old text, music manuscript and textured paper. These are then layered onto a base painting.
You can see her work
here
We drew a giraffe and used coloured paper to make the blotches of the markings. We then added patterns onto each patch.
The more experienced artists drew the giraffes and using pens patterned the patches making them 'darker' in value near the bottom and paler near the head, like these.
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