Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Twisting Nature

Today I took a one day class from Anna Hergert.  Anna is this years teacher of the year recipient from CQA. She was teaching Twisting Nature, taking real nature images and designing abstract images from them. 

First we made a base unit. We chose a landscape photograph and placed a 3" square of tracing paper over it. We traced selected shapes and lines eliminating unnecessary smaller details. We made four copies of our base unit and rearranged them to make a pleasing design. Then we shaded in some areas to create depth. 

After lunch we designed in a similar way using circles and hexagons. This class really could have been called art through geometry. Wish I had been taught math through these hands-on styles when I was in school. Maybe I would have actually understood math better then!!













2 comments:

  1. Looks like a great class. I heard her speak at last year's Quilt Canada. It's amazing the way she sees art in everyday things. She must be a phenomenal teacher.

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  2. I enjoyed this class so much. Getting "out of the box" and seeing how the simple things can become so much more with a bit of geometry and twisting and flipping. This is a technique you can really have fun with. Great to meet you Krista. Boy, you're good - getting your blogs up so soon! Barb R.

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