Art is the best medicine (official)

Any of you who saw Grayson Perry's Art club last night on Channel 4 can't have failed to see the joy that people have in creating art - from the embroidered duster to the portrait plate drawn by Grayson of his wife Phillipa Perry. 

The link below is from an exhibition last year where famous comedians exhibited their work ,Joe Lycett comments 

“Comedians have that spirit of ‘give it a go’ - do a new material night, try it out and see what happens,” says Lycett. “We're maybe more used to failing in front of lots of people. Failure is kept in the dark for a lot of other creatives - who only put out their best stuff, whereas comedians have to try and fail all the time, in order to see what works.”

https://inews.co.uk/culture/arts/art-is-the-best-medicine-fiumano-clase-harry-hill-interview-josie-long-comedians-exhibition-1326301

Jim Moir's Batman (Vic Reeves) 

Picmonkey

If you are missing Photoshop , try PicMonkey - which works well on phones as well as PCs etc. It uses a lot of the same features as Photoshop such as layers, dodge, burn etc. Worth a go.

https://www.picmonkey.com/home/signup

It's WORLD BOOK DAY !

Book covers are amazing pieces of design - they have to communicate the story (without giving away too much), hold a title, the author, the publisher ...it's a lot to communicate in a small space.
Have a look at this clip where a book designer explains how he works through the process.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/ztv6yrd

Then maybe have a look at this :

https://www.penguin.co.uk/company/work-with-us/student-design-award/student-design-award.html


which features award winner Lucie Williams who studied A'level Graphic design at ASFC a few years ago. (we're very proud !)

Finally, watch this where the presenter takes an image right through to Book cover design
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zxfmsbk

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Creativity is NOT cancelled !

Hey this is nice ! 

Welcome to the ‘Art is where the home is’ activity pack! On the following pages lots of artists have designed lots of fun activities for you to make and do at home. You can choose to do one or two of them, or all of them. You can do them on your own or with other people, morning, noon or night. We are adding more artists’ designs every week. To find out when these are being shared, sign up to the Firstsite mailing list on our website www.firstsite.uk/newsletter When you have made your artworks, we’d love to see them. Share your creations by posting on your chosen social media channels, and don’t forget to tag us! Facebook @firstsite Twitter @firstsite Instagram @firstsitecolchester

Artists such as Jeremy Deller  Ryan Gander  Antony Gormley Idris Khan Michael Landy  Annie Morris  Harold Offeh   susan pui san lok    Bob and Roberta Smith  Mark Titchner   Mark Wallinger  &  Gillian Wearing have contributed. 

ARTISTS PACK LINK HERE

Part 4 of Pete Mckee's cartoon workshop

Pete McKee Cartoon workshop part 4
Do have a go! Some good tips on here .