We had a good turn out for the meeting in December despite holidays and some fresh snow on the ground.
For Joltz this month Cath brought along paper with a few blobs of water colour paint on it. The idea was to turn this into faces. Just a few lines with your pen. The results were varied and amusing.
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| Joltz faces |
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More faces. |
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| Judith has done all of her tea bags for the group. Her motif is tree. She decided on a word play, can you guess all of them? Hint - the middle one is Chemistry.  Catherine gave a very interesting presentation on the Native and Celtic Art styles. We had difficulty coming up with an accurate definition of this style of art. Native art is characterized by thick lines of colour in bold shapes that evoke an image. The style is representational rather than realistic and two-dimensional. Formline is a term sometimes used to describe Northwest Coastal design. The stylistic elements can be u-shaped, ovoids and s-shapes. The patterns depicted are usually animals, nature, and legendary creatures such as thunderbirds.     Celtic art is often extremely stylized. Energetic circular forms and spirals are characteristic. Typically Celtic art is ornamental, avoiding straight lines and only occasionally using symmetry. Celtic art has used a variety of styles and shown influences from other cultures in their knot work, spirals, key patterns and lettering. There is a sense of balance in the layout and development of patterns, the filled areas and spaces form a harmonious whole.   Stensils use similar lines, again representational not realistic. |
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| Stensil |
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| Stensil art |
These art styles are often found in modern tattoo designs.
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| Celtic inspired tattoo art |
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| Celtic inspired tattoo art |
