What we have been up to in Artclub

Over the last four weeks we have been busy in Artclub making the pages of our scrapbooks.
We have used different techniques to create exciting backgrounds which we can later personalise with our own photos or memorabilia.

For our first page we created a sepia effect with tea and coffee. The leaves were rubbed in and coffee sprinkled to make dense areas of brown.

We also started to design our own frames for our photos.

We then tried out an exciting technique which produces a really colourful pattern using oil, paint and water.

Next, brightly coloured tissue paper was laid on to white paper and lots of water was brushed over it.

The designs looked fabulous at this point, but they needed to dry.

When they had dried the tissue easily came away leaving an unexpected but exciting result, which we will reveal when the books are complete.

Another experimental technique we used was to paint dyes on to paper and saturate it.  Plastic wrap was then laid over it and as it covered the paper the wrap was manipulated to crease.  These were then left to dry and we have some exciting patterns as a result. (Again to be revealed when the books are complete.)

The Thursday before half term was spent cutting our papers to size, laminating our front covers and assembling our photos. They are looking great so far!