Sunday 15 January 2012

Term 2 2010 - Start Block Week


Dan Wilkinson - Pathways to creativity

The class exercises are designed to help you focus your ideas on where you want to take your life and therefore your art, what is important to you what you can put aside to find  the space for your creativity.

Take the camera on early morning walks with the dogs. I can draw with pastel but not with paint why? 

‘Trust not to know’ Take risks, if you muck it up, go back and keep going.  Don’t care so much about what other people think but find something in each piece to be happy about and something to improve on. 

Not so much housework and TV and to organise things within the house to fit all the ‘stuff’ that art generates.  Love more, exercise more be more organised so things become effortless. Being more comfortable in my own skin. Keep in mind, I have to produce 12 major pieces to complete the course.

We had two successful artists come in to speak to us,
  • Lesley Ransom - sculpture  past student .
  • Sandy Rodgers – historical artist (social commentary of NZ history).


Wonderful encourager's, making a living doing what they love.



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