People Play Inspired Rubbings and Stencils
Activity created by artist Sarah O’Boyle
About the artist
Sarah O’Boyle graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a degree in Woven Textiles in 1998. After spending 15 years working in education she is now a Halifax based freelance Artist Educator/Textile Designer. She has a passion for drawing and uses natural and synthetic fibres to create 3 dimensional woven structures
with inspiration coming from nature and scientific imagery. She has delivered
workshops at The Piece Hall, Square Chapel, The Artworks and Calderdale Royal Hospital, is employed as a workshop leader for Calderdale Libraries, Museums and Arts and as tutor for the WEA. Her educational work offers creative inspiration to children, families and adults of all ages and backgrounds, with a special interest in Art for Health and Wellbeing.
Materials required:
Cardboard (have a nosy in your dry recyclables!)
Scissors
Permanent Markers/pen
Paper
Crayons
Draw and cut out some Alice Irwin inspired shapes on cardboard.
Place your cardboard shapes behind a piece of paper.
To make a rubbing, use pastel, charcoal or crayons and rub these all over your paper.
Watch your shapes appear!
Can you make your picture into a story?
What is happening in your picture?
Why not have a go at using colour?
More fun with stencils!
Spray paint over the top of your stencils
Use your shapes and figures to tell stories
Draw or paint a background and add your figures and shapes
Can you make patterns with your shapes?
Why not have a go a mono printing (link to Sue Wright’s activity)
Can you make different layers with your shapes?
Rotate your page for different rubbings, so some of your shapes are upside down and on their side!