Visual Art • Target: 45 mins
Build it on the canvas
You can make a piece by responding to what's already there, with no plan to chase.
Steps to follow:
- Choose three colors and one mood word.
- Make a first mark without planning it.
- From then on, respond only to the last mark you made.
- Every ten minutes, stand back for one minute or take a photo and look at it.
- If you catch yourself steering toward a finished result, ask instead what the piece needs right now.
- Stop when you'd rather keep going than finish. Photograph it.
Making by response rather than by plan is something CJ Stewart's book on aphantasia and creativity talks about a lot.
