The Ten Minute Session: Draw This

 

Description

Follow these instructions to create your own work of art.

 

Task one

Instructions

1.     On a piece of paper draw a large circle

2.     Inside the circle draw, towards the bottom of the circle draw a semi-circle

3.     In the top left quarter of the circle draw a smaller circle

4.     In the top right quarter of the circle draw an identical circle to the one you just draw

5.     Outside od the circle draw a straight line going from the edge of the circle to the edge of you page, every 1cm

 

Task Two

Write your own set of instructions for others to follow, post them below. 

The Ten Minute Session: Instructional Art

Description

Instructional Art is created by the artist, formed by their ideas and concepts but is carried out exclusively by spectators.

Due to the instructions being followed by several different spectators it is unlikely that any of the results will be identical due to the individual’s interpretation of the instructions or any mistakes made.

Instructional Art is considered incomplete until the spectator has followed the instructions set out by the artist. This allows for the artist to create distance between themselves and the finished piece.

Some artists use of Instructional Art relies on the curators or galleries rather than spectators, with the artist leaving sets of instructions on how to install their work.

Instructional art can produce many outcomes such as drawings, objects and actions.

 

Task One

1 - Set yourself up with a piece of paper in the portrait position and a pen

 

2 - Starting from the top right-hand corner of the paper one cm in from the top and side of the paper draw a semi-circle with the outside of the semi-circle facing the left-hand side of the paper and finishing in the middle of the paper

 

3 - From the last point you made draw a second semi-circle with the outside of the semi-circle facing the right-hand side of the paper finishing at the bottom left hand corner one cm in from the bottom and side of the paper

Task Two

1 - Set yourself up with t a piece of paper in the portrait position and a pen

 

2 - Starting at the top left-hand corner one cm in from the top and side of the paper draw a vertical line downwards towards the bottom left hand corner one cm in from the bottom and side of the paper

 

3 - Starting at the top right-hand corner one cm in from the top and side of the paper draw a downward, vertical line to the bottom right hand corner one cm in from the bottom and side of the paper

 

4 – Starting at the top of the line on the right-hand side draw a diagonal line finishing in the centre of the paper

 

5 – Starting at the top point of the line on the left-hand side draw a diagonal line finishing in the centre of the paper

Task Three

1 - Set yourself up with a piece of paper in the portrait position and a pen

 

2 - Starting at the top left-hand corner one cm in from the top and side of the paper draw a horizontal line to the top right-hand corner one cm in from the top and side of the paper

 

3 - Starting at the bottom left hand corner one cm in from the top and side of the paper draw a horizontal line to the bottom right hand corner one cm in from the bottom and side of the paper

 

4 - Starting from the middle of the bottom line draw a vertical line finishing in the middle of the top line

Task Four

1 - Set yourself up with a piece of paper in the portrait position and a pen

 

2 - Starting at the top left-hand corner one cm in from the top and side of the paper draw a vertical line downwards the bottom left hand corner one cm in from the bottom and side of the paper

 

3 - Starting at the bottom of this line draw a horizontal line towards the right and side finishing one cm from the bottom and side of the paper

Task Five

1 - Set yourself up with a piece of paper in the portrait position and a pen

 

2 - Starting at the top left-hand corner one cm in from the top and side of the paper draw a downward, vertical line to the bottom left hand corner one cm in from the bottom and side of the paper

 

3 - Starting from the top of the line draw a horizontal line towards the right-hand side of the paper stopping one cm in from the side of the paper

 

4 - Starting from the middle of the first line draw a horizontal line towards the right-hand side of the paper stopping one cm in from the side of the paper

 

5 - Starting from the bottom of the first line draw a horizontal line towards the right-hand side of the paper stopping one cm in from the side of the paper

The Ten Minute Session: Paku-Paku (Secret Teller)

Instructions

 

Take a square piece of paper

Make the first fold

Make the second fold

Turn the paper over

Fold each corner into the centre of the page

Turn the paper over and fold each corner into the centre of the page

Fold in half

Place your thumps and first fingers into the four flaps created

 

Add your chosen text to each section

 

The Ten Minute Session: Doodles

Description

A doodle is an unfocused drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be abstract shapes.

Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be composed of random and abstract lines, generally without ever lifting the drawing device from the paper, in which case it is usually called a "scribble".

 

Instruction

For the following tasks:

-        You may choose the size of your doodle

-        You may choose what you doodle in

 

Task

You have ten minutes to doodle these five items:

1.     A vase of flowers

2.     A house

3.     A cupcake

4.     A group of people

5.     A fish on a bike

The Ten Minute Session: Continuous Line Drawing

Description

Unbroken line (do NOT lift the pencil off the page)

Lines may double up

 

Instructions

1.     Pick an object that you have to hand; a cup, your phone

2.     Set yourself up with some paper and a pen or pencil

3.     Look at your object carefully, decide where you are going to start your drawing from

4.     Put your pen on the paper – and do not remove it – and follow the shape of your chosen object. You can cross over lines and retrace areas if you need to get your pen to a different spot

Task One

Complete a 30 second continuous line drawing

Task Two

Complete a 2-minute continuous line drawing

The Ten Minute Session: Automatic Writing

Description

Automatic writing is a Surrealist technique which allows you to free your mind and create free flowing texts. The technique is said to help you access your unconscious mind.

The results of automatic writing are often nonsensical and sometimes illegible.

The instructions below have been adapted from those written by Andre Breton, a Surrealist Artist.

Instructions

 

1)    Set yourself up with paper and a pen

 

2)    Put yourself in a passive state

 

3)    Forget your genius and talents – and everyone else’s

 

4)    Write quickly without a pre-set subject

 

5)    Do not read over what you have written

 

 

 

The Ten Minute Session: Drawing Circles

Description

This activity is designed to help you become one with your pencil. Complete the tasks below in order.

 

Instructions

•        Do not use a compass

•        Try to use your whole arm and not just your wrist

•        Hold the pencil lightly but move quickly and freely

 

Task One

1. Draw 20 circles

 

Task Two

 

1. Draw 5 semi-circles

 

Task Three

 

1. Draw 1 large circle
2. Fill the large circle with lots of little circles

 

The Ten Minute Session: Emotional Mark Making

Description

Explore different emotions with just a line. This is a great activity to help you explore how to make the most out of your mark making.

 

 

Instructions

1.     Think about how lines suggest ideas, emotions, and movement.

 

Task One

Draw the following lines;

A quiet line

An angry line

A dancing line

A gentle line

A cold line

A calm line

A screeching line

 

Task Two

1. Can you think of any other kinds of lines might you draw?
2. Draw these too