Art in Practice: Process Art Patterns

Splatter paintings, paint splodges, marbling and making art with a salad spinner!

My approach to creativity is all about exploration, playfulness and learning through the process of making art. It’s not about being perfect or even the end result at times. For me, it’s about the journey. Thank you for joining me as we embrace the mess and explore together.

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Welcome to Creative Spaces,

Every fortnight, for paid subscribers, I will share an article where I delve into an art practice or artists work offering multiple project ideas or techniques for you to experiment with. These project ideas stem from tried and tested art activities that I have conducted in workshops I facilitate. I aim to share my experiences with you, the successes and the failures, in the hope that they inspire a little creativity in your home or community spaces. Most of the projects can be adapted to suit all ages, including adults, creativity isn’t just for the kids!

In the workshops I host, and here in these articles, my aim is not for you to produce cookie cutter replicas of an artwork or idea. The projects I share are very open-ended. They are designed as a starting point. Through the process of making art, each artist will explore their own creative ideas and create their own unique interpretation of the initial project idea.

Today we are exploring the topic of PATTERN and MARK MAKING in a really playful way. Our focus is on the process of making patterns rather than the outcome. (Although the outcome is really cool too!) We will be splashing paint, marbling with shaving foam and making art with a salad spinner.

The examples of artworks I’m sharing here were created at ART CLUB, the weekly home education art class I facilitate.