Sculptural Challenge No 1: Colourful Walls
A sculptural challenge encouraging the exploration of colour.
Artwork by Krijn de Koning
Questions for Children
How would it feel to be in the spaces Krijn creates?
How do you think he chooses the colour for each wall? How do you think the shape and size of the wall affects the colour too?
Find more of Krijn’s work here.
Sculptural Challenge!
Use Krijn’s work as your inspiration, think about how you might make a series of colourful walls. You won’t be building a life-size sculptural installation (not today anyway!) but instead you can either make a model or create a piece of 2d artwork which shares your vision. Remember, because you are not creating the artwork then you can really be imaginative and dream!
Here are some clues, but you may have your own ideas too:
Use your sketchbook to “collect” colours that you like. Find them in magazines by cutting swatches out, find them by mixing paints, find them by mixing other materials. Record them, test them, label them, make notes (what colours did you mix?), name them (the names you give them might help you to describe the affect they have on you).
Next think about what the “walls” would be like. What shape? What size? Would they enclose? Would they have holes? Would there be a roof? How do they connect? How would the person get in to the space? How would you want the person to feel? Again, use your sketchbook to plot and plan.
Think too about the location or context you would like your sculptural installation to be in. Would you like it to be in the Antarctic? The jungle? The high street? Again, use your sketchbook.
Think about how you would apply your colours to the walls? Would each wall be one colour? Would you introduce pattern? Images? Again, use your sketchbook.
Finally, either make a model using card, paint, fabric etc to share your vision, or make a 2d artwork.
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