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I am a Teacher of Art currently living in Hong Kong. I have spent the last 5 years living and teaching in Bangkok, Thailand. This blog is to document my own work, what my students get up to and the art I see around Hong Kong, Thailand… and beyond!
FINGERPRINT PAINTING
YEAR 7 - In Year 7 we are currently studying the topic of ‘Portraiture’ - after our highly detailed tonal pencil portraits, we thought it would be a good idea to loosen up and start exploring other ways to create tone and apply these to portraiture. Inspired by Artist Chuck Close, students tried fingerprint painting - just like you would do as a toddler - but using black ink and a lot more control. At first, the students struggled with this, their drawing tools were suddenly so much bigger and it was harder to produce detail. But after lots of practice, I think they did a great job of showing their understanding of tone and how to build it up using layers of ink!
