Please choose ONE of the following themes and follow the task outlined in the workbook available below.

Theme 1: Surfaces and textures
These could be defined as the visual and the tactile quality of a surface; as the outermost layer; the exterior boundary; the face of something; the feel of something; the treatment of a surface (layering/collage) grids; the characteristics of ​surface and ​texture could be interwoven.

Suggested Processes / Techniques
We would like to challenge you to explore a broad range of media which might include:
Drawing: inventive mark-making with pen / graphite / ink
Rubbings: graphite / pastel
Collage: tear / rip / distress
Ink / Paint: drip / pour / dry-brush / scumbling
Mixed-media: construction / relief-collage / wire / fabric

Use this opportunity to try out new and inventive ways of capturing your theme; have some fun!

Theme 2: Voids and Spaces
These could be defined and explored as a gap, opening or ‘negative space’ within or between structures / objects / environments. Experiences, feelings and emotional voids could also be considered.

Suggested Processes / Techniques
We would like to challenge you to explore a broad range of media which might include:
Drawing: pen / graphite / ink / ruler, gridded paper
3D: Constructions made from paper / card / string / wire
Painting: light & shadow, depth, perspective

Use this opportunity to try out new and inventive ways of capturing your theme, and have some fun!