Smile

 

 

from 

   the Nomadhouse  

 

 

 

 

smile  is a workshop where young people, from 10 to 16 years old

. think about the way to exchange information , to communicate with somebody else thanks to the smile

. and then create some art works [drawings - photos – paintings – mix media] from different kinds of smiles

Indeed, in a globalization world more and more connected , more and more depending on the technology way of expression [ internet - TV – cell phones ], I feel very important to maintain and even redevelop communication with proximity of human behavior, such as the smile

Happiness, complicity, contempt, love, hope, tenderness, encouragement, disapproval, acceptance , sadness and more feelings may be expressed by smiles, and the students will valorize these different smiles by their art works [ photo-drawing-paining-mix media].

 

 

A MOSAIC OF COLORFUL FACES SMILING

. 2 cameras will be offered to the group

. Each student will choose another student in the group and will take a picture of him smiling.

. A photo of each student smiling will be color printed, and once all the photos are printed, they will be organized such as a big mosaic on a wood support.

 

A MOSAIC IN BLACK AND WHITE WITH COLORED SMILES

. The same photos will be printed a second time, but in black and white.

. Then each student will take one of these black and white photos, and redefine a new smile on the photo, with bright markers

. Then will be created a new big mosaic with the black/white/bright markers photos

 

A MOSAIC OF SMILES ON A CANVAS

. Each student of the group will receive a canvas, acrylic paintings, charcoal pencils, and bright color markers

. Each student will interpret and paint the face smiling of one member of the group

. Then a third mosaic is created

 

A MOSAIC OF MIX MEDIA SMILES ON CANVAS

. Each student of the group will have to think personally about different media he could use to work the smile on a canvas [ it may be pieces of fabric, plastic, wood, painting, spices, grains etc…]

 

The four steps of creation of the mosaics will help the young students to be aware of the importance of the smile as a positive way of expression and communication thanks to art, and to get an approach of photo, painting, drawing , using mix media and composition technics

It’s a way of learning how to work all together, and how to share personal ideas and behavior in common project.

...”youth is energy , smile is hope”…