{"id":21457,"date":"2022-07-11T14:26:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T14:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/?p=21457"},"modified":"2022-07-11T14:26:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T14:26:37","slug":"cardboard-creations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2022\/07\/11\/cardboard-creations\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardboard Creations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today in the Studio Room we were perfecting our painting.<br \/>\nWe enjoy painting on a variety of resources on the floor, on the easel, on paper and on boxes etc, the floor is our canvas. Today we incorporated all of these and used cardboard to make our own DIY easel.<\/p>\n<p>First we used recycled boxes from our junk modelling area to create our easel and used tape to secure it to the floor. \u00a0We all love using the sellotape dispenser.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/93C13121-5A60-46FA-B3F5-3D309FB0DE59-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21458\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/93C13121-5A60-46FA-B3F5-3D309FB0DE59-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next we put on our painting aprons, selected a paint pot and brush and selected which paint we wanted to start with. We are very independent in our art area and can pour our own paints.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/D7EFE1C6-1C96-4FB6-90D3-46CDFC52D169-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21459\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/D7EFE1C6-1C96-4FB6-90D3-46CDFC52D169-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/56A3816C-BB1D-4B2F-8CFA-15F29D4634CA-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21462\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/56A3816C-BB1D-4B2F-8CFA-15F29D4634CA-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then it was time to start our painting masterclass. We each shared our ideas of what we were creating. We all shared and swapped the paints to ensure we had all the colours on the colour wheel to choose from.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/1F916A20-A667-41E7-9F19-F1CA233B4C48-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21460\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/1F916A20-A667-41E7-9F19-F1CA233B4C48-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/D2B16A00-A191-4F97-A3B8-F67AA210B8DC-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21461\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/D2B16A00-A191-4F97-A3B8-F67AA210B8DC-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We worked hard using our fine manipulative skills to control our paintbrush as it glided over our paper creating our works of art.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/546DE708-C919-48A7-BBB1-013D1AC53848-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21463\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/546DE708-C919-48A7-BBB1-013D1AC53848-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/FD85B71B-4A0B-423B-A80B-E10E9A2329DD-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21464\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/FD85B71B-4A0B-423B-A80B-E10E9A2329DD-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some us were feeling inspired to try using sponges to add texture to their paintings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/53EF4438-B28A-43AC-8C5F-7CEAA9A24059-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21465\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/53EF4438-B28A-43AC-8C5F-7CEAA9A24059-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/D359A8A0-06CB-468E-BA95-C1CF58639A01-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21466\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/D359A8A0-06CB-468E-BA95-C1CF58639A01-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What fun we had, inspiring our future artists. Maybe one day we will grow up and be like Picasso or Van Gogh with our paintings displayed in an art gallery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/50938D4A-B2BA-490B-B1E8-FCC26F1E1E26.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21468\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/07\/50938D4A-B2BA-490B-B1E8-FCC26F1E1E26-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in the Studio Room we were perfecting our painting. We enjoy painting on a variety of resources on the floor, on the easel, on paper and on boxes etc, the floor is our canvas. Today we incorporated all of these and used cardboard to make our own DIY easel. First we used recycled boxes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2022\/07\/11\/cardboard-creations\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cardboard Creations<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36351,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2508],"tags":[12480,447065,447064,447055,4608,16803,446858],"class_list":["post-21457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expressive-arts","tag-creating","tag-diy","tag-easel","tag-inspiration","tag-painting","tag-recycling","tag-studio"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21457"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21470,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21457\/revisions\/21470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}