Heather Hansen Kintetic Art Activity

Hello, my most amazing art students!
How are you today?

Heather Hansen is a contemporary, meaning she is alive now, artist and dancer. She applies movement to large scale drawings in charcoal. Her drawings are KINETIC because they use movement to create them. Her drawings use line which is an important element of art. They are also symmetrical (the same on both sides) because what she draws on one side she also draws on the other side.
 
Heather Hansen uses her whole body to create symmetrical marks on her canvas. Her arms move from the center outward in big swooping circles and repeated outflowing lines. When she repeats these lines over and over again the lines she makes become darker and bolder. They become a darker VALUE than the rest of the lines. Her work in non-representational or ABSTRACT, meaning it does not look like anything in real or in particular.

Watch this short video on how Heather Hansen creates her artwork.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmxDbBNnBrg&list=RD_Spo2lE1pNY&index=6

Follow this YouTube link to a video of Jonah and I practicing our kinetic art skills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LqpCGsHlOU

Now for the fun part
You will need:

a piece of paper
something to draw with for each hand (crayon, pencil, marker)
some tape or something to hold the paper in place

Place your paper in front of you and secure it to the table.
Place a drawing implement in each hand and begin to make marks just like you saw Heather do in the video.
Be careful to use both hands to make marks on both sides of your paper so the drawing is SYMMETRICAL

Take it to the next level!
Make a COLLABORATIVE (working with others) drawing
Grab a partner and sit across from them, facing them.
You each will have a paper in front of you and drawing implements in each hand.
Decide who will be the leader.
When the leader starts to draw make sure that the follower copies or mimics the marks on their paper that the leader is making on their own paper.


You can switch colors and layer them on top of one another.
You can also switch who is the leader and who is the follower.

Once you are happy with the lines and values you've created email me a picture or upload it to Instagram and tag
new_mexico_art_teacher


Have fun creating!