Continuing the Art of Play
July 14, 2021
Artist: Kelly Knaga
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Artist:
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Kelly Knaga (she /her) is an artist, illustrator, and muralist living and working on a beautiful piece of land just outside of Chicago. She designs fun projects for her clients by day while renovating a house and building her dream vegetable garden with her partner and 2 beautiful kiddos on nights and weekends.
Knaga’s work is influenced by nature, including her childhood growing up on her grandparents’ farm and living on the west coast. Her works investigate flora, natural landscapes, and relationships by layering shape, image, color, and story. The use of color exploits historical and sometimes fictional references through anthropological studies, mapmaking, and storytelling.
Knaga is also a design educator and co-founder of Art and Action Community Lab. Knaga’s work can be found in private collections, galleries, public art spaces, magazines, department stores, and on physical and digital products.
Warm-up + Project:
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Warm-up | Part 1
We will begin with just plain fun, taking cues from Kelly Knaga's daily practice of making doodles. I think we have been down this road before!!
Grab paper, markers, paint pens, colored pencils, and begin anywhere on the page. Take your lines, colors, and shapes on a whimsical journey creating your own personal "JOY" map.
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Warm-up | Part 2
Please print a couple of black and white landscapes (link here) or use a copy of your own photo. You may also tear out a picture from a magazine to work with.
Alter your piece with line-making or a cut-out paper collage.
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[Optional] Project | Part 3
Use your own painted papers or preprinted collage paper. Notice the simple forms as Kelly creates these cut paper pieces.
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We will all do warm-ups #1 and #2.
Project #3 is an option for your finished project.
The project will be determined by your exploration of these ideas.
So much inspiration. ✨Let's have some summer fun!
Daily Practice
Sunshine Map No. 1
Drawing the noise
Sunshine Map No. 2
Sunshine Map No. 4
Altered Landscapes
Cut paper
Because. Joy.
Hello summer. I love you.
Waiting for those hot hot humid summer nights to return.
When the party’s over. Okay winter storm. Do your thing.
Sun soaked summer days of you and me.
Put it all on me. Let’s dance.
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