Tuesday, 5 December 2017

Autumn pop art

It's real winter outside, but now we want to remember such beautiful and golden season as autumn. Actually, the best time for this workshop is October or November, so next year don't forget to create this masterpiece. The artist Andy Warhol inspired the whole world by his pop art works, and we inspired the whole MDC Blok by our picture J

What do we need?
Fallen leaves of different forms from the trees: maples, oaks and others. It is better to pick whole, not damaged leaves;
Canvas of A2 A1 format;
Brushes and acrylic colors, pencil;
Narrow removable tape.

1)Divide your canvas into even equal parts (4, 6, 8…). Outline each of them with a pencil.

2)Cover every line with the tape. The tape will prevent the future picture from mixing of the colors.

3)Paint every square with one color. Colors should be different, for some inspiration, see Andy Warhol’s art of Marilyn Monroe.

4) Cover the back sides of the leaf with the color opposite to the square’s one. For example, the pair of colors could be: yellow and blue, green and red.

5)Put the colored leaf’s side to the surface of the canvas in the middle of the square and press. Put the leaf out. The colored trace of the leaf stays on canvas.

6) Place the leaves in every square. Remove the tape. Autumn pop art is ready!


Creative portraits in mixed technique

To make an amazing portrait of your friends and family or may be beloved yourself is not that difficult as you may imagine. You don’t even need to be an artist, all you need is a printer, a piece of paper and watercolors. In this post we are going to share how we did it during our workshop in MDC Blok!

1) Take a nice portrait picture or choose one. Change the colors into black and white in any program, save and print it on the paper of A4 format.
2) Precisely cut the face of the person out of the background paper.
3) Take a piece of paper that is bigger than the cut out portrait (it’s better to use one for watercolors or another paper with slightly rough surface. Define the space on paper where you want the photo to be and accurately outline it.

4) Put the portrait out, now is the time to work on the background. With a wet clean brush cover the surface with water. Try not to touch the outlined space for the face.
5) Pick your favorite colors and paint the background in free order, mixing them where possible. Don’t follow any strict rules, just use your imagination: paint colorful blurs or something concrete, it is up to you. Remember that after drying the brightness of the colors will be weaker, it will fade a bit – this is how watercolors usually work. So, put more colors in advance. To avoid an ocean on the paper, take extra water with crumpled piece of soft paper. It can make an extra pattern.

6) Let the paper dry and stick the face with a glue. Creative portrait is ready!
Look at our MDC gang! We are awesome, aren’t we?

Thursday, 30 March 2017

KAHOOT kviz

Kaj je Kahoot kviz ? Gre za preprosto in super učinkovito motivacijsko orodje za mlade. Uporabimo ga lahko kot popestritev prostočasovnih dejavnosti ali kot sredstvo za utrjevanje šolske snovi, povsem odvisno od področij, ki jih vključimo v vprašanja.

Tuesday, 14 March 2017

Stop motion movie! A horror story of a pie

Here we are again with stop motion scenes. This time we decided to cook in a creative way. We have impersonated vegetables and chose a genre - horror movie. The movie was shoot by little steps, around 200 pictures. To make stop motion movie more easier and fasten you can use windows movie maker: add all the pictures, change the time speed and put your wished soundtrack. Wuolia! Next time we are willing to film titanic scenes with brownies!
Enjoy!

Sewing pillows




Paper folding art - ORIGAMI

Origami is the art of  paper folding, which is often associated with Japanese culture. In modern usage, the word ''origami'' is used as an inclusive term for all folding practices, regardless of their culture of origin. The goal is to transform a flat sheet square of paper into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques. 
The samll number of basic origami folds can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. The best-known origami model is the Japanese paper crane.
And don't forget to put your origami in the jar :)


Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Box full of...


When st. Valentines day is around and you want to show your love and happiness to others - there is a great and simple way to do that. Create a box full of joy. Here we share some ideas of love boxes which you can easily make by yourself. Down below match box scheme. Wuolia :)

Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Save money challenge

Finančno opismenjevanje za mlade ? Seveda, zakaj pa ne bi začeli že zgodaj in se na ta način izognili kasnejšim neprijetnim situacijam. Ja, v mislih imam tiste situacije, ko sta bančnik na oknu vaše banke ali bankomat na njenem vhodu vaša glavna sovražnika. Iz tega razloga smo se odločili, da izvedemo delavnico na temo preprostega varčevanja, primernega tudi za mlajše. Delavnico smo združili z izdelovanjem kartonastih "šparovčkov", ki bodo še dodatno motivacijsko vplivali na sam izziv.

When books come alive


Make your library or room more cozy by simple way-black silhouette and Christmas lights (:


Magnets



Pirografija ali pisanje z ognjem. Hmmm, sliši se noro. Na žalost (ali pa na srečo ) je tak le prevod grške besedne zveze, iz katere izraz izhaja. V resnici pa ni čisto tako. Pirografija je postopek oz. umetnost vžiganja različnih motivov v les preko žareče žice. To nam omogoča naprava imenovana pirograf. Običajno na kos lesa predhodno zarišemo sliko s svinčnikom, nato pa le-to vžgemo. Če imaš dobro razvite slikarske sposobnosti in si vešč uporabe pirografa, pa lahko začnemo brez predhodnega skiciranjem. Na naši delavnici smo se odločili za izdelovanje lesenih magnetkov, s katerimi smo na novo okrasili naš hladilnik. Pri izbiri motivov smo se nekoliko omejili. Vse ideje so bile na nek način povezane s hrano. Postopek izdelave je mladim izredno zanimiv. Zelo dobrodošlo je, da imamo večje število pirografov, saj lahko med čakanjem na prosto napravo prihaja do upada motivacije in posledično drugačnih, neumetniških naravnanih idej. Kljub temu, da je postopek pirografije povsem varen, imamo vseeno opraviti z žarečo žico, torej je vseeno potrebna določena mera pozornosti.

Memes

Ob omembi besede meme se vam najbrž ne svita kaj dosti o tem, kaj bi to bilo. Če isto stvar poimenujem z besedno zvezo interaktivni grafit, se mogoče komu že malo posveti. Če pa vam rečem, da so to tiste slike, obogatene z napisi iz velikih belih črk, ki preplavljajo internet, pa je najbrž vsem jasno, o čem teče beseda. Beseda meme, s katero sem začel ta zapis izhaja iz stare grščine in pomeni nekaj, kar je oponašano oz. oponašanje. Izraz se prvič pojavi v knjigi The selfish gene avtorja Richarda Dawkinsa kot enota za prenos kulture med ljudmi. Danes ga lahko dojemamo kot kulturni fenomen, ki je tesno povezan z internetom oz. natančneje s socialnimi omrežji. Preko njih posameziki lahko širijo izbrano kulturno idejo, ki izhaja bodisi iz mode, tehnologije ali ideologije. V pop kulturi se pojavijo prvič v povezavi z nadaljevanko Ally Mcbeal. Če se poimenovanje sicer zdi nevsakdanje, pa to sigurno ne velja za njihovo izdelavo. Ta je povsem preprosta. Na internetu obstaja nešteto internetnih strani, ki nam omogočajo generiranje lastnih memov z le nekaj kliki. Eno izmed njih smo uprabili tudi mi za našo delavnico.

Wednesday, 4 January 2017

Wrap your present !


Make your present more special. We share some simple ideas how to wrap a Christmas present . With one color paper you can make a nice drawings or add some dried orange slices. 

Christmas in the jar!