5.6.1.
Rather than putting loads of pictures on here of masks from around the world, I thought I would just show some from St Lucia and one rather topical one. The rest can go straight in the file.
Quick sketches of some of the rest of them
5.6.2.
I chose two very different masks to draw. With the Maori one I drew half and folded it to copy the second half. The African one is drawn in fine black pen.
Section of both and the African one in different colours. It is interesting how the red/blue one looks completely different as the red is more dominant and changes the pattern.
and other variations, done with stencils, sponged, painted etc. I used acrylic first on the first one with gouache over the top
This time I chose to make my file out of something different. First idea, I had a very large paper sack that had had bird food in it. I cut up apart, separated the three layers and then decided it was just too big and wrinkly! Next attempt was to use some old manilla files that were going to be thrown away. The old sizes are quite large enough to be turned up at the bottom for a pocket and still take A4 and smaller sheets, stencils, sketches and so on. The outside is masks on painted paper and it is strung together with gold paper raffia, which seemed appropriate.
It is certainly a very sturdy file and will last for a long time.
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