A 'brush' of artists from
art4place facilitated a community art event on behalf of the Sunshine Coast Sister Cities Association as part of the Festuri multicultural festival (8-9 October). This is reported on more fully in
the art4place post on the event.
Whilst the event and the community effort of the artists was impressive, what struck me on the day was the colour and children's connection with and use of colour.
Bright banners
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| Barry Smith © Detail Festuri banner |
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| Barry Smith © Detail Festuri banner |
Brightly painted ceramic dragons
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| Barry Smith © Red hot dragon with yellow eyes |
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| Barry Smith © Patchwork dragons |
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| Barry Smith © Beautiful blue dragon with green eyes |
Bright decorations on the big dragon
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| Barry Smith © Masterpieces on the dragon 1 |
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| Barry Smith © Masterpieces on the dragon 2 |
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| Barry Smith © Masterpieces on the dragon 3 |
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| Barry Smith © Masterpieces on the dragon 4 |
Colours in the painting pallets
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| Barry Smith © A pallet for a dragon |
From the children's point of view the brighter the better. Makes me pause and think about the subdued pallet I am attracted to and use. Was there a time I thought dragons could be pink, and blue, and green and yellow?
Most photos are courtesy of Fiona.
those colors are amazing, really looove them!
ReplyDeleteSaw the parade on Sunday and LOVED the dragon. Of course dragons can be rainbow-coloured but mine would be lime-green with lots of red and yellow flames.
ReplyDeletethey are fearless and full of enthusiasm!
ReplyDeletei love children's art! always have. so wonderful to see these.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Love such colorful pieces!
ReplyDeleteMy color palette is subdued also. Children are fearless!
ReplyDeleteThis does stop and make me think! Still trying to connect with the child inside of me . . before the conditioning . .
I remember loving bright colors when I was a kid too - bold and fearless! Why is it we go for a more subdued palette as we get older? It seems to parallel a move towards greater caution in all we do, as if being bold and bright and true to ourselves, however outrageous, were somehow undignified! Food for thought...thanks, B!
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