First lesson with the masks of feelings and everybody were thrilled to learn and know some interesting things about masks.
Mr. Jim, showed us masks and explained different techniques from:
Ancient Greece: Tragedy and Comedy masks, where feelings were solid and absolute
African masks: How masks worked for spiritual purposes
The first mask ever found (neolithic age):
Chinese masks : the purpose of intense colour
Japanese (Kabuki) masks:
Then we saw how masks are working in comics and bands:
The Residents: A band that its members have never showed to the public their faces... |
Comic (and movie) hero: Vendetta |
Phantom of the Opera |
Then we learned how to draw feelings on a mask and we learned everything about a colour wheel:
and these are the first samples of our masks: