Anna King:
I find inspiration from all sorts of places. Quite often, places that maybe other people would sort of walk past and never notice. The old joiners' sheds, I just spotted when I was driving past one day, and both of them have just got beautiful colours and sort of rust, you know, running down the tin.
The building's definitely changed since I was here last, and it's quite strange to come back because I have it pictured in my head at this particular moment in time, when I saw it and things have gone - there's glass that was lined up there that's gone, and the grass has changed as well. More paint's gone, but in essence, it's still the same building.
I just love the colours in here and all the wood panelling. You know, this paint's obviously been probably a really bright blue, and then the way it fades to that sort of subtle colour, and the contrast with the peeling and textures of the wood and things. I'm so excited about it. Those are the really sad things I get excited about!
I really wanted to do some interior paintings, and I just hadn't found the right place, and then as soon as I came in here, I knew that it would be really… A really inspiring place for me to paint.
I also really like buildings that have big windows like this, so although it's sort of derelict and a bit kind of grotty, you know, it's still got that sort of light flooding in, and it makes a really interesting space to paint.
As I don't often paint the same place more than once, these sheds here I've done five, six, seven paintings of, so they're quite a special place for me to come back to.
Video summary
Artist Anna King visits some old joiner’s sheds, which have inspired several of her paintings.
She explains how this unlikely location has inspired her work and why she finds it such a fascinating location to paint.
She walks through the empty rooms explaining how the buildings and landscape have changed through the passage of time.
She also identifies colours and textures of decay that would and have inspired her work.
Teacher Notes
This clip can be used to show how to record photographs outdoors as inspiration for developing a painting.
It also demonstrates techniques for painting and drawing landscapes.
These clips will be relevant for teaching Art and Design at GCSE/KS4 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National 4/5 or Higher in Scotland.
The topics discussed will support OCR, Edexcel, AQA, WJEC GCSE in England and Wales, CCEA GCSE in Northern Ireland and SQA National 4/5 and Higher in Scotland.
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