a year 8 art class spent one afternoon taking photographs in the area around the school collecting images of familiar objects
they looked for colours, textures and strong organic and inorganic shapes
they spent two afternoons learning to use Paintshop Pro software to select and cut out parts of images and then combine them in layers
these processes were the foundation for the work with helen law
helen encouraged the students to experiment with using textiles in layers using translucent material and collage techniques to create colours and textures
a MSWord document which illustrates techniques for using layers in Paintshop Pro can be downloaded. There are two versions; one which uses screenshots with the text is approximately 9.3 MB, a second text only document is approximately 1MB.