Paint up a storm! Create a powerful thunderstorm roadscape with a bolt of lightning inspired by Walter de Maria who created The Lightning Field in 1977. Walter De Maria made viewer-interactive pieces that were inspired by the Dada art movement and explored three-dimensional land art movements with the concept of minimalism on a grand scale. The Lightning Field located in a remote desert in New Mexico opens each year from May through October and is meant to be walked in as well as viewed.
Create your own painting to capture a moment in a flash of time when lightning strikes. Using watercolours and oil pastel resists techniques students can follow the step-by-step instructions to learn about vanishing points and one-point perspective.
Inside this kit you will find enough supplies to do two paintings:
- 2 sheets of 22.9 x30.5 cm (9x12 in) watercolour paper (this paper is slightly smaller than the paper used in our regular classes in order to facilitate safe delivery).
- 6 oil pastels - rust red, orange-yellow, yellow, white, moss green, bright green
- 1 white chalk pastel
- Black watercolour
- Black acrylic paint
- Artist bio
- Step-by-step instructions