Nick Gentry - from idea to art | Art and Design - Making Art Work

Suitable for teaching 14-16s. Nick Gentry takes on the challenge of using some of the old floppy disks that he’s been sent to create a portrait. Subscribe for more Art and Design clips from BBC Teach on Thursdays when we have them in: http://bit.ly/BBCSubscribeTeach If you found this video helpful, give it a like. Share it with someone. Add the video to your own teaching playlists. Create an account, subscribe to the channel and create playlists for different age groups, sets and syllabuses. ===================== We join Nick Gentry is in his studio, where he is arranging some of the old floppy discs that he’s been sent into a composition. The tones of the floppy discs help to create the skin tones and the machine like qualities of his portraits. He glues the discs onto a board and paints a line drawing of the portrait with black paint then builds up the features. Once it reaches an almost finished stage, he throws white spirit onto it. This breaks up the paint surface and blends it, which softens the overall appearance. This clip is from Making Art Work, a BBC 2 Learning Zone compilation of short films following six UK-based leading artists as they create new artwork from scratch. They reveal where they find inspiration and give practical tips on using a variety of materials and techniques. Styles covered range from contemporary paintings and landscapes to quilling, sculpture and even portraits made from floppy discs. For more clips from Making Art Work: http://bit.ly/TeachMAW For our Art and Design playlist: http://bit.ly/TeachArtandDesign For Class Clips users, the original reference for the clip was p01z4hbm. ===================== Teaching Art and Design? Encourage students to have a go at trying out some of the techniques shown and experimenting with paint effects by combining with other media or painting on different surfaces. 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. ===================== For more clips from other subjects at the BBC Teach YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/bbcteach More from BBC Learning Zone: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone More resources from BBC Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education ===================== Subscribe to create your own customised playlists, and get notified about our latest clips. As we have them, new videos will be uploaded on the following days: Mondays: Biology, Computer Science, Music, Religious Studies Tuesdays: Drama and Performance, English Language, Maths, Physical Education Wednesdays: Languages, Media Studies, Modern Studies and PSHE, Physics Thursdays: Art and Design, Chemistry, Geography, History Fridays: Business Studies, Design and Technology, English Literature