Visual Conversations TM

 To view this year's documented visual conversations, please visit my blog: http://letmyinspirationflow.blogspot.com   thanks, Jeremy Smith

As an art educator at Maranacook Community High School,
I often have the luck and opportunity to share with
my students some of the interesting real world techniques
of my contemporaries.

Jennifer Wadsworth and Marni Lawson, two gifted artists
and innovative educators, have shared with me the Visual
Conversations (tm) process.

Learn more about the evolution of the technique at:
www.gulfislandart.com and www.marnilawsonwatercolors.com

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What is Visual Conversations TM ?

These works are about getting the artist to interact with the medium in a way that expresses his/her own
understanding of the source work. In this process, the work chosen is responded to visually and serves to clarify each artist's own unique understanding.

The process each student used to gather a sense of the work was interactive. First, pieces were placed upside
down for students to choose from randomly.

Work began without discussion to ensure for each participant's careful interpretation and personal
artistic expression.

Students were also reminded that there are no "right answers" in this type of process.

Responses from student artists in the following Visual Conversations (tm) method were created spontaneously
with inspiration, watercolor paints, and white sulphite drawing paper.