Comedia dell'Arte

Wikipedia says: “Comedia dell’Arte (Italian: ”the comedy of art (of improvisation)”) is a form of improvisational theatre that began in Italy in the 15th century, maintained its popularity through the 16th century, and is still performed today. Performances were unscripted…and used few props”.

You could never accuse Attic of being a boring place to paint. Not in a million years...

Our troop of misfits are multi-talented……

We can salsa..

Striptease...

Mime?...

Sing...or whatever the hell that is...

Um...drinking! We're really good at that!

And Scottish dancing of course!

Express yourself…

Since Elsie’s return, the studio has returned to it’s usual self… and I finally got a day off! ;oP

I really only had one thing I had to mention in this post…I’m sure most of you are aware that Attic doesn’t only hold classes for a mature demographic but also for hoards of children – most of whom flood the studio every Saturday. A few of whom pop over after school.

Today, I was teaching one such (8 year old) rascal and made an off-hand comment about the faces he sometimes pulls, while he’s painting. After a beat, he replied quite calmly that he was an Expressionist.