First, a quick request for those who have work for the blog next week. Please could you try to get it to me by Tuesday, so I can compile the page before I lose the internet in the moving process. Noreen will then make the page 'live' on Thursday.
Second, The Zoom meetings have been very enjoyable, but we have been wondering whether some of you haven't been joining us because you find the timing awkward. The proposal is that we change it to 2pm on a Thursday, giving you time to get some art done in the morning, have a leisurely lunch, and then join us! Please let Sally P. know what you think of this suggestion.
Here is your inspiration for the week, courtesy of Avril, who says;
1. I thought the shape would be good for abstracts and challenging pencil work.
2. The woodturning shapes have lovely grain.
3. This one is interesting as the reflection from the window was quite a surprise
So we have Avril as well as a figure model in this last one.
[I do think we are getting great contrast in these inspirational photos, from week to week! Bigger versions of these images available to download below.
Second, The Zoom meetings have been very enjoyable, but we have been wondering whether some of you haven't been joining us because you find the timing awkward. The proposal is that we change it to 2pm on a Thursday, giving you time to get some art done in the morning, have a leisurely lunch, and then join us! Please let Sally P. know what you think of this suggestion.
Here is your inspiration for the week, courtesy of Avril, who says;
1. I thought the shape would be good for abstracts and challenging pencil work.
2. The woodturning shapes have lovely grain.
3. This one is interesting as the reflection from the window was quite a surprise
So we have Avril as well as a figure model in this last one.
[I do think we are getting great contrast in these inspirational photos, from week to week! Bigger versions of these images available to download below.
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That icy puddle from last week was a great catalyst for some fantastic work this week.
Here is the first group, from Frances.
1. Acrylic and charcoal
2 . Yupo Plastic paper, Art Graf and ink.
3. Watercolour and wax crayons.
Here is the first group, from Frances.
1. Acrylic and charcoal
2 . Yupo Plastic paper, Art Graf and ink.
3. Watercolour and wax crayons.
Diana got inspired, too. She asked me to thank you all for having a go at her photos, and said,
'This time I started with Sally’s icy puddle . Quink splodge underneath then did oil pastel ,old gelli print for collage and magazine collage.'
'This time I started with Sally’s icy puddle . Quink splodge underneath then did oil pastel ,old gelli print for collage and magazine collage.'
And then Sally L. produced both a 'puddle detail' and a 'frosty track'.
Sally P's used pen and ink/ watercolour for a portrait of Ginger Rogers, one of her Chickens.
Then she decided to look at an old photo of a Petri dish sample and used Gelli print collage to produce a picture. These three work really well together as a group. And there is more than an echo again of the icy puddle...
Then she decided to look at an old photo of a Petri dish sample and used Gelli print collage to produce a picture. These three work really well together as a group. And there is more than an echo again of the icy puddle...
 | Noreen used acrylic for this painting from Sally L's frosty field, and has captured the light on the front of the image particularly well, although she said she wasn't entirely satisfied with the sky. |
Avril went with a combination of the hat from last week, posed in her drawing on a ceramic head she made earlier, and two very different self-portraits - one in oil and acrylic and the other a lino print.
Jane has given us a linoprint of snowdrops and a pen and ink drawing of a tree in Mellis, that has been an ongoing picture that she has kept returning to.
Harriet has been experimenting. 'I used a book with instructions for the first two, I was trying to improve /explore different techniques. The first one, the path by the sea was done using a palette knife, which is something I don't usually do. The second picture, the tulips, the instructions were much harder to follow, so I ended up doing my own thing using the picture as a guide. The third picture, frost, is my attempt from the blog images.'
 | Maggie-Anne Says, 'Self portrait - in progress - Despite dissatisfaction I have sent this anyway aware that watercolour does not behave as I had hoped on multi media paper. Too pink and shadows too dark. So, back to the drawing board where I will try other media.' Someone said on Zoom that it was more that she is not smiling in the portrait, and we rarely see her without a smile! |
| Finally me, and yes it is me. I am aware looking at it this size that my chin is too big and the middle of my face probably doesn't quite work, and the photo was taken some time ago, when my hair was much shorter, so I will carry on trying to better it. Just a reminder at the bottom here to get your work to me by Tuesday for next week's blog. See you soon, keep safe, and this week - keep warm! |  |
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