update 13th november 2020
| A Late update from Freda, who joined us briefly on Zoom this week, but had trouble hearing us. This was the picture she showed us. This rather wonderful collage is her interpretation of the Chairman's Project, set at Christmas 2019, 'The Pleasures of Life.' I think we will all look forward to the time when we can get together and show our various views of this subject - something Sally P. couldn't have known when she set it, would have a much larger resonance with us all this year! |  |
 | And Sally L. found that when she took her photo of her unfinished work yesterday, intending to send it, she could immediately see what she had to do to finish it. She now feels that this is complete - another take on the road landscape from last week. |
Firstly, an update from the committee about our winter exhibition, to take place at the Bank in December. Of course this was planned before the world turned upside down. We have reluctantly decided that we cannot go through with it this year, partly because of all the difficulties of getting pictures to the Bank for hanging with lockdown in the way, and because the time that will be left for the exhibition to be seen before the Bank closes for Christmas was too limited to warrant the amount of work involved. Rest assured, there will be exhibitions next year! Once we are all vaccinated...
Noreen has got a new iPad to play with, that came with an Apple Pencil, and so in addition to producing the beautiful pencil drawing on the left from Sally's photo last week, she has also used these new tools to draw the picture on the right directly on the iPad. This is such an interesting start and I look forward to seeing the finished image.
 Spurred on by Sally's boots, I decided to draw a pair of my own shoes. I chose a pair I have had for over 30 years, and don't wear very much now. They look much shinier in this scanned version of the drawing - not sure why! I think shoes acquire character from the feet that wear them, so I'm not sure what these say about me. I am going to have a go at drawing some basketball boots next - they'll say something else altogether! | Carolyn has stepped out of her comfort zone and sent me this drawing of Sally P's husband Mick, from the photo last week. I think there is definitely a likeness there, so keep practicing portraits, Carolyn!  |
Frances took inspiration from the landscape photo last week and made these three. First two acrylic and Art Graf. The last based on Sally’s photo. Acrylic, charcoal, pen and Art Graf.
 | Lesley says,' I’ve been working in the garden this week so not much time for being creative, unless you count moving trellis and paths and cutting back over enthusiastic rambling roses.... So all I have done is add some sheep and posts and worked on the rock outcrops in last week’s landscape.' She says she still has work to do on the rocks to make them more separate from one another. Coming along nicely, though! |
A trio of lanes from Diana. Sally's, on the left and two from Thornham Parva.
Sally T. also took the inspiration of the photo of SallyP's boots, and applied it to a pair of her own shoes, drawn with pencil and pen and ink.
 | Jane sparked a discussion when she spoke about her drawing this morning on Zoom. Her experience was how different it was to work just from a photo, with no means of walking round the subject or looking at exactly how one plane joins another, or what is around the side beyond your view. She also felt that the resultant drawing lacked something of the life of the subject. The artists who compete on Portrait Artist of the Year (currently on Sky Arts and available to watch on Freeview, but you may have to rescan to find it) often use an iPad. They photograph the subject from different aspects, and use the image on their iPad as an aid to painting from life. The consensus was that it is easier to work from a photo if you know the subject, than if you don't. |
Avril says. 'Felt a bit restless today, so I did small artworks. The top one in the first image is brush pen, and intense pencils. The one underneath pastel.
I also used a long stick and attached brush pens, then water, it was definitely loose, not so sure it worked but it is good to try.'
I also used a long stick and attached brush pens, then water, it was definitely loose, not so sure it worked but it is good to try.'
Jackie's sketch of a lane in Scole, painted in the car, with the glorious colours of autumn leaves. And then, something completely different and wonderful. 'My other project that I have worked on now and then. He just needs some whiskers now and I have asked a neighbour to groom her horses and send some to me. It makes a refreshing change to work on 3 dimensional figures.' Fantastic!
From Harriet, 'Here are two images that I have been working on this week, one is a sketch from Sally's lane photo and the other is an oil painting that I am working on, which I started in the summer, in situ, and now am developing further.'
Finally Sally P's own take on the subject she gave us last week.
'Three pics, half hour sketch of boots with watercolour wash, hour drawing of Mick in pencil and a pastel picture of Mick that I still need to work on. Not sure who the model is!'
'Three pics, half hour sketch of boots with watercolour wash, hour drawing of Mick in pencil and a pastel picture of Mick that I still need to work on. Not sure who the model is!'
Now something to think about for next week... Files below to download. Not quite such wonderful quality as last week, I'm afraid!
Stay well everyone.
Stay well everyone.
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