| I don't think I will let Oscar see the blog this week, as his head may be so big when he sees the pictures that he has inspired that it might be a tight squeeze through the cat flap. It already makes me think of the illustration of Pooh stuck in Rabbit's burrow entrance when I see him easing himself out. (Drawing by E H Shepard) |  |
 | First we have Carolyn, who said she can't resist animals. I didn't think about it at first, but a with a dark-coloured cat like this it is a real challenge to get the character (let's face it, cats don't exactly give away much!), and I think this drawing really succeeds. |
| Avril decided to have a go at linocut for her interpretation. 'Only just finished, the first picture is yellow which highlighted the white bits, I should have done the whiskers at this point. The second colour was blue which when mixed with the yellow gave green, in between each colour you take out more Lino cuts. The third colour red was added so it appeared brown, and finally black which should be the shadow.' This took a lot of thinking about. The end result is not too good, but I learnt a lot, oh yes the other thing I should have reversed the image as it has come out back to front.' There was some discussion on Zoom about this process, which Jane said Picasso called 'suicide printing' (because the repeated reduction of the linocut means you can't go back on what you've done. Avril also said, 'Maybe next time it might be worth using tracing paper and laying the colours out to see how it will work out before printing it. ' |  |
Frances celebrated an end of quarantine (even more restrictive than lockdown!) by visiting Redgrave and Lopham Fen in late afternoon, and observing the murmurations. The outcomes, so far, are drypoint etchings and an acrylic, but she says she is going to paint a larger version over another painting she is dissatisfied with.
  | Sally P. drew Oscar in pastel using pastelmat paper, which she says she has been really enjoying as a combination. He looks very content. Sally T. set the boat from last week out to sea. It is quite a little boat (14ft) but it is a replica of the boats that used to take the post around the inland islands and sea lochs of western Scotland, so it would feel quite at home in the setting she envisaged. The capacity was intended to be able to accommodate a cow, if necessary! |
From Diana a trio of cats. First her own painting of Oscar from a photo she took last summer at my house. Second, her cat Lemmy painted about 20 years ago by her friend Sarah Pyefinch who died in 2007, she was for a short time a member of EAG and lived in Eye. Thirdly, she says, 'I always loved this painting of Angela's I took the photo at the Rickinghall exhibition earlier this year.'
 | Jane used some old sketches to create this linocut, which I thought had a very Japanese look to it. |
I followed last week's shoes with another pair, and I'm currently on a third, with another in mind. These boots are drawn in a mixture of sketching and colouring pencils. I also finished an oil painting based on the apples in a bowl from a few weeks ago, with a plan for using this image to make another.
Harriet's contributions start this week with her picture of Oscar, and the painting she has worked on for some time in oils, with rather lovely afternoon light in it from earlier in the year. It is also her turn to provide the pictures for next week's efforts.
Harriet has provided a broad spread of images for inspiration, from tackling the painting of light through the leaves in a forest, to the sparkle of a swimming pool, there should be something here that sends you on this week's journey! Larger files below as usual to download.
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A quick message for the Zoomers - hopefully the images above are clear enough. To go from the view where you only see the current speaker, click on the circled button on the left in the left hand picture. To see just the one speaker, when you see more people, click on the button circled in the right picture. Clear as mud. I hope it makes more sense than it does when I read it!
One final thing, sorry to be so long-winded this week! If you want to send pictures of your work, and are finding it difficult, try these ways. If you have an iPhone or iPad, in the image on the left, you can select the symbol circled below the photo, once you have done that you will see the screen on the right. Selecting the envelope will allow you to email the picture, once you have written in the email address.
On the right is an example (in this case a Samsung Galaxy tablet), showing the symbol to select to get to the second scree, which again shows the email symbol, allowing you to send the picture, having put in the email address.
On the right is an example (in this case a Samsung Galaxy tablet), showing the symbol to select to get to the second scree, which again shows the email symbol, allowing you to send the picture, having put in the email address.
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