1st December 2022 - with Josie and Ian

LATE ADDENDUM 5TH DECEMBER 2022

Many apologies to Diana, whose pictures from Thursday somehow were omitted from the Blog - my fault entirely.  Here they are.  And also a reminder to let Lesley know if you have a 'turn' you want to share at the Christmas party on 15th December.

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A double act today!  We had a large and very diverse still life, with plenty of texture, colour and shape to wrestle with, and also Ian as model for the portraitists.

First, Carolyn has sent a drawing of her ornamental crab apple tree, which is still a lovely splash of colour in the garden. She added the following greeting -

'I won't be coming to the Bowls Club again till next year.
So Happy Christmas and New Year to all!'

If you also have a greeting for the members, send it to Noreen next week.

Here are the portraits drawn this morning - Ian, using palette knife (following themed morning some weeks ago), two from Elizabeth, Jane (struggling with likeness, she says), two from Sally P (who also found it hard to get a likeness [which I think is definitely there in the first picture - H], but is pleased with the legs in the second), and two from Jackie.

And now for the still lifes (still lives?), first June (great choice of paper colour), Sally T (an experiment in ink and wash) and then mine (Hannah - not yet finished).

Frances is away in Brittany this week, but has sent these two, a sketch she did at Redgrave and Lopham Fen last week and some experimental tiny stamps she is in the process of making. Tempted by the small circular pieces in Jarrolds!

Sally L was doing her own thing this week, working on the lemons from last week. 'I have been having fun trying alternative backgrounds for the lemons that I painted last week using the pen tool on the photo editing screen.
So this is my mock-up background (first picture).
And this is my attempt at interpreting it, not yet finished (second).'

Harriet has sent in her work from this morning and a painting from Wales earlier this week. She enjoyed using the coloured background for the toy construction vehicle.

Don't forget the Christmas party, coming up in two weeks.  If you have worked on the Chairman's project of '40', you should have it ready for then.  There is a list that will be available again next week to tick, to say you are coming, and what food you want to bring.  If you want to do a 'turn' of some kind (recite a poem, do a reading, play an instrument) to entertain the party, please let Lesley know by then, so we have some idea of timing. 

Noreen will be blogging next week, so send her your photos in good time.