22nd October 2020

23rd october 2020

Additions from Sally T. and Harriet, who both had 'technical difficulties' of one sort or another yesterday...
First Sally - with a good likeness, and a 'harvest' sketch...

And then Harriet, with another sketch of the dog in the sea, and some dahlias.

This week I thought I would post the subjects to use during this coming week (should you choose to) first.   These have come from Avril, as part of a rota set up during our Zoom meeting last week, rather along the lines of the usual winter programme rota.  If anyone would like to volunteer some similar subjects, get in touch and I will assign a week to you.  Avril has given us landscapes with interesting light and shadows, and a still life that is quite challenging.  If you want to use these ideas with your own objects, feel free, and again, if you want to send in something else altogether, please do.

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Avril's offering this week.
'This week I tried a different tactic, not so sure it worked well.  I traced Sally’s photo and then used pen and ink over the traced image.
'I think you tend to concentrate on the lines more than the feel and flow etc. which makes the final thing a bit tight.'
An interesting effect though, and one that could be useful for complex still life with lots of objects in relationship to one another.

Carolyn went out for lunch last week, which prompted her to send me a still life photo entitled 'What's for Lunch?', which is available for you to use like the pictures above, if you wish.  Having had your lunch, you might find yourself in search of  'A Quiet Corner', the drawing below.
She also said, 'Last night I had a dream where I was trying to find a subject for the blog among others (were they our group!?) and eventually did a long distant view from the sky!'

From Frances, 'First oak leaves using Art Graf. Second using oil pastels. Third sketch a complete mess trying out aquarelle pencils with oil pastel and Art Graf. It was relatively dramatic until I decided to add the blue and white!!!'

Here is Sally L's finished painting from last week, 'Picking Dandelions'.  I do like the solidity of the figure, and the brightness of her top.  Sally says, 'Opera Pink strikes again!'

Next Maggie-Anne, who says,
'Had to be big juicy acrylics.  For a number of weeks these big plump rose hips have grabbed my attention on my dog walks. They are from a bush at the gateway to the Bowls club, and as I walk by I always miss our meetings and look forward to being able to meet there again soon.'  I am sure we all echo this wish!  and don't those rosehips look edible? (In the painting I mean)

Diana's title for this painting is
'Thank you Sally P.', and the whole table makes its own colourful still life statement.  She has also sent me some photos of Eye for everyone to use, but I think I will keep them for another week when I have a dearth of material for you all. (Hope that's OK, Diana...)

Sally T.  'I came across an artist Adebanji Alade on the Jacksons web site who are doing a series entitled 'In the Studio' Top Ten drawing articles . I have only read this one so far and it made an impression on me. He has written a book called Addictive An Artist Sketch book. My drawings are an attempt to follow his approach - early days!'
I looked his name up on Google and a YouTube video of this artist is about the loudest thing I've come across n the web!

Sally P. has sent in her drawings of this Egyptian granite head.  Very hard to capture the light and shade of an object like this.
She also sent this amusing newspaper article.  Coincidentally, I saw the same story in another paper, with a different illustration, so I thought I would add it.  I don't think either journalist understood the charm of these drawings, even if they are a bit batty!

A Les Bragg modernist landscape
sent by Sally P.

Lesley spotted her pink plant pot in one of last week's still life photos, and found this painting of violas that included the same pot.

I haven't had much time this week, but further work on the apple drawing from last time.  I scanned the colour drawing and then cropped it, to use for a further drawing, using inktense and watercolour pencils. I have then photoed it and cropped it down and rotated it to make the image on the right, which might become an oil abstract, who knows?

Thank you to Jackie for sending these wonderful drawings from Tom.  She says (sending the first of these), 'A marvellous drawing by Tom. He often uses newspaper images that are not that sharp or detailed but he manages to get all this detail.'  The second is also amazing.

And finally, here are Jackie's sketches.  She showed us these drawings on Zoom this morning, and spoke about the notes on colour on the drawings of turkeys (it was too wet to stay long - I think I got that right?), and the glass and the candle were there at hand in Sally P's kitchen (although the glass no longer had water in it).

So, here's hoping that we do not find ourselves in a new lockdown - the news on Coronavirus is not good.  Keep yourselves and your families well, and we will meet here on this page again next week.