First, an apology. I am so out of practice, following cancelled visits and failure to get to any of the venues that have been possible to get to this summer, that I entirely forgot to take photos at coffee time this morning. I can only say that by counting the chairs, there were thirteen of us then. Some left, some arrived, during the morning. The weather held. Laurens was a great host - plenty of coffee, tea and cakes. The dogs loved having us there, but we were spoilsports and wouldn't play 'catch' however many times we were asked. The puppies looked like they were enjoying the company, and the moorhens levitated across the pond. I'm not sure whether the rogue chicken was caught! The house and garden are just perfect for a visit from an art group!
Anyway, I am very grateful to Jackie for sending the photo of teatime (by which time the numbers had dropped drastically), and the photos of some of the work done today by herself and others. I can only apologise to the others who are not shown in these photos.
Anyway, I am very grateful to Jackie for sending the photo of teatime (by which time the numbers had dropped drastically), and the photos of some of the work done today by herself and others. I can only apologise to the others who are not shown in these photos.
| First, another delightful safari drawing from Carolyn. This time she chose felines (a family of cheetahs), partly because she knows I am a cat person, but these are much bigger and more regal than our domestic moggies, even Oscar! |  |
   | And Diana has sent some memories of Thrandeston past, to go with these more recent views and continuing flower studies. |
From Frances, a busy day today, 'First A5 sketch of part of front. Second pencil from back thinking about geometry. Third larger free sketch which I enjoyed doing and fourth very quick sketch of thistle type plant.' Come to think of it, there was a huge patch of these thistle type things along the road in Little Green, glowing with purple...
| Next Jackie, who captured the back view of the house in watercolour. She said she might crop it... |  |
| Here is Jane's lovely sketches from today, a colourful arrangement of plants in pots, and a flower study of another prickly looking plant... |   |
| This is from Sally P, who says, 'I liked all the angles of the roof and chimney so decided to tackle them. It was very difficult and I nearly gave up but went back to do another 5 mins and stayed with it until the end of the session.' |  |
 | And from Penny, another architectural study, of the front of the house. She said one of the joys, as she was drawing it, was the realisation that every window was different... |
| This from Harriet. She said, '... it was supposed to be a quick sketch but I kept working on it. See attached, front of Lauren's house.' |  |
| Well, I left just after one, having struggled with the view of the herb garden and house beyond. Here is my attempt, done on iPad, using it to revise the scale and the ratio of various bits in size compared to other bits - nothing very satisfactory... |   |
Next week we are off to Beccles - hope to see a similarly well-attended session then. Your blogger will be Sally L. Contributions to her please.
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