Update - 29th January 2021
Let down again by the world wide web! Sally P. sent me her pictures yesterday morning - and this morning I received them - twice!
She says, 'Inspired by Sally T's pheasant I took to my inks and watercolour paints to produce these three pictures of a pheasant, hare and peacock.
I was also inspired to start on my portrait. The first this pencil drawing. I have now started on an oil.'
Great colours, Sally, and a terrific likeness.
She says, 'Inspired by Sally T's pheasant I took to my inks and watercolour paints to produce these three pictures of a pheasant, hare and peacock.
I was also inspired to start on my portrait. The first this pencil drawing. I have now started on an oil.'
Great colours, Sally, and a terrific likeness.
I am starting this week with a funny story to cheer you all up. Some of you have made the acquaintance of our cat Oscar, who has appeared on these pages, and is always friendly (and always hungry!). He went missing on Thursday last week, and we spent quite a lot of the weekend putting out messages on nextdoor.co.uk, catsearch, a notice at the village shop, and letting the microchip people know he was missing. We got him back on Monday, when it turned out he had hitched a lift to a yard in Horsford, north of Norwich, got on another of the company's vehicles the next day to go to Lowestoft, and eventually was found on Monday morning in an engine compartment! He is confined to barracks at the moment!! I would say he was as fed up as we were with lockdown, if it had affected him one jot!
I have started to write the story of his adventures - watch this space...
And if you have a story to share, send it to me for inclusion here.
We had a very full Zoom this morning - but always room for more. It is lovely to see those who haven't been seen for a while, and have a bit of a catch-up. There are still lots of you out there who could just drop a line or two to the blog for us all to hear how you have weathered the year. While I am on the subject of catch-up, Eileen Walsh has added a Gallery page this week, and Carolyn has had hers updated. Links a bit later on.
I have started to write the story of his adventures - watch this space...
And if you have a story to share, send it to me for inclusion here.
We had a very full Zoom this morning - but always room for more. It is lovely to see those who haven't been seen for a while, and have a bit of a catch-up. There are still lots of you out there who could just drop a line or two to the blog for us all to hear how you have weathered the year. While I am on the subject of catch-up, Eileen Walsh has added a Gallery page this week, and Carolyn has had hers updated. Links a bit later on.
First to Lesley, who has captured this week's weather in the fields around her house. 'Working in monochrome suits snowy landscapes! The first two are in HB pencil on copier paper, not a good choice, but I didn’t want to go out to my studio in the cold, wet and dark. The third is in Indian ink.' She worried that there was very little detail or contrast, but I think it still works very well.
'The last one is a stretch of the River Dove and an unnamed tributary, in Acrylic, the grass, reeds and bush really were that bright. I probably should continue working on it, but I think I’ve had enough of snow scenes!'
I especially like the reflections in the water.
'The last one is a stretch of the River Dove and an unnamed tributary, in Acrylic, the grass, reeds and bush really were that bright. I probably should continue working on it, but I think I’ve had enough of snow scenes!'
I especially like the reflections in the water.
 | This amazingly threatening sky comes from June, who used a photo by one of the Wednesday morning Bank Group members, Valerie Bevan. June joined us this morning on Zoom for the first time in a while. |
These two contrasting images come from Sally T. The first is from many years ago - a view from an East Dulwich window, and the second is a drawing from one of the pictures she provided last week for inspiration. She also explained the middle object from her still life last week. 'It originated from the Black Forest in Germany in the late 1930s and is a wood cutter carved out of wood. On top of the stick he is carrying was an axe which is missing. There was also a pipe in his mouth which is also missing. The base can be removed to put in very small pyramids of wood which smouldered and smoke comes out of the pipe similar to incense. It is quite hard to draw.' A wonderful little object, though.
 | Here is Carolyn's version of that same still life. She has cleverly solved the problem of the unknown object by using the figure and not the box. Carolyn has updated her Gallery page, and you can see the new page HERE. |
From Diana, 'Embroidery for son Jim’s travelling companion. Inky scribbles and bits of old prints for Sally’s winter fields.' And there is inspiration from Diana for this week yet to come.
| Avril used linocut for her interpretation of the still life from last week. The black one was done first, then yellow with extra cuts, then red and finally she put black over the yellow and red. She says, 'I think I should have left the eyes, face in black, still I can put in eyes afterwards.' The use of this medium for this subject seems to me to be a perfect marriage. |  |
 | Sally L. finished her still life from last week. This is a mixed media piece with elements of collage, some using gelli prints; and watercolour. Wonderful colour! |
Frances says, 'Having been thoroughly fed up with my latest lino project I chucked it all in the bin and turned my attention to Sally’s photos. First is 3 inches by about 6 in my suet hole book. Art Graph and inktense. Second on plastic Yupo where I loosened up with Art Graph and ink and enjoyed swooping about! '
 | Ian started on the self portrait project (don't forget 8" x8" on paper, any medium, to be completed by 2/4/2021). Here are his first two attempts, both on canvas, but he has now reread the brief and will try again on paper. I think we can all see the likeness, so he is definitely on the right track. |
Nice to see that Noreen has felt well enough during this week to produce these three. The colours used in the brick wall echo the colours in the pheasant.
 | And here is Jackie's version of the pheasant. She used layers of colour as glazes to achieve the depth of colour. It's great to see these two together, produced by two artists who are so experienced in watercolour. |
| Eileen got in touch this week to arrange to have a Gallery page added to the website. You can see the result HERE. If you haven't already done this, you should think about showcasing your work on the website, and if you have a page, look at it and decide whether it still reflects the work you do. Get in touch if you want changes made. |  |
 | Jane has a finished linoprint for us, and has started on her self portrait, which is not yet ready to be seen. |
From Harriet, 'Two lily sketches and my self portrait, which I didn't show on zoom - it is unfinished and is made using collage, so no realism here, no spots and crinkles. It's from a photo taken a few years ago. It has curled up a bit.' The reference to spots and crinkles refers to discussion on Zoom this morning about self portraits, and how we would all like to make ourselves look rather younger!
 | I have finished my drawing from last week. The background was the most difficult part, as it consists almost entirely of leaves of trees. I did also start a self portrait, but it's not worth showing at the moment! |
Here is the inspiration for next week sent by Diana.
To accompany the images she said, 'In 1880 there was a brick works at Cranley Green ,Eye. The photos are of Abbey Bridge and round the back of the old gas works ( from the playing field).Many of the cottages in Eye have brick facades from this time covering up the timber frames.We have narrow 400 year old bricks as well as stone from the Abbey in the inglenook. I love painting the distortions and reflections in glass and Hellebores and lettering.'
I hope all of you do too. If you want a larger version for printing etc., you can download below.
To accompany the images she said, 'In 1880 there was a brick works at Cranley Green ,Eye. The photos are of Abbey Bridge and round the back of the old gas works ( from the playing field).Many of the cottages in Eye have brick facades from this time covering up the timber frames.We have narrow 400 year old bricks as well as stone from the Abbey in the inglenook. I love painting the distortions and reflections in glass and Hellebores and lettering.'
I hope all of you do too. If you want a larger version for printing etc., you can download below.
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So have a productive week, and I hope more of you are getting the jab, so we can look forward to having proper contact with each other again. Keep well!
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