The first week back after Christmas. A palpable air of concentration greeted me as I entered the bowls club. Ian C had assembled a colourful arrangement of toys as still life, both challenging and a reminder of the spread of Christmas presents. Thanks also to his wife, Linda, for sitting for the portraitists.
Diana brought with her the results of her '40' project, that she had been unable to show at the Christmas party. You will find a picture below in the party blog, but this was the first chance of seeing it 'in the flesh'; very impressive! For today's exercise she says, 'Tried an experiment today.Fed up with carrying things to paint,I took folder of magazine photos and picked bits out,you have to think more and rearrange things in your head but it’s quite interesting.'
What a good idea - lots of possibilities!
What a good idea - lots of possibilities!
| Carolyn was not able to join us, but has made a lovely crayon drawing of a Christmas cactus that may yet turn into a future seasonal card... |  |
| Lesley and I [Hannah] tackled different trains at opposite ends of the still life, with different mediums. Lesley said, 'I nearly didn’t submit this. I started drawing Ian’s toy Thomas the Tank Engine in pen, then let my imagination take over using Indian ink and red wax crayon. Proportions and perspective way out....' |  |
 | I used pencil, and cheated, in a way, taking a photo, and removing the colour, as I was more interested in the interacting shapes. This train was made of soft-ish plastic, and was meant to look slightly higglety-pigglety, as Sally P will attest... |
| Sally P worked both ends of the room, so here, first, is her portrait of Linda, and second, that train. |   |
Avril made quite a lot of portraits this morning, using a variety of mediums.
| And here are Jane's |  | and Jackie's |  |
| Finally Frances' portraits from this morning... First sketch A3 charcoal and watercolour, second two A5 pencil.... |    |
Frances also has some notes about her session on 19th January, which is themed.
Analysing Composition.
The idea is that we look at paintings and consider the compositions of these and work with them in various ways. We will finally look at one of our own paintings/drawings and analyse that in the light of what we have possibly learnt.
You will need to bring a pencil, tracing paper, paper, sketchbook, ruler, paints and one of your own works with which you are dissatisfied because of the composition. Hopefully we all have one of the latter!
You can also find these details on the Stop Press page [Hannah]
It was good to get back into the EAG routine, and to see everyone after the Christmas break. Next week Elaine is in charge of the still life and model and Noreen will be manning the Blog, so send your work to her. Have a good week!
Analysing Composition.
The idea is that we look at paintings and consider the compositions of these and work with them in various ways. We will finally look at one of our own paintings/drawings and analyse that in the light of what we have possibly learnt.
You will need to bring a pencil, tracing paper, paper, sketchbook, ruler, paints and one of your own works with which you are dissatisfied because of the composition. Hopefully we all have one of the latter!
You can also find these details on the Stop Press page [Hannah]
It was good to get back into the EAG routine, and to see everyone after the Christmas break. Next week Elaine is in charge of the still life and model and Noreen will be manning the Blog, so send your work to her. Have a good week!
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