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29th February 2024 with Hannah

29/2/2024

What a great day to be in the bowls club inside nice and cosy while the rain persists. Hannah made an oriental style still life that was very colourful with lots of bamboo and interesting bangles. Hannah arrived bright and early and set up

Lots of poses were selected today starting with a standing pose then one sitting on armchair and another on armrest

After the break Hannah stood by the easel and drew us looking at her. She did this directly on to her iPad.

Liz produced a colourful painting using her pen to emphasise shapes. Maggie-Anne’s flowers are to be finished and Judith's painting included the wavy bamboo.

Sally P produced several drawings and paintings today.

Jenny did a delicate watercolour.
Sally made a lovely expressive mixed media and pen and ink

Lesley experimented with watercolour paints and also did a still life.
Harriet produced a still life with a landscape-like feel.

Jackie did two drawings of Hannah and a watercolour of flowers

Gill made a start on a beautiful butterfly, and Irene doing flowers

Frances says Bonjour and sends a quick sketch of some daffodils. This is followed by a very small butterfly using gold leaf and acrylic. She says the ersatz gold leaf is very tricky to manipulate. The small linocut is to be finished with two other blocks when she gets home.

Hannah sent me her iPad drawings from this morning which I think are very expressive

I have a gallery of drawings as usual. (Avril)

Here is a drawing from Carolyn, another interesting composition.

Finally, Jane sent this beautiful ink drawing of a cyclamen, as she could not make it to the session this morning

Don’t forget that next week is Lesley and Avril’s workshop. All details are on Stop Press, but Lesley added today that you might need small containers or yogurt pots for mixing texture. See you there!

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22ND FEBRUARY 2024 - WITH JUDITH

22/2/2024

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Sorry not to have made it to Eye myself this morning, the weather warnings were somewhat alarming. I am very lucky to have Avril as my co-blogger, as she has sent not only the photos from the morning, but also a round up of some of the comments from the end of the morning showing. So first of all, the scene setting for both still life and portraits (thanks to Judith for both this morning).

Before we progress to the work produced this morning, Jackie sent something in last week that didn't get seen - a rather wonderful watercolour portrait. I don't think it requires too many guesses as to who it is?

Carolyn sent an older painting this morning, of Roy's collection of ties, together with a sketch of miniature daffodils outside a pub. She does have a good eye for an interesting subject that might otherwise get passed by...

So, first from his morning from Angela -not the still life or the portraits, but an oil painting she has been working on. The consensus was that the water was particularly strongly depicted.

The first four of these portraits are John's work. The next four are Elizabeth's distinctive drawings (she said she liked to draw feet).

The next group includes the very prolific Avril (7 drawings!), who also produced the 'group' that is a sketch of Judith's moving pose. And giving her a run for her money, Ian J., with another four. Finally, two pencil sketches from Frances, followed by a pen drawing from Sally T.

Sally also sketched some bottles from the still life.

And Frances sent three finished butterflies (the third was on a little piece of her Chairman's project), all made into cards.

Next Sally P's loose still life and snowdrops copied onto watercolour paper and painted with white and green watercolour paint.

These are Jill and Harriet's interpretations of the still life.

And now Lesley's studies of the snowdrops, using comments from the recent workshop to make the shading in the white. The one on the right was thought to look botanical.

Josie's quick and flowing ink work, using different sizes of new pens.

Next, still life from Maggie-Anne, the pear making good use of reflections...

And a colourful still life from Liz

Diana has asked that we pass on her thanks to everyone for their kind thoughts following the death of her husband.
There will shortly be some details on Stop Press for the workshop Lesley and Avril are doing on 7th March, what to bring and so on, so make sure you check there. I have added some info on Messages from Members today that might be of interest, about the Stradbroke Annual Exhibition, and a film show at the Bank.
Thanks again to Avril for her sterling contribution this week to the success of the blog. Next week you will get my still life and me as a model, as I have swapped my turn with Ian J (and Josie), who will now do 14th March. Got to get my thinking cap on! Have a good week.

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15TH FEBRUARY 2024 ...

15/2/2024

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Well I was there, where were all of you?!

Not really. This is what the Bowls Club must have looked like this morning, with no power. I think we could have managed without the heat (lots of layers) and the kettle (thermoses), but you can see from the above, how dark it can be in the depths of the room.
The Blog has been rescued from potential invisibility by the hardy souls who have sent work in today from their sheds and studios flung around deepest Suffolk. Thank you to all of them for their contributions.

First off the blocks, a lovely InkTense blended drawing by Carolyn. Great colours and composition.

Next, Daffodils in a vase, ink and pen on paper from Jane, and escaping from the frame in a very satisfying way.

Avril went to a workshop yesterday that involved painting cotton fabric with acrylic paints and machine stitching. She used the painting that she did with Frances at the bowls club few weeks ago as inspiration. It was rearranged, restitched and made into a placemat.

From Frances, a butterfly in the process of being painted on a piece of cut up printing she had done.
The second two are Ginkgo prints turned into cards which she has done recently.

Sally T is in the very early stages of a still life in oil.

Sally P hope you have had a good morning devoted to EAG! She says, 'I myself have had a productive one. I went over to my studio to paint the prints of previous pen and ink drawings with watercolor. I had also made a lino cut which I printed onto cards. I'm pretty pleased with it as I haven't done one since school! ( A couple of years ago, if my memory is correct!). It's not perfect but I like the effect.
'These are all for my sister in law's coffee morning in aid of the British Heart Foundation.......And.....I sorted out and tidied up some of the dumped work from previous weeks and months!' Well, difficult to top that!

Elaine has sent a small painting she has done. Looks like a sunny spot.

I've been busy with my iPad, using Procreate to make some bird drawings for greetings cards. Rather enjoyable. I also turned a watercolour into a small oil, and a big oil into a small one, but that was actually last week!

Well, hopefully next week we will be back at the Bowls Club, as usual, with more pictures all round, lots of still life and portraits of Judith (whose week it will be). Have a good week. Today was really much warmer than recent weeks have been, let's hope the seasons have turned a corner, and we'll get more of the same.

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8th February 2024 workshop with Sue williams

8/2/2024

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The workshop was a wonderful thing to do on such a wet grey day. Sue was very knowledgeable and organised giving us plenty of information on photocopied sheets

She bought some very colourful flowers, fresh and artificial to give us inspiration

Sue also displayed some of her work

Sue started the demonstration showing how the different colours reacted with each other

Everyone started work and Sue came around and gave everybody instruction on the way we coukd improve or work

After lunch there was another demonstration showing how to paint white flowers

At the end of the session we all gathered around and discussed every painting

Here is Carolyn's work for the blog this week, with her comment, 'I have had a very quick WC go at our lovely snowdrops, which seem to thrive here.'

Here is Frances' Scraperboard completed this week. Based on a sketch of tree and surroundings at Redgrave Fen.

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1ST FEBRUARY 2024 - WITH ANGELA REALLY THROWING HERSELF INTO IT!

1/2/2024

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Thanks to Angela for taking over this week at short notice. She then threw herself into modelling with some gusto - I don't think we have had anyone lying down on the job for some considerable time, or with such theatricality! The portraitists were all thoroughly absorbed. She also gave us an interesting still life, with lots of varied shapes and texture.

Josie started the plenary session at the end of the morning, when all the work was put up for comment by those who had stayed the distance. The first five portraits are from Avril, then Judith, two from Ian,, a page of bodies from Freda, sally T, then, lastly, Josie. Tthere were more in the group than this (a total of 22 people came today, including Angela) but quite a few went off early, without having their work photographed (you know who you are!)

Here is the work done around the still life. I know I did pine cones last week as well, but they are rather absorbing and interesting to draw. Again, there are some people who left early... Most of these are labelled, but the first three are me (Hannah), Liz and Frances.

In addition, a number of members were working on individual projects. In Eileen's case, if you look back in the blog you will find earlier, less complete versions of the trees she was finishing(?) this week.

And here Jill was still working when I sneaked up on her...

And this was Josie's painting in addition to the portrait above...

Carolyn has sent another of her sketches, this time a monochrome drawing of logs in the garden after David (the gardener) felled an old oak tree. She says , 'Not entirely happy with it (what’s new!)' I think we all feel like that all the time, it's what drives us to improve.

And here's a late entry from Lesley - I'm usually much slower at getting the blog out!
More Anemones - she says she on a roll!

Next week is an all-day watercolour workshop. Those of you who are attending, see Stop Press for details of what to bring. The blog will be in the capable hands of Avril next week. She will be reporting on the workshop, if you are not going, but you have something you want to share, please feel free to send it to her.
Don't forget the Chairman's Project, Looking Up! Have an enjoyable week.

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29th February 2024 with Hannah

22ND FEBRUARY 2024 - WITH JUDITH

15TH FEBRUARY 2024 ...

8th February 2024 workshop with Sue williams

1ST FEBRUARY 2024 - WITH ANGELA REALLY THROWING HERSELF INTO IT!

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