January 13th, 2022

It’s been freezing overnight but let’s hope this morning’s sunshine warmed things up a bit and everyone put their warmest woolies on for the Bowls Club.  Lesley tells me there were 12 of you present at the session
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Carolyn is first up with her free drawing of a cyclamen, in watercolour and watercolour pencil, which is well done.  She muses on how such a small bulb produces so much growth.  (Carolyn seems to be very good at keeping these plants going from year to year.)

Diana has been playing at home with Alkyds, which are so different from the water soluble oils she had been using so she has nothing to show yet.  At the Bowls Club she worked on reflections in a shiny bucket - quick and enjoyable, she says. And very interesting for us to see the result in two stages. We can also see in the last photo a glimpse of her work set-up and of the portrait artists.

A good morning, says Jackie; the sunshine helped.  Sally T became a walking model for the first part of the session which proved quite challenging but fun. Jackie adds:  Am looking forward to next week when we experiment with Yupo paper under the guidance of Sally P and Frances.

These are Avril's efforts for today: three moving and two still poses.

Here are some recent sketches from Frances, two at Orford and one by Thelnetham Windmill. Last offering is a linocut she is working on.

Hannah has sent us some things she has been working on this week.  First a large collage on board that has been pasted with newspaper and painted with acrylic, then two small collages made from sections of old painting with the purpose of maybe making new paintings.
 (It will be interesting to see how these turn out.)

These are Harriet's pictures, two are still life drawings done at the Bowls Club and one is a painting she's been working on.

This is in Acrylic, from a photo Lesley took on Sunday while walking in the Peak District.

Sally P has been producing a small card for her Chinese pen friend for Chinese New Year.

That's all till next Thursday, when it's Hannah's turn to do the blog.  Have a good week.
​Cheers, Noreen