Judiths garden 22nd august and frog farm thwaite 29th August 2024

So sorry that there was not a blog last week due to a busy time by the bloggers. Members  enjoyed Judith's garden last week and we had a glorious day today at Frog Farm where the Sunflowers looked magnificent and some of the pumpkins were out.  

Below are the pumpkin flowers, bee hives and some more sunflowers

Ian made two oil paintings, one of the sunflowers but unfortunately artists planted their easels in front of him so it made it a bit difficult. He made a start on a close up of two sunflowers.

Sally L used acrylic ink to do the first painting and she showed the recession of the flowers beautifully in both, and Sally said  the trees and sky in the background worked well.

Frances was busy with her watercolours and also did some drawings and a painting from last week

Jackie loosened up by drawing sunflowers and achieved wonderfully realistic paintings  

Sally P was very productive today and did her doodle sketches painted hut and pencil  drawings of a wooden shelter.

Two sketches from Sally P done in Judith's garden last week.

Harriet painted a closeup of the sunflowers, the hut and showed style bringing the eye into the landscape.

she also showed skill in perspective last week at Judith's 

Lesley produced the most realistic colours in these paintings the pumpkin was subtle and the sunflowers viberant.

I also received from Lesley a painting done last week

I did my usual trick by doing too much

Carolyn sent in two drawings which also show how clever she is to put in so much detail

Judith e mailed these wonderful sketches done in pencil and ink, I think they have so much character, they look like they are pecking away merrily. 

Diana said she had been finishing an old painting taken from even older sketch done on Bodmin Moor, 'Not sure why I find sketching really easy and painting so difficult...'

Jane took sunflowers home to draw and took photos this morning. 'I'm hoping to do more work based on this mornings visit to Frog farm.'

Thank you everybody that contributed to the blog it is most appreciated. 

Sally is blogster next week