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Thursday 15 April + PS

14/4/2021

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It was Sally T's turn to supply photos to inspire next week's work.  As she sent them in really early (thank you, Sally, very helpful), I will start with these.  
The subjects she has chosen are: Spring Primroses, Local Landscape, Pile of Bricks, Tulips with Stained Glass.  Plenty of scope for interpretation I imagine.  (Click to enlarge images)
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Next to come in was Carolyn's artwork.  She loved this photo, submitted by Jackie for inspiration.  She thought it was lovely, tranquil and 'comforting'.  She has in fact done a very good interpretation of it, wisely leaving some of the more complex to identify areas to fade out.​
Emily has continued to work creatively.  The lino cut on buff paper is called “Morning Glory” and was inspired by her early morning walks, shedding a few lockdown pounds while admiring the world waking up.  
​The tree piece in black is a stencil cut, ready for making tote bags on unbleached cotton.  And the photograph was taken at Winterton, N. Norfolk.  It's an intriguing reflection.
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What a beautiful portrait of June's Mothering Sunday tulip!  June has painted it with pastel pencils.
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I (Noreen) also had a go at the peasant woman, in acrylics, but feel I tried to go into too much detail. Probably I should have stopped the first time I said to myself, "I'll just do this one more thing"! 
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​This is Avril's view of peasant life, evidently a popular subject.  She has used pencil and enjoyed not having to think of colour but being able to concentrate on shapes.
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From Diana, the first photo showing her preparing old canvases for re-use after watching the James Morrison documentary.  (See link to this on last week's blog.)
Next is the result of working from the car on Mellis Common on Wednesday afternoon.
​The last one from Diana is her take on Jackie's still life ('sort of', she says.)
Diana also tell us that the art shop at Bungay is selling large size spiral bound Canson mixed media pads (the ones with a blue cover ) for £14.85 which is £6 cheaper than last year. OK for very wet watercolour, ink, drawing, acrylic etc;  they have a rough side and a smooth side on each sheet, so good for everything.  She says she has used them for the past three years.
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Sally P is attempting a painting of her wisteria in the garden, which she has wanted to do for years, ever since seeing a large painting on 4 canvases at The Bank.  She says, it is early stages yet and she has to wait for the flower heads to open to get another photo, but that shouldn't be too long as they are already about two inches long.  She just hopes the frost and birds don't knock off too many of them.

​These nice drawings are from Sally T.  One is a wood on the way into Mellis from Gislingham.  The other is water flooding on Mellis Common.
Here are Harriet's sketches for the week.
1. Bluebell wood (last week's inspiration)
​2. The boat (also last week's inspiration)
3. From webcam image (Barmouth in morning light, near where they go on holiday)
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This is the drawing Hannah was working on, now finished.

​Hannah has also kindly listed some points which came up in discussion on Zoom today, as follow:
Sally P reminded everyone that the membership fee has been waived for this year, and asked that anyone interested in participating in the exhibition at the Bank should email her by 30th April to let her know.
Someone suggested trying a Zoom multi portrait and we had just started to talk about how to take a screenshot on an iPad when we ran out of time! (Press the power button and the home button at the same time. You will hear a shutter click).  Hannah

That's all so far.  If I receive any more today, I will add them.
​Cheers, Noreen
PS  It seems I was a little premature in shutting up shop.  Frances has sent some photos explaining the lino cut she has been working on, as well as a beautiful watercolour of a fritillary from the garden. 
​The first two pictures are the background pieces for her experimental jigsaw lino cut, and then the hare that will be printed on top .... but the background can be used for different prints.  
​It is so interesting to see how Frances comes up with new ideas and techniques to share with us all.
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Sally Ladbrooke
21/4/2021 02:45:01 pm

The self portraits are amazing, what a diverse and wonderful crowd we are!

Thanks Hannah for compiling them.

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