Monday 12 June 2017

EAT (edible art together): Kirkham 2017

A lovely project delivered with Boz Phillips & Mr Dee from Last Legs Community Arts.  

Young people explored healthy eating & healthy choices through a series workshops where they tasted as they went along and sampled the food made.  They then planned, prepared and delivered a celebratory lunch for family and volunteers to round of the week. 

Brilliant - everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves too! 

Many thanks to Lancashire County Council - Neighbourhood Wellbeing Initiatives, Fylde Youth Zone, volunteers & caricaturist Chris Knapman.  

images by Boz, Mr Dee & me



 

























Friday 9 June 2017

a dozen drawings before we met the Queen

Following on from my outing to the Harris Art Gallery & Museum on Saturday to take part in Making a Mark, I decided to do an Art Circle version of the tasks set.

Using graphite sticks, white paper and info from the Glasgow School of Art, we made 11, 2 - 3 minute drawings and then a still life of the same subject.


The subject, a black bin from an old shredder and a balloon offered a mock-up of what we were going to tackle in the afternoon:  a bust of the Queen sited in the foyer of Fylde Council Offices.  Unfortunately the HRH looked as if she was in the dock.


I'm jumping ahead.


The tasks:
(explanations of * ** etc are at the end)
Working from the still life make...

  1. a *line drawing
  2. a **tonal drawing
  3. a line drawing using your opposite hand
  4. a tonal drawing using your opposite hand
  5. a ***continuous line drawing using your strong hand
  6. a continuous line drawing using your opposite
  7. a blind drawing using your strong hand
  8. a ****blind drawing using your opposite hand
  9. a drawing using both hands, keeping both hands moving all the time
  10. cover page with graphite & draw into it using an eraser
  11. draw the *****negative space around the subject
  12. draw the subject as a still life
The fab results are below and the drawings made in the afternoon follow.

We'll done everyone & thank you to everyone who helped make it happen!


I have quotes...

"It's a lot easier if you don't listen."  This is to instructions - welcome back Monica!

"I've been made to endure several drawings."  You did, and brilliantly Stuart!


brilliant way to approach the blind drawing!


Dorothy

Dorothy

Dorothy


Monica

Monica

Monica

Stuart

Stuart

Stuart
HRH in the dock foyer of the Fylde Council offices



Stuart

Monica

Mike

Dorothy

Mike
Notes
a *line drawing
no shading, just outlines

a **tonal drawing
addition of shading, depicting lights & darks

a ***continuous line drawing
one line keeping the pencil on the page all the time

a ****blind drawing
looking only at the subject not your drawing

draw the *****negative space around the subject
looking at the shapes made around the subject - the area of the subject will be left blank

Friday 2 June 2017

EAT (edible art together)

Just a taste for now - more info and images later...









Lytham: windmill & lifeboat house

Another fab outing.

In the morning we explored Lytham Windmill and settled near things that caught our eye, to draw them.  Stuart found the cogs and technical workings on the first floor interesting and Angie, Dorothy & Brian found different things from the many exhibits in the basement. I spent a happy hour or so going up & down stairs to see what was happening! 

In the afternoon we drew the outside of the windmill before being allowed into the Old Lifeboat House which was brilliant.  The building itself was fascinating which houses a restored open lifeboat, 30ft long x 10 ft wide (sorry I missed all the technical details) artefacts, roles of honour, old equipment etc etc ...

Both buildings are worth a visit. 

Thank you Lytham Heritage Group, not only for letting us in the windmill as a group and opening the Lifeboat House for us but also for the work you do looking after, researching and sharing our heritage.  It greatly appreciated.  

Images of the day are below.


Stuart

Angie

Brian

Dorothy

Stuart

Art Circle:  start of afternoon session

Angie

Brian

Stuart
 
Mike

Brian

Angie

Stuart

Christine

Brian


Angie

Angie