compressed pastel, cheap erasers & kitchen towel

This was very much about process this week.

Drawing with pastel, moving around with kitchen towel, drawing with a cheap eraser then repeating as required or until we ran out of time!

Curious to see when we each added the time on the clock.

Also, the still life contained a woven basket & a woven box with a sphere made from a book but everyone concentrated on tonal values - wonderful! 

Dorothy

Stuart

Derrick

Christine:  demo page

Christine

tubs, bottles & jars: soluble ink and water brushes

Composition and format coming on a treat - lovely work.

Very well done everyone...!

Monica

Mike

Dorothy

Derrick

Stuart

Christine:  demo page

colour and composition with cockerel

A still life of a cockerel, a hen, a chick and a duck in nests was the starting point.

The task... 

using observational drawing techniques, block in the main shapes

consider composition

add main colours

consider composition

adjust to enhance composition

All different and all brilliant in their own way - very well done everyone!

Mike

Dorothy

Monica

Christine - demo

Kate Eggleston-Wirtz, her studio and our drawings

A lovely afternoon was spent with Kate at her studio in St Annes.

Mike and I had a "tour of draws" then we settled into making large drawings of the studio.  Images follow.

Thank you for your hospitality Kate. x

Kate is having an open studio on 14 September.  watch this space...  

Kate

Christine 

Mike

castle colouring pages

Prompted by thinking about roses and castles, traditional narrow boat decorations, we had a look at castles.  Castles from imagination that then became potential colouring pages for children.

I know, it would have been silly not to start colouring in.  Before and after images follow.

Well done everyone!

Mike

Dorothy

Stuart

Derrick

Christine

Mike

Stuart

Derrick

Dorothy

Christine