Continuing still life work!

and so some exciting work here, using multiple images and harmonising colours.....

and here you can see some of the process involved.....

we look forward to seeing what happens next!

MONDAY AFTERNOON

so here are some stunningly effective charcoal drawings from the Monday afternoon PORTRAIT class. I am so glad I decided to lengthen the class time to 3 hours, so worth while, and our models have been great so far. I am trying to get a different model each time, and the new challenge every lesson pays off, just look at the results.

and here is the work from the second lesson this term,

and here is work from today, 19th May, when the work was straightforward to start with, and then the time scale changed, to five minute and ten minute poses, and we played about with the idea of staggered images, and how exciting they look too! Materials were ink, homemade and bought, with pen or just balsa wood stick pens, and water colour, and the odd bit of black or white chalk pastel for emphasis. The directness and energy of these images is really powerful, its amazing what you can do by just changing the rules a little!

HOORAY

I think all the Summer Schools are viable, and here are the dates just in case you have lost your information, and of course there is room for more of you on all of the courses, so just tell me if you want to come...

26th and 27th June at Natural Surroundings, Bayfield Hall, near Holt,

3rd and 4th July, here, Lino Printing.

17th and 18th at Gressenhall Rural Life Museum, 

and LIFE DRAWING, with the same model we had before, at Marsham Village Hall on the 28th July.

Obviously there will be loads of help on the day, and I always prepare a sheet of 'helpful tips' for the landscape courses. I know some of you are only able to do one of these days, two is best but one will do. If the course is viable from my point of view it doesn't matter if you only do one day, its just that two days lets you produce proportionately more work for the effort you put in!

Any queries just let me know or give us a ring.

up to date pics.....

here are just two of the lovely careful objective drawings we started this term off with. The objects are all kindly loaned by Gressenhall Rural Life Museum, mostly from their handling collection. I would have put more up here but I seem to have lost them somewhere in the computer.....

UPDATE

well, unfortunately there was another day off for me the Wed before last, which means that the last WEDNESDAY of the term will be 30th July. So after half term lessons will restart on June the 9th, 10th and 11th continuing through June and July with the last lessons being Monday 21st July, Tuesday 22nd July and Wednesday 30th July. So everyone will have a ten week term as usual, even if the days are a little erratic!
And by the way, next term starts the week of Monday 15th September.

dates...

so apologies for a confusing day on Tuesday, I hope it wasn't really confusing , as I did try to phone everyone and tell them there was no lesson as I was not well. I hate cancelling classes, but of course its really only a postponement so that the first day of term for tuesday people will be this tuesday 6th May, and the last lesson will be on the 22nd July.