this weeks work, more to see soon......

 

Wednesday work from Carole.......

 

Phase two ..........

So the next phase of work is this......

Same criteria as last week which is

1. A frame or edge to your image

2. a groundline

3. a vessel

4. something in the vessel 

think about the positive shapes and negative shapes.

then a drawing in watercolour on coloured paper. The paint will sink in, and when it dries you can put more paint over it. You can do this with very dilute acrylic too. I think watercolour gives the more delicate effect. the watercolour needs to be thickish, and not too wet.

Then you can draw with pencil or pen over the paint to give detail and pattern. 

Explore the tecniques!

I have attached these close up details so you can see what I mean.....

the paper we used was good quality sugar paper. Try any sort of paper you have to see how it works as you never really know what result you will find!

Please send any paintings in as we love to see what you have done.....

work from Wednesday.......

 

the Monday Group

 The Monday group is now working at Marsham! There is room for one or two more members. (Carefully distanced as you can see) If you would like to join or rejoin please contact Terry or me.....

Homework!

 Just in case there are any of you who cannot come to a group session but want a few ideas to work on at home I will post some thoughts here.

Obviously these will be just pointers, ideas for you to interpret as you choose. 

I know the hard thing is just to get started!

If you could send any work in to me to post here I know that I, and everyone else would be really interested to see it.

So we have a loose theme this term. It is 'stuff in a jar'.

We all have gardens and an interest in the things that grow in them. 

So my idea is to start by concentrating on 4 elements to construct a composition.

1. an edge or frame to place the image in.

2. a groundline.

3. a vase, jug or container.

4. flowers, stems, seedheads.

Consider how you place everything, think about positve shapes, and negative shapes.

You can redraw the edge or frame when you have finished the drawing if you feel it will make a stronger composition.

Try doing a scribble drawing using a pen and without taking your pen off the paper. Explore different ways of drawing, and different sizes, and proportions.

Have fun with this. Drawings can be quick, or take a long time.

And just a small amount of the work.......