To start off, we have a sketchbook made from a single folded sheet of A4 paper, (so like a card) creating 4 pages with four different continuous line drawings (trying out ideas for abstracted drawings of buildings). Someone else (who loves trees) worked across a double page of their sketchbook creating a tree skyline in ink pen - experiments in ink pen has been the focus of this sketchbook. A colour wash may be added over the top of the ink.
The ‘leaf’ themed book was continued with, experimenting with drawing very dried and curled holly leaves in various media and in differing techniques, and all within interlocking circles (another theme of the book). Another person drew from seashells that they brought in, and then created differing compositional ideas using shape and colour inspired by the shells to create a variety of effects using pen and watercolour wash.
Someone else did a landscape experiment in their handmade watercolour sketchbook, from images that they had come across linked to the same theme and colours found in Kate Well’s heather moors artwork - the watercolour has been used very sensitively with regard to its innate qualities, rendering the differing parts of the scene, allowing the paint to be loose and free. And the experiments in cats continued with pen and wash, experimenting with putting cats in different environments, including one in a beach sunset scene, rendered lightly and thoughtfully, and again, allowing the watercolour to be expressive. Well done, everyone!
