We continued in our hand made sketchbooks today, including wonderfully energetic, mixed media red and purple circles, creating a vibrant composition across a long landscape format. A limited colour palette of water soluble pencils were used to create green leaves that come alive from the page. Yellow violas were used as a way of testing a brand new watercolour set, and the watercolours and skill have brought out the sweetness of these minute flowers. More exploration on the moors theme continued with testing out chalk pastel and water soluble pencils, as well as experimenting with adding depth to the original watercolour from last week. A damaged sketchbook was the inspiration for trying out a series of abstracted designs that are energetic and full or movement and even music!
A cat silently walks in exotic water-soluble floral undergrowth. With a nod to the next project, we have studies across sketchbook pages of hands, faces and whisky tumblers: what a characterful hand. A chalk pencil cat washed itself in front of our eyes and we can sense it is about to turn around and stare at us. Chalk pastel pencils are positively glowing against black paper, whilst gouache daffodils invite quiet and calm within their serene gaze. Pencil cats studies from another artists’ work have been drawn with care and consideration to the subject matter, making the drawn lines speak to us of soft fur, twitching ears, and sensitive whiskers. Finally, a visual poem story that takes us on a journey over each individual, beautiful page. A great session, thank you, everyone.
