A great session today. Really good work produced, well done everyone. We experimented with ways to use willow charcoal in order to achieve a range of effects. We tried out these effects on white, grey and black papers to see what the differences would be. The differing textures of the papers also contributed to the resulting studies. We then used what we had learned to draw from draped fabrics, focusing on highlight and shadow, but with added texture and detail on many of the pieces. Really excellent charcoal work today, very well done everyone.
We also have the continued work of an artist’s book, which is slowly being filled with abstracted, mixed-media, decorations, patterns and images. These studies and artworks are inspiration for standalone art pieces, one of which was finished today, and involves stitching onto watercolour paper - a wonderful, celebratory piece of artwork. Also there is a series of nature inspired works, begun in Diane’s Garden utilising mixed media and including actual plants as well as collage - very creative and imaginative artworks. Also more progress on one of the pieces from the ‘Larger Artwork” project which now has three magnificent avian characters in sublime colour. And, a fabulous larger artwork, completed, with a fantastic and dynamic composition, brought fully to life by the grande finale of glorious colour.
