Bonus track

Three years ago I went to a workshop that used natural dyes to draw with. See the original post here. Someone asked how the marks were standing up – not bad, see the picture below.

Print Skint II

My daughter’s prints from the workshop with Claire Morris-Wright

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The week that was

My daughter’s work from the Sarah Cannell workshop.

Just love those trees –

Too many lines

My daughter and I went on a Sarah Cannell workshop. We sketched on the Waveney Sculpture trail with random sharpies, bearing in mind composition and strong lines. We then transfered the sketch in permanent ink and added a light, bright underpainting. We weren’t massively pleased with what we came physically home with, but our heads were full of ideas and things to try. I used too many lines in the sketches themselves and when I transfered them. I barely gave composition a thought and rushed putting on the paint and used too many colours. Apart from that, it was fine! Will post my daughter’s next time.

Pig Baker

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Workshop workout

From ‘An adventure in observational painting and drawing’ workshop run by Oliver Lovley.
1. Played around with colours produced by cooked red and white onion, beetroot, blueberry, grass, tea, turmeric and soot, adding gum arabic and egg tempura.
2. Made an ‘ingredients list’ for the photo we’d be working from.
3. Let loose choosing different textures and marks for different materials.
4. Did it all again, but for a self portrait.

Plenty to take away and think about.

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