Another busy session with 21 members, which makes the day more enjoyable being able to chat to so many people and see their pictures progressing over the day.
The suggested subject was to use ink for any subject, coloured ink or black, or to use the Brusho powdered pigments. We found that ink was a quick way to create a picture so several members drew or painted more than one picture. Here are our inky efforts. (If you painted fungi then they’ll appear in another post at the end of the week.)
Some members did their own thing including painting wood slices for the Christmas party and Sue also painted two for her grandchildren. Lesley showed me a photo of how her glass angel is getting on and she now has to solder all the pieces together which will be a long process.
Well done everyone, you were very creative!
Our next session will be on Wednesday 8th November 7-9pm.
Ann B can no longer come to sessions at the hall but she has been busy at home drawing a fallen begonia flower. She used watercolour pencils and has blended the colours on the petals beautifully.
It was a very quiet session with only seven members attending, with several away on holiday or feeling poorly, we hope you’re back with us soon.
Fungi was the suggested subject and we were all amazed by the variety of mushrooms and toadstools to paint and draw, in so many sizes, shapes and colours. One shaggy inkcap was drawn in ink, to fit in with Inktober this month. Other pictures were painted using watercolour and one in pen in a Zentangle style.
Some members chose their own subjects such as Sheringham in Norfolk and a portrait of space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock. There were also completed paintings from previous sessions of harvest and Beatrix Potter.
The next session will be on Saturday 28th October 10am-3pm, the suggested subject being ‘ink’ in any form.
Angela M recently completed an online watercolour workshop of a donkey by Matthew Palmer. She wasn’t initially happy with the donkey’s colour being too light in watercolour, so she darkened the colours. The result is a very cute donkey.
Angela then used coloured pencils for a second donkey, the photo from Pixabay. The picture took six hours over three days as her hand needed to rest in between sessions.
Our Open Day is next month on Saturday 25th November and if you will be exhibiting any framed paintings on the walls please don’t forget that we’ll be hanging them on the evening of Friday 24th November from 7pm.
Hopefully you’re finishing off paintings now and getting them mounted and/or framed, all ready to show them off!
Here are the ideas for this month, but you’re always welcome to come along and ‘do your own thing’.
Wednesday 11th – 7-9pm – Fungi
There are some interestingly named fungi called Devil’s Fingers, Fly Agaric, Jelly Ear, Collared Earthstar, Shaggy Inkcap, Stinkhorn, Candlesnuff, Dead Man’s Fingers, Slime Mould, Witch’s Butter and Yellow Brain, to name a few.
Draw or paint unusual fungi or buy some mushrooms from your local supermarket and create a picture by carefully looking at the cap, gills and stem.
Paint a lifelike picture or get imaginative and put faerie folk amongst the fungi or create Zentangle inspired art in fungi shapes.
Use any medium but get creative.
Saturday 28th October – 10am-3pm – Inktober
Inktober during October was first created in 2009 by American artist Jake Parker as a challenge to improve his inking skills and develop positive drawing habits.
On the official Inktober website there are 31 daily prompts that you use ink to create. You don’t have to do them all, just the ones you want to. Or do one every 3 or 5 days, or at weekends only. If you join in please bring your pictures to the session to be photographed, or send your photos to Tracy for inclusion on the blog.
Whilst black ink is mostly used for these ideas, bring coloured inks to the session too so we can be really colourful and creative.
Experiment with vibrant Brusho powders if you have them, or colour some paper, tear it up and glue down to create a collage. Any subject but if you’re stuck for an idea, bring along some colourful Autumn leaves or interesting pumpkins.
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