Sue Embrey wrote, "I was able to spend 5 days at Malham in August in glorious weather! Painting plein air every day was great!" Here is a pastel painting she did.
Four members met together on Wednesday to paint and/or draw in Catherine Beech's garden.
Here is Val McDonald's sketch of Diana Veasey and Val McDonald hard at work
And this is what Diana was working on
This photo shows a still life set up with a bright single light source to create strong shadows. The set up was viewed and photographed from several angles before this one was selected.
The next choice to be made was how much of this to include in a painting. Thumbnails are a good way of reaching a decision about how to crop the scene. The first Notan sketch, though crude, looked interesting enough to be taken further.
A pencil sketch followed.
Daph Willett is certainly keeping up with her homework. Here are two more of her paintings.
Ian Fountaine writes, "I was quite pleased (unusual I know) with my last painting effort, Polperro harbour, but it was still rather ‘tight’. In an effort to loosen up a bit, I watched several of Tim Wilmot’s YouTube videos before attempting a painting in his style and based on a selection of bits from his paintings; Tim demonstrated for Ledbury Art Society a while ago and I’ve always been a fan. This is the result. Some of it seems to work but plenty doesn’t so I think another go is in order."
Tim Wilmott's visit to Ledbury can be found on this blog here and Ian Fountaine's previous watercolour of Polperro Harbour is here
This time we have another member who has been busy with craft projects as well as art work. Helen Welch has sent photos of a felt piece she has made, involving wet felting, prefelt and needle felting and also two bags she's made. Having avoided putting in zips for some time she decided to tackle that particular phobia, despite not having zips the right length for the project. She also made a necklace of large beads that she's had for years and a leather cord, but "since a two-day old gorilla could have done the same" she decided not to send a photo!
Here are Diana Veasey's two recent apple pictures: Pre-loved 1 and Pre-loved 2 painted on successive days.
What a difference the background makes. Can you spot the grub exposed Day 2?
