Symbols, Wednesday 27 May

Using Symbols - Wednesday 20 May afternoon session

The group drew symbols to represent words like family and home working with natural materials to draw and colour the work. Jon and Howard created this image together adapting and altering each others drawings.

Making Symbols, Wednesday 20 May morning session

What does a shape communicate? Sharon, Howard and James  explored throwing random lines onto paper, then altering and adding to create chosen shapes. 

Picture weaving- deconstruct and reconstruct

Using the colour mixing skills we practised in other sessions we painted patterns onto paper, cut it into strips and created something completely different by weaving it together again.

 Chris's flame coloured weave.

Colour work - Outdoor observation 13 May 2015

Following on from the sketching a couple of weeks ago, Sharon and James worked together, inspired by the spring colours and created this painting...

Colour mixing and blindfold drawing Wednesday 6 May 2015

Colour mixing continued for morning and afternoon sessions, building up layers of colour. See the different techniques

Colour mixing Wednesday 29 April 2015

A back to basics sort of session, finding out about colour and what happens when you mix colours.

In the morning we used the three primary colours, diluted to a transparent glaze of lemon, blue and pink.  See how the layers affected each other.