Sketching Clovelly and creating art from each others sketches at TAC
Tag: Creativity
More life drawings
A selection of life drawings/ figurative drawings from the past few months in pastel, graphite and conte crayon.
Life drawing- Ellie on mixed media backgrounds
In this life drawing session I enjoyed experimenting with drawing on pre prepared gel plate printed backgrounds with conte crayon. I incorporated bird imagery into the gel plate prints to link to some of my personal projects this year that feature birds and vessels. Ellie- conte crayon on gel plate print 2x5 minute poses Ten …
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Life drawing mixed media sketchbook: playing with figures
Aimee- negative space In my sketchbook I have been enjoying reworking old and new life drawings into new compositions using collage and mixed media techniques. I used old paintings that I no longer liked or needed and cut them up to create new pieces in my sketchbook using them as backgrounds or parts of the …
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Life drawing- and the start of a mixed media sketchbook
Gil- sad fairy Sketch book collage composition I had a great time drawing the model Gil in a recent life drawing session at Whalley Life drawing group. In this session I enjoyed exploring different mediums including collage, graphite pencil, soft pastels, charcoal and conte crayons. I had pre- prepared a collaged background made from hand …
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Publisher & designer of UPPERCASE, Janine Vangool’s sketchbook revival class
In this Sketchbook Revival session Janine Vangool “explores the creative possibilities of turning your sketchbook into a “text” book, while spending time with your thoughts to create personal messages (and more) using tactile, pre-digital lettering methods.” During this session we watch Janine utilise a myriad of printing tools and techniques to add text and fonts …
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Sketchbook revival
This April I took part in the Sketchbook revival challenge. This is an 11 day sketchbook challenge organised by Karen Abend. The sketchbook revival is in its 9th year and consists of 11 days of free courses provided by lots of talented artists on various subjects, materials and techniques to get you using your sketchbook …
Memories from Florence: water colour beetles
A watercolour painting of beetles from a series of artworks capturing the artist’s recent trip to Florence
Sketchbook experiments: mixed medium birds and vessels
A look inside the artist’s sketchbook exploring the symbolic interpretations of birds and vessels. Mixed media artwork featuring gel plate printing, collage, pastel and conte crayons.
Life drawings
A collection of life drawings of model Sophie in conte crayon and charcoal on sugar paper. Gestural figurative drawings and portraits by artist Rachel Crawshaw from @mushroommoondesigns
Mushroom Moon Designs 