Brilliant work created during our evening group in Inkberrow, as we experimented with using oil pastels. We created technique sheets to practice blending then drew from still life or photographs to put our techniques to good use. Oil pastels can be hard to work with but everyone gave it a good go, very well done!… Continue reading Oil pastel still life
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Values in landscape painting
In today's Inkberrow workshop we did some preparatory work, mapping out the techniques and values we'll be using next week when we have a go at painting a watercolour landscape. We started by practicing our watercolour techniques to create a technique sheet, followed by a charcoal exercise exploring the values in landscape painting.๐จ๐จ๐จ
Still life with charcoal
Tuesday evening saw the beginning of a new art group, meeting at the village hall in Inkberrow. We kicked things off with charcoalย to draw from still life, working in layers to build up variation of tone, including plenty of texture and detail. Messy but great fun! See you again next Tuesday evening at Inkberrow village… Continue reading Still life with charcoal
Pop Art: good enough to eat
Inspired by Pop Art we used bold colours to create our work. ๐จ We minimised brush marks and created crisp, fine edges on opaque and colourful backgrounds... good enough to eat! ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ญ
Oil pastels with white spirit
Oil pastel + white spirit = oil pastel paintings! ๐จ Great work created in today's session - we drew from observation and blended pastels with white spirit to create creamy and textured compositions. We made sure to constantly change between sticks of pastel to ensure good colour and tonal variation & blended with the brush… Continue reading Oil pastels with white spirit
Creating texture with watercolour
After a few weeks of observational drawing and technique based studies, today we took the chance to play! We used watercolour, salt and glue to create textured jellyfish compositions๐๐ณ๐ก, with a focus on blending our colours together and building textured backgrounds.๐จ๐จ Sometimes it's fun to let loose and experiment! We started by laying down a… Continue reading Creating texture with watercolour
Larger than life: charcoal
In today's Inkberrow workshop we used charcoal on A2 paper to create these large drawings from still life. We focused on making sure the objects filled the frame and worked in layers to build tonal value. Messy but fun! Well done everyone ๐ฉโ๐จ๐จโ๐จ๐จ