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Pencil and Leaf: December 2014
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2016: Workshops, Courses and Exhibitions. A few words about me! Me and the Bees. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Francis Bacon 1561-1626. Sunday, 21 December 2014. The Turn of the Year. and yes, more Moons. Today must be one of my very favourite days, because I know that tomorrow, albeit falteringly, it will start to get lighter. Hope, spring, warmth and sun cannot be far away. 160; . 160; . 160; . 160; . 160; . 160; . Links to this post.
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Pencil and Leaf: September 2014
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2016: Workshops, Courses and Exhibitions. A few words about me! Me and the Bees. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Francis Bacon 1561-1626. Saturday, 6 September 2014. A Quick Woodcut:Chris the Frog. On Friday my Easton group had a great day tackling a woodblock print. Their results were excellent, some even managing two colours which is some going for just a few hours. Roughs and Colour notes:. Some thumbnail compositional sketches. In the garden there are st...
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Pencil and Leaf: February 2015
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2016: Workshops, Courses and Exhibitions. A few words about me! Me and the Bees. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Francis Bacon 1561-1626. Monday, 16 February 2015. Bees, Blossom and a Fat Baby Bird. I am busy working away on some prints and other things but last week I saw the first bees in the Garden for 2015. . 9th Feb: First Bees. On Saturday we went into Cambridge and had look round the fascinating Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Earlier in the...
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Pencil and Leaf: January 2015
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2016: Workshops, Courses and Exhibitions. A few words about me! Me and the Bees. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Francis Bacon 1561-1626. Thursday, 29 January 2015. Yesterday I had another look at the greens outside and made these 4 colour studies. I made quite a few small colour mixing trials…. These are from looking out of the window at the Garden. About 7 inches square. And more …. Watercolour sample about 11 inches square. 7 inches square gouache. In the...
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Pencil and Leaf: June 2014
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2016: Workshops, Courses and Exhibitions. A few words about me! Me and the Bees. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Francis Bacon 1561-1626. Tuesday, 17 June 2014. I have returned to the coot sketches and am planning another print to be a companion to Rook. I am not sure if or when I will be able to find the right sort of wooden typeface so might just have to cut it myself. I have doubts about my ability to do this but it would be good practice. In the subdued ...
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Pencil and Leaf: May 2015
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2016: Workshops, Courses and Exhibitions. A few words about me! Me and the Bees. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Francis Bacon 1561-1626. Wednesday, 27 May 2015. Almost Back to the Blog. After a fascinating Spring Term of exploring and developing more and more ideas for the MA Course, I have a break for the Summer. Sometimes you can only see their heads. I made a few sketchbook notes to get going again…. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My oth...
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Pencil and Leaf: March 2015
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2016: Workshops, Courses and Exhibitions. A few words about me! Me and the Bees. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Francis Bacon 1561-1626. Thursday, 5 March 2015. More Joy Than I Can Imagine. That’s what the first Bumble Bee in the garden brings me. Busy Buff Tailed Queen. Add to that the creative brain exercises that that the course requires and the arrival of a heater for the freezing garage/print room making the realisation of those exercises more possible.
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Pencil and Leaf: Week 4: Daily Sketches
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2016: Workshops, Courses and Exhibitions. A few words about me! Me and the Bees. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Francis Bacon 1561-1626. Monday, 27 July 2015. Week 4: Daily Sketches. Sometimes in a very busy week it’s hard to get round to the quick sketches, but it is a good discipline and to be honest it’s not that difficult to find half an hour. No time to agonise about what to draw either! Monday 20th : Agrimony. Tuesday 21st: More flints. I have had the...
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Pencil and Leaf: More Daily Sketches
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2016: Workshops, Courses and Exhibitions. A few words about me! Me and the Bees. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Francis Bacon 1561-1626. Monday, 13 July 2015. Week two of the daily sketches …. Little marmalade hoverflies, which are everywhere at the moment. They are so dainty. I was thinking it might be difficult to explain the name to anyone who does not know what marmalade is. Some more stems and a few seed pods. 8th and 9th July. I now regard drawing a d...
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Pencil and Leaf: Bees and Herbs
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2016: Workshops, Courses and Exhibitions. A few words about me! Me and the Bees. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Francis Bacon 1561-1626. Friday, 23 April 2010. Bee and herbs seem to go very well together don’t they? 160; Together they conjure up the quintessential summer afternoon, sweet scents and the gentle hum of bees, tea and cakes, and a comfortable chair in the sun. The UK Herb Society. Has a Bee Aware Campaign this year and Debs Cook,. In fact you c...
