I have just done a straight eight day teaching run, which included five late nights and ended with a talk to NI CTC (which is the Cycling Touring Club, to you and me) entitled, 'What I Do'. Astonishing how one can wonder, before doing a talk like that, What is it that I do..? Fortunately, a good rummage in the storage boxes turns up a lot of paintings, and I remember that Oh yes, sometimes I do THAT!
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| I was glad that my work is small, making it easy to pack up and transport. |
It's not that I don't know what I do, it's that I do many different things, and working out which one people want to hear about is always interesting.
Tiredness manifests in interesting ways towards the end of a long run of classes. By day seven I was feeling a bit vague, and admitted to the students that I was feeling.. er...indecisive. Today, I think I've passed myself going round the corner.
Many paintings and drawings have been successfully brought into being during those days. At the weekend I had a truly international group of students - from Donegal, Dublin, Wexford, Co Down and OMAN!
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| Pears in Oils. Top, by Sarah B, student, bottom, by Geraldine O'K, student. |
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| Niamh and Robert, poetry in motion, practicing their water colour washes, in unison! |
Some students were doing Oils for the first time, others were working towards portfolios. We covered a lot of ground - water colour, drawing on location, observation studies and sketch book work. Everyone was out of their comfort zone for some of the time.
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| Fabulous drawing by Niamh, who thought she couldn't draw... |
Next up - Childrens Drawing class, Belfast.
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