I was looking through an old A6 sized sketch book recently and found a little drawing of a plaited loaf. And I thought aha, great subject..!! The drawing was done during a class, MANY years ago. When my children were small, I dond't have time for major painting projects, and the Sketch Book became the life saver - even though the maximum time I had was around 10 minutes during a class, it was enough to help me feel connected. With myself.
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| Little sketch book study, Julie Douglas |
So I bought lots and LOTS of part-baked loaves and rolls - the kitchen smelled fabulous!
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| Baskets of bread for the studio |
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| The 'table of choices', from patterned cloth to croissants, seeded rolls, hot cross buns, jam and knives and spoons... |
The first challenge for the students was in setting up their arrangements. It's best to start with lots of options, then narrow it down to just three or four elements. The results were lovely. They had a choice of tinted papers to work on - it is good to not work on a white surface all the time.
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| Cathy's pastel study |
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| Two sessions of work in this chalk study by Christine McC |
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| Pat's oil pastel drawing |
Pat treid her hand at chalk pastels AND oil pastels. The image below is the chalk study - it has a softer look to it than the oil. However, the advantage of oil is a different intensity of tonal values. Note her brave composition, with the knife pointing out towards the viewer.
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| Pat's start in chalk pastel |
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| Catherine working on her pastel drawing |
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| Carlo's chalk drawing. Nice and jammy. |
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| A lovely chalk study by Rose-Jane |
Upcoming workshops include portrait workshop 22 - 26 July, Oils workshop 22 - 26 August
Life drawing Friday 19th July 6pm, and a weekend session on life Drawing from Friday evening 27 July - Saturday 27th July.
For more info plesae email julie@juliedouglas.co.uk
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