I think I left it about a week too late this year to go leaf collecting.. By this week there had been a lot of rain, and some wildly windy weather and most of the leaves had turned brown. However, I did gather enough for us to have some choice.
 |
Tania's gorgeous page of work
Leaves are lovely to do in water colour. The shapes need not be overly complex (and of this exercise I avoided those deliciously coiled, dry leaves) (that's for another day...) and instead looked for strong shape with good colour variation. This means that the main task of the session is playing with the paint, rather than spending most of the time drawing.
|
 |
A modest little leaf but perfectly executed, by Kate E. A triumph of understatement.
|
The other great thing about leaves is that once you had the shape drawn in, then you can really play wit the paint and try a bit of wet-on-wet, a round of layering, a dose of lifting out.. and whatever else comes to mind. The drawing will stand the assault because the shape is so distinctive, and no two leaves are exactly the same. Room for manoeuvre without pressure. What a great combo!
 |
A page from Georgie's sketch book - the bottom leaf is pen, with wash.
|
 |
| Rachel's finished page of studies (delicious!) |
 |
Rachel, proving that a chilly studio is manageable if you keep the hat and coat on!
|
 |
| Very characterful and atmospheric painting by RoseJane |
 |
| A lovely delicate painting by Pam, enhanced with a bit of flicking! |
While we were all working away, Carlo let us know that he was thinking about us even though he couldn't be with us, as he was on a warm beach somewhere in Europe... sigh.
For info on classes and workshops please email julie@juliedouglas.co.uk
Vouchers available as Christmas gifts!
No comments:
Post a Comment