Today we continued with our handmade sketchbooks. Some of us were still in the process of making our books, taking time to contemplate different ideas and approaches whilst playing around with papers, textures, patterns and colours.
Some of us starting working in our sketchbooks. One sketchbook was created to give as a gift to someone else to make their own artwork in. Another was filled with lively and detailed sketches from a familiar street and is intended as a gift to a family member.
Another person took the opportunity to explore a brand new set of pens using the theme of chimneys (inspired by a fellow student’s accordion book), experimenting to see what lines, marks, textures, tones and characters the different pens made.
Someone else took inspiration from the Henry Moore sheep book using his sketches to explore mark making, texture, form and expression.
Another person experimented with window views from inside the hall using graphite pencil and watercolour to create well observed paintings, full of light, life, and movement.
Someone else looked at the work of the Danish-French artist, Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) and experimented with his figures, creating luminous blue and enlivened figures. And also we have expressive gouache clouds, inspired by another artists’ work.
Well done, everyone!
