Because I knew I'd be missing the session, I did some work at home beforehand.
First, crumpling a brown bag into an "instant sculpture" of a fantasy creature - a relative of a chicken, perhaps?
(The second attempt, the reverse side, was less interesting - not enough contrast!) I went on to copying the green-eyed tiger from the "
Animals in Art" book (by Jessica Rawson, 1977) that came to hand, and adding the eyes from some other more or less realistic animals in the book -
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Tiger by a torrent, painted by Kishi Ganku (1756-1838);
hanging scroll, 169 x 114 cm |
Other contributions -
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| Janet B splashes out with colour! |
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| Sue's preserved fish |
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| Carol's fluorites |
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| Judith's collection of feet |
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| Joyce's whale skeleton, seen from above |
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| Janet K - Guy the Gorilla |
The homework was to draw fire. Some of us are still trying, or thinking about it, and some of us have done it -
At the moment all participants are nameless, to encourage the laggards (including me). Here's a starting point ...
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