Ann's Gallery April 2022

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Old Barn

We used an image by Peter Sheeler, I like work by this artist, using Water colours, Pen and ink, and Pastel Pencils this was a nice combination of mixed media that was new to me. Using Tan coloured paper and ink on this surface worked well. Care had to be taken with the Pastel pencils not to cover the ink drawing. The water colours on the sky gave it a moody feeling, I liked this mixture of different styles and enjoyed the process very much. I intend to repeat this exercise with ink and watercolour at a later date

Isolated Welsh house

I liked this subject right from the start, using water colours and pastels, with a white Paste Mat paper, first I drew an outline of the image, then continued to use watercolours to do the sky and the greenery. This was a little bit easier because the house and most of the detail was in the front of the landscape. Allowing the water colours to dry, I continued on with pastel pencils for the foreground detail. This was quite a relaxing exercise.

Behold, what beauty!

To get the feel of this challenge, I did a pencil sketch, as per our instructions from our tutor. Working again with a coloured Pastel Mat paper I started off with an outline of the flower in White pastel pencil, the background came next, then I progressed to add the colours Purples and Blues, another enjoyable task.

Eye of the tiger

This was really a challenge, my first though was this is not going to be one of my favourites, and I was right. Although the tiger is a magnificent animal, trying to draw the eye was a hard task, In the process some watercolour was used, this was new and the water on Pastel Mat bled, I found it hard to control.

After letting it dry a little the pastel pencils came next layering the fur. I didn’t get to the second part, I may give it another try as I become more confident.

light as a feather

his challenge as you can see is done on very dark Pastel mat Paper creating a contrasting image using pastel pencils, the outline was the first thing to do, I mastered that without too much trouble. The instructions were very easy to follow, the subject was light and fluffy, I enjoyed this exercise very much.

you looking at me

My first impression was horror, how this would work I had no idea, with all that fur it was hard to see where to begin.

Rob came to the rescue, he gave me tips on drawing the outline, and I progressed from there.

I surprised myself an got the head shot to look quite realistic. I like using pastel pencils and hope we continue with more of this medium.

Rob's favpurite bench

The bench was a bigger challenge, as I struggle with proportions, never the less on my second attempt I feel as though I got there in the end.

Pastel apple

This once again was very new to me, I did watch a video of Jason Morgan showing this exercise, so I had an idea how it would work. We did the apple first, we drew the outline with pastel pencil, then continued

with layers of pencil lines to keep the shape, using different shades of colour for a realistic look.

I find working with pastels quite therapeutic.

Iris's

The sketch was easy to follow, first drawn in pencil, then Pen and Ink. I made several attempts at this and achieved what I wanted, by trying lots of watercolour Variations. The request for this came from my granddaughter in memory of her other nan Who was called Iris.
I enjoyed the task, and she was happy with the result, that was all the praise I needed.