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\"Life-drawing<\/a>

Life-drawing session Sketch charcoal on paper (A2) and wax maquettes<\/p><\/div>\n

My creative work spreads across a variety of media both 2D and 3D but whether printing, painting, ceramics or sculpture, the process always starts with drawing.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always drawn, when I was nine years old, I won a Typhoo Tea competition with a drawing of teacups and lions in a desert!  Often humour is still to be found in my work, particularly my ceramics, sculptures and Christmas card.   Studying technical subjects instead of fine art meant that whilst raising children, I continued drawing even though mainly straight lines for planning applications.<\/p>\n

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Having not been to art school meant all my creative studies were independent – learning skills and methods as I came across new materials and processes.  Exploration and experimentation have always been a priority.  <\/p>\n

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From on-line portrait session with model-performance artist RobertGeorge Sketch Oil on A2 paper<\/p><\/div>\n

Very early on I studied Cezanne and his methods of composition, Kathy Kollwitz is a heroine, more recently I\u2019ve been engaged with Goya\u2019s etchings – the humour, the horror and the incredible greys and blacks achieved in his prints.<\/p>\n

Like playing the piano, drawing needs to be practiced, so life-drawing at least once every month is an important discipline. Much of my work involves the human figure but often concepts arise from a subconscious experience which interacts with the materials, resulting in a spontaneous form or painting – an intuitive and emotional process. Since covid, portrait drawing on zoom has proved a boon, distorted faces, strange camera angles, bringing new dimensions to perception.<\/p>\n

\"Alien<\/a>

Alien Crash Recycled objects, ceramics, fabrics, solar lights at Raveningham Sculpture Trail<\/p><\/div>\n

On the other hand, I enjoy the challenge of working to a brief, responding to a call-out which has a theme.  In this instance, my visual and emotional memory help to develop a proposal in tandem with the enjoyment of a journey researching a new subject.  A further challenge is to utilise recycled materials, such as cardboard parcel packaging.<\/p>\n

There is always so much to discover, my next learning curve is welding, off for an immersive welding weekend very soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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