tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87004710287709302212024-03-05T07:33:18.480+00:00drawdrawdrawdrawing stuffHelen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.comBlogger573125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-47025237119221585172022-10-10T21:37:00.002+01:002023-05-15T15:29:11.900+01:00my books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">A run of my books in order of publication:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Freehand</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Just add Watercolour</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Drawn from Life</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Just Draw Botanicals</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">+ New Ideas in Botanical Painting </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">- a collaboration with <a href="https://www.carolynjenkins.co.uk" target="_blank">botanical artist Carolyn Jenkins</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">+ <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ive-had-lot-Helen-Birch-ebook/dp/B0B59D7BZD/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3VKIAAM3P4Y3W&keywords=helen+birch+books&qid=1665433951&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjE2IiwicXNhIjoiMi4xNSIsInFzcCI6IjEuNTkifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=Helen+Birch%2Caps%2C1641&sr=8-5">I've had a lot on</a> - a photo essay - self published </span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GVQAs0XB1ZKWrqx4za-Qipfd3yaZCZp2PP7fb8j6BpjwaqNLSRAcL6uzBjRxXSt9k8VL4e3vzSXlEpr2GFBa-SWvD7IMS4MKitwPxAOLe_OJ6V8phAJiOLXlQI_PboUNBQl5KkWuPHYXfmgEkNBuqMOBMnCXl966MuJYEu7XpUOGbIZQiu3Y6ZjXnw/s1024/Helen-Birch-books.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GVQAs0XB1ZKWrqx4za-Qipfd3yaZCZp2PP7fb8j6BpjwaqNLSRAcL6uzBjRxXSt9k8VL4e3vzSXlEpr2GFBa-SWvD7IMS4MKitwPxAOLe_OJ6V8phAJiOLXlQI_PboUNBQl5KkWuPHYXfmgEkNBuqMOBMnCXl966MuJYEu7XpUOGbIZQiu3Y6ZjXnw/w400-h300/Helen-Birch-books.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">UK versions - covers vary in other languages</span><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwhSE4lTRWsUuGLlxqQIQhc4uCS3dnE3nGjLH0a9xaq54SXb2nQuXsa_QvX9aWIaUJWfnjfF6ewqFKfMlcfB37qBJr7OPBa7Pp3-u8Y4gubtbCKJnGCHe1wfbVLL_E35AlPGz8AMU0J6pw4UQZ5OZe92piinZ6X4pQ2uv1FE3QPPFUf4ux_c_p5cL3Q/s1080/New%20Ideas%20in%20Botanical%20Painting%20cover.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwhSE4lTRWsUuGLlxqQIQhc4uCS3dnE3nGjLH0a9xaq54SXb2nQuXsa_QvX9aWIaUJWfnjfF6ewqFKfMlcfB37qBJr7OPBa7Pp3-u8Y4gubtbCKJnGCHe1wfbVLL_E35AlPGz8AMU0J6pw4UQZ5OZe92piinZ6X4pQ2uv1FE3QPPFUf4ux_c_p5cL3Q/s320/New%20Ideas%20in%20Botanical%20Painting%20cover.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">all paintings by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jenkinscarolyn/">Carolyn Jenkins</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIvlUxrLrDnsSMqeqg3bX2MYlqXYB4k-JT7AQT2DRLh50RmTb9Qp9XxR_lzMOj3jc65hULW4UL8p7ybo51-nSnOzlogLWWwHYraAdur44-kjHss6b51sZfGogtEet24CSjNgLx_33f_tIwe70-Jor2HUtwwcOUH_CdeK5qkuPgYpbosGUHocW9E1B44A/s500/Helen-Birch-I've-had-a-lot-on.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="500" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIvlUxrLrDnsSMqeqg3bX2MYlqXYB4k-JT7AQT2DRLh50RmTb9Qp9XxR_lzMOj3jc65hULW4UL8p7ybo51-nSnOzlogLWWwHYraAdur44-kjHss6b51sZfGogtEet24CSjNgLx_33f_tIwe70-Jor2HUtwwcOUH_CdeK5qkuPgYpbosGUHocW9E1B44A/s320/Helen-Birch-I've-had-a-lot-on.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ive-had-lot-Helen-Birch-ebook/dp/B0B59D7BZD/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3VKIAAM3P4Y3W&keywords=helen+birch+books&qid=1665433951&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjE2IiwicXNhIjoiMi4xNSIsInFzcCI6IjEuNTkifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=Helen+Birch%2Caps%2C1641&sr=8-5" target="_blank">(available as ebook)</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-85710570763745369752022-07-13T14:09:00.008+01:002023-05-30T12:59:16.858+01:00using photos: gouache chairs<div><span style="font-family: courier;">I deliver art sessions at </span><a href="https://sketchbookskool.com" style="font-family: courier;">Sketchbook Skool</a> -<span style="font-family: courier;"> drawing mostly, with a little painting and collage too.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">It's always good to see what the other tutors are up to, so I often dip in to the various classes.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Janis McCarty does a regular gouache session there.</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">She posted a photo of an old family chair - a memory of her childhood, as the starting point for a gouache study.</span></div></div><div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnmCliMR825qt5DODtGJPaZ-VAjY1SsYtdaw_jxnXxi4axABLq4HP8lmCOKwvLDwJhqb3U1aZADo2Guscs8sy5BMLHaZdmQzK6qL-DcQNysO4W6OlM29J_5-8DTUGSLrytziLnf5v-G8R7twzEXPcFWWNePwm5dPW60NlWL_gyo4r7TFWgm6Kx-kexw/s1642/Janis%20McCarty.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="1642" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnmCliMR825qt5DODtGJPaZ-VAjY1SsYtdaw_jxnXxi4axABLq4HP8lmCOKwvLDwJhqb3U1aZADo2Guscs8sy5BMLHaZdmQzK6qL-DcQNysO4W6OlM29J_5-8DTUGSLrytziLnf5v-G8R7twzEXPcFWWNePwm5dPW60NlWL_gyo4r7TFWgm6Kx-kexw/s320/Janis%20McCarty.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: courier;">The combination of image and media sparked the beginning of an idea.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Plus, g</span><span style="font-family: courier;">ouache has always been one of my favourite paints. </span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">We all take a myriad photographs don't we? Where do yours end up? How often do you look at them or possibly use them in a project?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Luckily </span><span style="font-family: courier;">I've been in the habit of </span><span style="font-family: courier;">saving and tagging my digital pics</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> for quite a while - so they're easy to locate for potential later use. </span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Now was the moment </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- </span><a href="https://www.23hq.com/nellyb/search/display?mode=photos&search%5fkey=866F188644956668CC9D4" style="font-family: courier;">"chair"</a><span style="font-family: courier;"> threw up a lot of images.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Just like Janis'image had meaning for her, I followed suit with my selection.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Chairs from a hospice</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">A chair from the family home</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">An armchair in a hotel</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">My aim was to 're-upholster' the chairs that imbued most sadness (with fabric swatches provided by Janis), and turn them in to something happier and more positive. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZFOxHFf2zJhPM9xTDCvvzUoQY2K3jZFKKpyIyt0WsGQttDMr1BIdyoXUsHoQRb-7_2iLw3MsTsFsIrxH3ejqavq124mVWiViPhZYPm0mF8H4L6HTPq1Ieg2cDXtF9xSxY6VNWFxIR1KjeO1jwebd-lMa3-Fci1y3_QZ0l2NXTTelzmqTSKkkVKxSuw/s3918/Helen-Birch-gouache-prep.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2845" data-original-width="3918" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZFOxHFf2zJhPM9xTDCvvzUoQY2K3jZFKKpyIyt0WsGQttDMr1BIdyoXUsHoQRb-7_2iLw3MsTsFsIrxH3ejqavq124mVWiViPhZYPm0mF8H4L6HTPq1Ieg2cDXtF9xSxY6VNWFxIR1KjeO1jwebd-lMa3-Fci1y3_QZ0l2NXTTelzmqTSKkkVKxSuw/w640-h464/Helen-Birch-gouache-prep.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinw05nncSJZ2iZzb5TwbTha5xb5Hs3HGHOhuGIdJuP1di-9EywuD1Cu80wEUvaBKf68zTWOH6hmPZ9zGQ2uLpemKR4PCTF6ggZKrUA073AP1XuduFk32TAJ9N120XJ6UqzypXTrrosC21y4gQPISmnXsbaUpIfVQWFWOjcruEsE6GimNOkcKLmmrvMw/s3762/Helen-Birch-gouache-chairs.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="3762" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinw05nncSJZ2iZzb5TwbTha5xb5Hs3HGHOhuGIdJuP1di-9EywuD1Cu80wEUvaBKf68zTWOH6hmPZ9zGQ2uLpemKR4PCTF6ggZKrUA073AP1XuduFk32TAJ9N120XJ6UqzypXTrrosC21y4gQPISmnXsbaUpIfVQWFWOjcruEsE6GimNOkcKLmmrvMw/w640-h240/Helen-Birch-gouache-chairs.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><p></p></div></div></div>Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-82230008769581613302022-07-11T13:31:00.004+01:002022-07-11T13:31:43.549+01:00busy drawings <p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I delivered a sketchbook skool art session a while back - on 'busy drawings'.</span></span></p><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier;">How do you get lots of ideas in to your composition quickly? - in this case an urban scene.</span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make a list of objects for your chosen scene - I suggest 50 - cut them up - place them in a hat - choose them randomly - draw whatever comes out of the hat until they're all used up.
</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); font-size: 14px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">See the list I used below</span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;">Try to make your drawing make pictoral sense. Play with scale and placement.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Complete your drawing in 20-30 minutes. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Felt tips / marker pens work well for this exercise.</div>
</span><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;">Ps Kids love this drawing game.</div></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5k5U2z-0SFe93OnO4Nn6cNwuXRJ0RmfyOl1L-H8kVnA4QE6ZsHhwJX4F3d7gCd-LDMb97k6Jgo2K2mmCB17jVg9IMXHRGCreox4fqeh-x8Ej9sXJ0TQNz7gvfEkhnw6D7gm42nsg9QedKtmQ3uRNhod2e2bML_P-ueHug_W_sxyUviShAM9k0UhGghA/s1080/Helen-Birch-busy-drawings.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5k5U2z-0SFe93OnO4Nn6cNwuXRJ0RmfyOl1L-H8kVnA4QE6ZsHhwJX4F3d7gCd-LDMb97k6Jgo2K2mmCB17jVg9IMXHRGCreox4fqeh-x8Ej9sXJ0TQNz7gvfEkhnw6D7gm42nsg9QedKtmQ3uRNhod2e2bML_P-ueHug_W_sxyUviShAM9k0UhGghA/w400-h400/Helen-Birch-busy-drawings.png" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImt501IdqbhfLtk0HolXK_qP9xtNElLSS3DLVyfD_cWIMc050QRnsgfuRPUHv2OdVn2_b9LLWIT2Dr4D4fI2F3h3BvIDUpB2vFq1K7Vlw5PeROFudVJoESIapaDTOiIj4don-22rlGWHHwNTES94cVOZP5t50uO5T0SfcRoPPiRyIs3b611B9Jd7HBg/s1080/Helen-Birch-busy%20drawings-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImt501IdqbhfLtk0HolXK_qP9xtNElLSS3DLVyfD_cWIMc050QRnsgfuRPUHv2OdVn2_b9LLWIT2Dr4D4fI2F3h3BvIDUpB2vFq1K7Vlw5PeROFudVJoESIapaDTOiIj4don-22rlGWHHwNTES94cVOZP5t50uO5T0SfcRoPPiRyIs3b611B9Jd7HBg/w400-h400/Helen-Birch-busy%20drawings-1.png" width="400" /></a><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VrRN4iR1hFDP3Qgf--VIFZLmvivlOsBz-bVF9KcMo8jO8PDsmAQ2KUmD6Ma_l3mO6kRi5gl1mc-U2rCNK6ezYBU6opMoW-_y_oy-P5xc-Wr3vrdt3Yf0UqlIn_VWoKpuh5JnT8FVYv64kE2ahEvYRGZOM_8v9mlLTQdqCYTqPDISDZsfDooGaC1dPw/s1080/Helen-Birch-busy-drawings-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VrRN4iR1hFDP3Qgf--VIFZLmvivlOsBz-bVF9KcMo8jO8PDsmAQ2KUmD6Ma_l3mO6kRi5gl1mc-U2rCNK6ezYBU6opMoW-_y_oy-P5xc-Wr3vrdt3Yf0UqlIn_VWoKpuh5JnT8FVYv64kE2ahEvYRGZOM_8v9mlLTQdqCYTqPDISDZsfDooGaC1dPw/w400-h400/Helen-Birch-busy-drawings-2.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-family: courier; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div>Tree</span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(89, 98, 106); color: #59626a; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier;">House / building
Telephone pole/wires
Park bench
Pond
Mountain / hill
Giraffe
Clouds
Peacock
Sun
Open window
Bicycle
Road
Clocktower
Birds
Statue
Graffiti
Stairs
Flowers - tulips
Trumpet
Grass / lawn
Flag
Wheeled vehicle
A person
Umbrella
Dog
Busy composition
Monkey
Child
River
Trees / greenery
Boat
Cafe chairs
Street performer
Lamp post / street lighting
People
Car
Shop signage
Aeroplane towing a message
Top hat
A distant view
Bridge
Bus
Many windowed building
Fence
Rubbish / garbage
Traffic signage
Crane / building work or machinery
Hot air balloon
Zebra crossing / street crossing</span></span></div>Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-59506032183267179762022-07-11T12:08:00.002+01:002022-07-11T12:16:28.120+01:00calligraphy fountain pen drawings<p><span style="font-family: courier;">More <a href="https://www.cultpens.com/i/q/SR45748/sailor-fude-de-mannen-calligraphy-fountain-pen-green">Sailor ink pen</a> drawings whilst having a quick coffee in <a href="https://www.theartoftea.co.uk">a favourite cafe</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I purchased this great bit of drawing kit after watching one of <a href="https://youtu.be/d8U5nzMOeCE">Koosje Koene's Draw Tip Tuesday video</a>s. The pen really is great to work with. Ink flows smoothly; thick and thin lines transition nicely. It's exciting to draw with. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="http://drawdrawdraw-drawdrawdraw.blogspot.com/2022/07/life-drawing-new-sailor-pen.html">I've used the pen in a life drawing session too</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvAq233hUabU7rvi8LWxRBziZBx6f-fHeKMnxaNe0culPvW5QVP6Xlpy1_8Ig3cM1ozak1C454Gcv4HebwqVzLLX-huW9XVzopUTrop_aB8K9mmaje8NeFCT1D9PUa7mWOV8F31FXZZAm2JeBs3ifkQefVfdp8b5jPm0pK6ALmYzkYEUkgagaMv0EUw/s4032/Helen-Birch-cafe%20drawing-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvAq233hUabU7rvi8LWxRBziZBx6f-fHeKMnxaNe0culPvW5QVP6Xlpy1_8Ig3cM1ozak1C454Gcv4HebwqVzLLX-huW9XVzopUTrop_aB8K9mmaje8NeFCT1D9PUa7mWOV8F31FXZZAm2JeBs3ifkQefVfdp8b5jPm0pK6ALmYzkYEUkgagaMv0EUw/s320/Helen-Birch-cafe%20drawing-1.jpeg" width="240" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlH7gHTzQ6TNGdZK39sy0n9gCQ71Uwgp_bsNMQAnXJu2v1pYoeeRjc1-nyZj8YgnIupOIKKAyLMmQ2UkTgkbUxvn9C3HOJZpLYTsoJTOnZf9WVLe1G89ZaXMVwF64SCXRuRk-FZp-tde_Li5PegZSb5U0lsM6laOJbgj4cDNp_VuyIR8Vns7PQFjBYw/s4032/Helen-Birch-cafe-drawing.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlH7gHTzQ6TNGdZK39sy0n9gCQ71Uwgp_bsNMQAnXJu2v1pYoeeRjc1-nyZj8YgnIupOIKKAyLMmQ2UkTgkbUxvn9C3HOJZpLYTsoJTOnZf9WVLe1G89ZaXMVwF64SCXRuRk-FZp-tde_Li5PegZSb5U0lsM6laOJbgj4cDNp_VuyIR8Vns7PQFjBYw/s320/Helen-Birch-cafe-drawing.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfg9-mc1fHDfg-Y1vFl_74U8ab6FclemJUO5ZhDUxOyvYVzADRzOYwMYIoK5p2taUESydHnV6PbaLQMz6-hGW3QbQYUpvd1M8Sv95y8N9BOO16hExW_GFjqE16wdMrGREFrd1vbN9hYzIUO-gOzV1SR6mNApuLvNd5bCP7dLUzU3xwcIb4tJgswdK_vw/s600/SR45748~Sailor-Fude-de-Mannen-Calligraphy-Fountain-Pen-Green_P1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfg9-mc1fHDfg-Y1vFl_74U8ab6FclemJUO5ZhDUxOyvYVzADRzOYwMYIoK5p2taUESydHnV6PbaLQMz6-hGW3QbQYUpvd1M8Sv95y8N9BOO16hExW_GFjqE16wdMrGREFrd1vbN9hYzIUO-gOzV1SR6mNApuLvNd5bCP7dLUzU3xwcIb4tJgswdK_vw/s320/SR45748~Sailor-Fude-de-Mannen-Calligraphy-Fountain-Pen-Green_P1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d8U5nzMOeCE" width="320" youtube-src-id="d8U5nzMOeCE"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /> <p></p>Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-13164804123056401222022-07-09T13:19:00.003+01:002022-07-11T12:18:29.962+01:00life drawing - a new Sailor pen<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I had a spare Tuesday morning a few weeks ago so popped in to my friend's early morning art class. It was half term so her daughter had a week long holiday from school. She sat as the model.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I'd just purchased a </span><a href="https://www.cultpens.com/i/q/SR45748/sailor-fude-de-mannen-calligraphy-fountain-pen-green" style="font-family: courier;">Sailor ink pen</a><span style="font-family: courier;"> and was keen to try it out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The paper is cheap rolled paper from Ikea - hence the creases in the surface in my efforts to flatten it out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The drawings are shown in reverse. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The top one (my 3rd) is more confident. Perhaps I was emboldened by that cup of coffee you can just see on the paper's lower edge :-)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I do tend to like to depict a model's environment </span><span style="font-family: courier;">and the other participants</span><span style="font-family: courier;">. A little more of the room is shown in the middle drawing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The warm-up charcoal drawings were very few minutes or even seconds in the making. I've left these 'bad' drawings in to show the process of loosening up. That said, I quite like the sitting pose.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUfis7CvC8o_O3qejzPpTKd5WywQ683ekFiQOSszfhUKFu5iQnBOtas0Xmw0RUfLOXU-_6zosci2XMOF-FvHuixY4vvbZJaDKstKmEjOKl5dLm8yhAia_B9eP_xeARnozPdpMjem-kZ2esNNtxBcLzSx8OgY7_6tNPAy3QLRh-uxnH2WBh9oBo0P27Q/s3657/Helen-Birch-life-drawing-class.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="3657" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUfis7CvC8o_O3qejzPpTKd5WywQ683ekFiQOSszfhUKFu5iQnBOtas0Xmw0RUfLOXU-_6zosci2XMOF-FvHuixY4vvbZJaDKstKmEjOKl5dLm8yhAia_B9eP_xeARnozPdpMjem-kZ2esNNtxBcLzSx8OgY7_6tNPAy3QLRh-uxnH2WBh9oBo0P27Q/s320/Helen-Birch-life-drawing-class.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3icT-WDXZG3vNTnWh5penZtyuy9U8Iv1QtmL_v8GgcAUO3t224VD7Um56kDrPvq3ohSuxEHiojDGmoCBTj33oPD18j0-r7HkTmukzBFyyiESGoI1ZqBxDwE-vhDLPW_4D_aYoTWxcw_IJITWjxVljmSz1iC9l85Uq87c5rpGGF728xMpYm0uZLBdyvg/s3823/Helen-Birch-life-drawing-class%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2856" data-original-width="3823" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3icT-WDXZG3vNTnWh5penZtyuy9U8Iv1QtmL_v8GgcAUO3t224VD7Um56kDrPvq3ohSuxEHiojDGmoCBTj33oPD18j0-r7HkTmukzBFyyiESGoI1ZqBxDwE-vhDLPW_4D_aYoTWxcw_IJITWjxVljmSz1iC9l85Uq87c5rpGGF728xMpYm0uZLBdyvg/s320/Helen-Birch-life-drawing-class%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVf1ltkLGKpoRYoCM9vVBuKv5BO9tYiz91SZ5DipJWjIrg24YSByVexOCSLyuGaPoY26ifJH99h7wbOJUZP0GsGuUp5QPSRWm4P8EPVdBT6KYWGg5-Sc-IoX4mokn8C7Y0QAUTpWZERCmSs5SAm-aGaonBy9onKWd5hZEWEnmUB8y86o_3jl8Y-IzShg/s3677/Helen-Birch-charcoal.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3677" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVf1ltkLGKpoRYoCM9vVBuKv5BO9tYiz91SZ5DipJWjIrg24YSByVexOCSLyuGaPoY26ifJH99h7wbOJUZP0GsGuUp5QPSRWm4P8EPVdBT6KYWGg5-Sc-IoX4mokn8C7Y0QAUTpWZERCmSs5SAm-aGaonBy9onKWd5hZEWEnmUB8y86o_3jl8Y-IzShg/s320/Helen-Birch-charcoal.jpeg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="http://drawdrawdraw-drawdrawdraw.blogspot.com/2022/07/calligraphy-fountain-pen-drawings.html">I've used my new pen in a cafe setting too</a></span></div></div><p></p>Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-60854785615837206212022-07-08T16:44:00.004+01:002022-07-09T16:48:43.019+01:00ink drawings: size and scale<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">An exercise in looking at size and scale - a</span><span style="font-family: courier;">n old, battered Converse hi-top the subject matter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Black fine liner on cigarette paper</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Some enlarged with a </span><a href="https://www.greatart.co.uk/artograph-ez-tracer.html" style="font-family: courier;">projector</a><span style="font-family: courier;">, re-drawn using dip pens, Indian ink</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Various freehand black ink drawings on various sizes of newspaper. Rotring ink soaked in to the surface producing a grey halo; Indian ink lines widened as they soaked in, but stayed true black.</span></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">What I hadn't considered is how random text on the newspaper influenced how the drawing might be 'read'.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaDHAaoH9kked-WFIpVXKAljnKQTxknU2uOEmA2xmrdDS1R5uOM4JL3-pboYcuM8G0KMl9JvB6UaA5aW4YhQB7GfZiIivFmAImCnJ2vmejucMSvNl8lElFP_PnuryintRwflvPifGWJ835ShqF-FiufOLI06tUg4wE9ZWgyPg-WLbfyO14yqHFGcFeTA/s3358/Helen-Birch-converse-studies.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I recently went out for a quiet coffee <a href="https://phlegmcomicnews.blogspot.com/2017/12/west-didsbury-manchester-may-2017.html">in West Didsbury</a>, Manchester, UK </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I wasn't expect a 'whoa' moment. The </span><span style="font-family: courier;">style and scale of these black and white paintings on 2 red brick house ends did the trick.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Turns out they're by Phlegm.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">'...a Welsh-born </span><i>Sheffield</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">-based </span><i>muralist</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;"> and artist who first developed his illustrations in </span><i>self-published</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;"> </span><i>comics</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">. </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">The name 'Phlegm' came from one of the </span><i>four temperaments</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;"> in </span><i>ancient Greek medicine</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. </span><i>Phlegm</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;"> was believed to be responsible for an </span><i>apathetic</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;"> and unemotional </span><i>temperament</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-size: 14px;"><i>.' </i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlegm_(artist)">source: Wikipedia</a></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://www.streetartbio.com/artists/phlegm/">https://www.streetartbio.com/artists/phlegm/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://phlegmcomicnews.blogspot.com">https://phlegmcomicnews.blogspot.com</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/phlegm_art/">https://www.instagram.com/phlegm_art/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="850" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uxaEpbgCw4KeysVsImIEG9SmAvy-nfeChFPZwLSejjZzr3pjIren-gpkD0dnQ0V7PDm6vaIJpag5jsipwAxMnoUtfmif75ZBC5vEMyvgBU3v8Jd3VGxK1IF1N7x5u1R_3EX3H3zHRRFOLYXQ4bZbg7aV0PiNN5IsthuVv_vL9dGVdU2K8LY4wzQdlw/w400-h105/phlegms.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-55691926202740999242022-04-07T12:22:00.003+01:002022-04-07T12:48:04.976+01:00broad beans: monoprint and collage<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Another in the series of drawing familiar food - this time a handful of broad beans. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Others include: <a href="http://drawdrawdraw-drawdrawdraw.blogspot.com/2022/02/pumpkin-drawing.html">pumpkins</a> and <a href="http://drawdrawdraw-drawdrawdraw.blogspot.com/2022/02/drawing-fruit-and-veg.html">squash & pomegranate</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">There is a small joy to splitting open the shiny green pods to reveal pale, matt beans attached to yellow 'hangers'- all cushioned in a spongy interior. Usually it's done speedily because I want to eat these beauties!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Today it was a more considered affair: taking time to look at the curves of the pods and how the beans nestled in to their spaces.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiYJP7EpIYXrKAnowcaZnUPf6u_sH_snJuZZuW4xfBbw-XROlMEQmzR6YK2HpvcpRmIRP1MPEfbfl8BPi9dtMFE-vRfNdX0op-8Qk9e83dFAutAYKGTpVWBe1touu73a9NorVlMRfWN3hsu8emmuPQ9qzqAFTxTRLxVsJOHVnjnQ-AWnYmfYMevga6oQ=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiYJP7EpIYXrKAnowcaZnUPf6u_sH_snJuZZuW4xfBbw-XROlMEQmzR6YK2HpvcpRmIRP1MPEfbfl8BPi9dtMFE-vRfNdX0op-8Qk9e83dFAutAYKGTpVWBe1touu73a9NorVlMRfWN3hsu8emmuPQ9qzqAFTxTRLxVsJOHVnjnQ-AWnYmfYMevga6oQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">A pencil drawing to begin, </span><span style="font-family: courier;">and a collaged juxtaposition of some found</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> marbled paper - with its echoes of nestled shapes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1UvNvZPNM1ffHqF-XRxMm-gnKrfmo4ifsqpl1ZHLunhpuchucFa0ANHq_nU6A9hBbqHOwJEgjw8lNLSQv85dfFdX-PjyTGo3MaFO7usYKMkkcOdGI5NjNo8mNYjAVi38ewAQpTvqyw5O8RgPa_HqnrJ60GE2ycsNSxIY6g8P2EuDmPVXWgvKzmahk9w=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1UvNvZPNM1ffHqF-XRxMm-gnKrfmo4ifsqpl1ZHLunhpuchucFa0ANHq_nU6A9hBbqHOwJEgjw8lNLSQv85dfFdX-PjyTGo3MaFO7usYKMkkcOdGI5NjNo8mNYjAVi38ewAQpTvqyw5O8RgPa_HqnrJ60GE2ycsNSxIY6g8P2EuDmPVXWgvKzmahk9w=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I had limited time to get some ideas down so decided a series of rapid sketches as monoprints was the way to go. When the prints were dry I picked out </span><span style="font-family: courier;">the colour of the beans </span><span style="font-family: courier;">with oil pastels.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijY1t80M6P3B2E5Su9P-zK-Igy-IxDbbajjYG8E3jC9iuy--r9OGyWfQn_i3HQOELeJ3UQ8c-wCWyZ6SIreml3s_3XMamq9lYMX6xyUH9G5c46iVr0lsUbhfZZaqxuvxOvzhgO1Meu1vV0HY0CIeAisQKccGPL6BbQUc8ctRGo24H6Le3zfoo7CfjoEA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijY1t80M6P3B2E5Su9P-zK-Igy-IxDbbajjYG8E3jC9iuy--r9OGyWfQn_i3HQOELeJ3UQ8c-wCWyZ6SIreml3s_3XMamq9lYMX6xyUH9G5c46iVr0lsUbhfZZaqxuvxOvzhgO1Meu1vV0HY0CIeAisQKccGPL6BbQUc8ctRGo24H6Le3zfoo7CfjoEA=s320" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiywgMJy49GXYtsWta9mhs6D9GW6qtCSo-ZV3iJcjrJvMzSBRNOqBO5-fcBMGzE5AM8Zz0sd5ZBwt4C5kXfLP-mV0qwMXE8GACm78AtstuXTQeFXz6EWEVc1NnuuqNY1S6Itns8EpZ3n6xdWOyBFT6uQBk2Ox05PcAq31lLL7xh4U1dk0m_vz8AVqjwrQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiywgMJy49GXYtsWta9mhs6D9GW6qtCSo-ZV3iJcjrJvMzSBRNOqBO5-fcBMGzE5AM8Zz0sd5ZBwt4C5kXfLP-mV0qwMXE8GACm78AtstuXTQeFXz6EWEVc1NnuuqNY1S6Itns8EpZ3n6xdWOyBFT6uQBk2Ox05PcAq31lLL7xh4U1dk0m_vz8AVqjwrQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Several of the monoprints were cut out and collaged on to the plate image along with photos of broad beans, and a single pod.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The plate is a scan - hence the blurry areas.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">It's printed on pre-used A3 paper - hence the marks in the grey.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I like these 'faults'.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjz2thKaz_KM_X0rew5EcrAhqLBCJpeFwbGyqDW04ttnJgfzmpeX8HqxTugfCg0wBHcLS0qu9v9Fh44CkYIT3n8F0HhagPW240Kl6oj64BaD6L-6YcGEEx7HfRqcae2VQrt4Wc-D-jK43KFy2Ln9dZlPmguiZleZMeVdp0Oc8OjV57GSa9O2DjCzjFrA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2684" data-original-width="2684" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjz2thKaz_KM_X0rew5EcrAhqLBCJpeFwbGyqDW04ttnJgfzmpeX8HqxTugfCg0wBHcLS0qu9v9Fh44CkYIT3n8F0HhagPW240Kl6oj64BaD6L-6YcGEEx7HfRqcae2VQrt4Wc-D-jK43KFy2Ln9dZlPmguiZleZMeVdp0Oc8OjV57GSa9O2DjCzjFrA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Using my blue china for this project led me to utilise it for <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CaUgjBys5XK/">a class I delivered for Sketchbook Skool</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><br /> <p></p>Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-57208784654610949562022-02-24T16:17:00.003+00:002022-02-24T16:17:59.031+00:00pumpkin drawing<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">A visit to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WiredAndWild">Amanda Beck-McKim</a>'s art class gets me drawing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Company with like minded people, plus a cuppa tends to do that.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">A sliced open pumpkin scrutinised.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Inside that green skin....oh so orange flesh.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The positions of its seeds fascinated me too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1kT6MOFLpJEVioQiF_hGivYD4ztQ0oYdARxS1Zm2kfgtYjYxIe_D6wTP6SVF9DKPYi7mIY8mwYJOQdByN1n3_O96IEB0iwyxrWees5U_DGxsvA80W5SyitCmUcVuQj1qLDYNHO-VJuxcoVzyaCa-47-A4mA3vmyhmiBsBGe8b-T82xvUWCzDQ_TqVrg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1kT6MOFLpJEVioQiF_hGivYD4ztQ0oYdARxS1Zm2kfgtYjYxIe_D6wTP6SVF9DKPYi7mIY8mwYJOQdByN1n3_O96IEB0iwyxrWees5U_DGxsvA80W5SyitCmUcVuQj1qLDYNHO-VJuxcoVzyaCa-47-A4mA3vmyhmiBsBGe8b-T82xvUWCzDQ_TqVrg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Helen Birch - A3 pencil/watercolour study</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTIGa2N5tYzBC_9VYA0Za4ZOKDrcRkvDxIytQoexiBnrFrJLnlDbadU_0Wq4MaiQl0fBGHuhanQ5_mTFgruis_o7l-SMwl-wapLt8H9cUzzFY1roSg09W7q3IHiLDmKF-cNIE0E_Jlee5NLBV4f9nrVzRk-PgbZ5ziMq9BjjIF3bW42243L0Vrd0YdjQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTIGa2N5tYzBC_9VYA0Za4ZOKDrcRkvDxIytQoexiBnrFrJLnlDbadU_0Wq4MaiQl0fBGHuhanQ5_mTFgruis_o7l-SMwl-wapLt8H9cUzzFY1roSg09W7q3IHiLDmKF-cNIE0E_Jlee5NLBV4f9nrVzRk-PgbZ5ziMq9BjjIF3bW42243L0Vrd0YdjQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi20MjFqVFW3vpr4vwBE8vrHCaF0p4srlUGZ5cIVnXRduoWz3r_l7tKFbfCieHffWqjvRS5ahgJ1gZMZxoqUvvaTGSccylqa601jELq0aRyDiH0pAj8hL5AETlKyBhR1Srk7W7Sv7J1nQ_S-Nwp7B8ISRxFGK3cjybhKO_c8ESHXJXAJtUqkbnMjJa_cg=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-54148291051856937672022-02-24T14:07:00.194+00:002022-02-24T16:23:02.461+00:00drawing fruit and veg<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I got my drawing fix last Autumn/Fall by going to my friend <a href="https://thenorthernquota.org/entertainment/manchester-artist-captures-coronavirus-pandemic-through-series-digital-drawings" target="_blank">Amanda Beck McKim</a>'s open to all art session. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Unlike her I hadn't been doing much drawing during lockdown. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">This drawing space, working alongside others, seemed like a great idea.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">For a small fee, use of an array of art materials - and seasonal fruit and veg - was available to us all. A favourite propelling 2B pencil is all I took with me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">These are the initial sketches in pencil. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">In hindsight I wish I taken a bit more care with my selection and storage of the paper - the hastily torn edge and folds probably not conducive to a warm up exercise I now quite like.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMkUQ1zXDT85Tvd5AQ7LigF0OUpFoiAvkiHde5bs1HtnAoEKe5zvymN-B6BcVp6L1q6TUscVQj6AODFZeKngjglFxtEiTbPIy0ERCJv4T-AdO5Jrsp_kiCw1H1vqhiTu8aNWi0KW-pndeJelb5r9W_j-b7QGWDS2C2CAsnQDLQUVfNrLwWDcwX2cshMg=s3936" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3936" data-original-width="2878" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMkUQ1zXDT85Tvd5AQ7LigF0OUpFoiAvkiHde5bs1HtnAoEKe5zvymN-B6BcVp6L1q6TUscVQj6AODFZeKngjglFxtEiTbPIy0ERCJv4T-AdO5Jrsp_kiCw1H1vqhiTu8aNWi0KW-pndeJelb5r9W_j-b7QGWDS2C2CAsnQDLQUVfNrLwWDcwX2cshMg=w293-h400" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I enjoyed using coloured pencil but wanted something a bit more robust and chunky - to make myself get colour down more quickly (the session was only 2 hours long).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The squash in particular were beautifully coloured and patterned, but I wanted more to play with.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">A rummage through the </span><span style="font-family: courier;">collage materials box provided the images - a lucky find - this </span><span style="font-family: courier;">'Squash Blossom' oil painting by US artist </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O%27Keeffe" style="font-family: courier;">Georgia O'Keefe</a><span style="font-family: courier;"> (from an old calendar).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Placing the squash and pomegranate on a colourful background did the trick.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbYpO6q1qdREdEpCFAC3PMcPlBq2mEIDzLPJSVl37j4TiJe7IQoEevxgSYe1zTrhlECsD2A2HBDtrMyK4gP88KVy4I5J8P0CDt9Wl_TzOxHFTOH42euTkaXUFJ1bDcrS9cd-opXMN31wlYZRfc_sYA0o4ZCEOyCobwF6xQtYi5ibVtoPunGS0B8UCSpQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbYpO6q1qdREdEpCFAC3PMcPlBq2mEIDzLPJSVl37j4TiJe7IQoEevxgSYe1zTrhlECsD2A2HBDtrMyK4gP88KVy4I5J8P0CDt9Wl_TzOxHFTOH42euTkaXUFJ1bDcrS9cd-opXMN31wlYZRfc_sYA0o4ZCEOyCobwF6xQtYi5ibVtoPunGS0B8UCSpQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I used oil pastel on A3 cartridge. M</span><span style="font-family: courier;">asking tape ensured a crisp edge.</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDPivLTpIGHpE2mpbJTcdvIUKdP0qdvm3nddaXqvfXpjE9az5yR3WUVGsyn5jhSfWqleGSELpuivl1fg7HAmAOuzNo8MmHUgjoxpE81SIQ5P2bm3Ln84rYgNy8ocBKoU4lyo20lYFeVowdrzcMbSa1pRuTBcvUEvCZNLOLaaBV1p3PCWrq0FWwPdkWAw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDPivLTpIGHpE2mpbJTcdvIUKdP0qdvm3nddaXqvfXpjE9az5yR3WUVGsyn5jhSfWqleGSELpuivl1fg7HAmAOuzNo8MmHUgjoxpE81SIQ5P2bm3Ln84rYgNy8ocBKoU4lyo20lYFeVowdrzcMbSa1pRuTBcvUEvCZNLOLaaBV1p3PCWrq0FWwPdkWAw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigL1syXuDtG7-pNdDkyeARDgAtv99VyDtq06SarsvHvWHRDjjAV34ud9fhPvZ8CxJbXGSXzcN_dy27RfG7RlZIcqB95kYU-Sq0G6RDJDdSM455xX_MNUXVGlDtucf7X9Nmt2C7bea9cvD0Y9bUaLB7Q8of3DKPTFPVTEOAR5B5BfUSeEf-uaqnGoLY4A=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigL1syXuDtG7-pNdDkyeARDgAtv99VyDtq06SarsvHvWHRDjjAV34ud9fhPvZ8CxJbXGSXzcN_dy27RfG7RlZIcqB95kYU-Sq0G6RDJDdSM455xX_MNUXVGlDtucf7X9Nmt2C7bea9cvD0Y9bUaLB7Q8of3DKPTFPVTEOAR5B5BfUSeEf-uaqnGoLY4A=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I'll be including <a href="http://drawdrawdraw-drawdrawdraw.blogspot.com/2022/02/pumpkin-drawing.html" target="_blank">drawings from other art sessions</a> soon. Thanks <a href="https://www.allacrossthearts.com/post/collaborate-artist-amanda-beck-mckim" target="_blank">Amanda</a>.</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /> <p></p>Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-17097827740692098802022-01-24T13:36:00.000+00:002022-01-24T13:36:07.824+00:00a new book<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">so pleased to announce that my newest book - a collaboration with botanical artist Carolyn Jenkins, is <a href="https://www.batsfordbooks.com/book/new-ideas-in-botanical-painting/">now available for pre-order</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3LjQtyKvNM-6kGlLj-TUaqCBCqPIrBtRtUMlMhMCR46jpiW5O0vI-2MPn7tErt4Rhj5d2gXThSXl87vZfnOHEtUFcdjZGmw8mkpJKJaiO6HDK8FRb0dVeraHAZesezUjkJxsmLEIsS6R/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3LjQtyKvNM-6kGlLj-TUaqCBCqPIrBtRtUMlMhMCR46jpiW5O0vI-2MPn7tErt4Rhj5d2gXThSXl87vZfnOHEtUFcdjZGmw8mkpJKJaiO6HDK8FRb0dVeraHAZesezUjkJxsmLEIsS6R/s16000/Carolyn+Jenkins+Helen+Birch.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-78794347484906908622021-12-09T18:33:00.002+00:002021-12-09T18:33:11.083+00:00Irina Lubenskaya: portraits<p><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="http://drawdrawdraw-drawdrawdraw.blogspot.com/2021/08/sketchbook-skool-online-drawing-school.html" target="_blank">Sketchbook Skool</a> have recently invited me to deliver some online drawing classes for them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I get to introduce an hour's worth of 'Inspiration' on a drawing oriented topic of my choice. What a joy!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">A recent session was: 'Is it OK to copy?'</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I revisited some of the ideas in <a href="http://drawdrawdraw-drawdrawdraw.blogspot.com/2013/06/david-hockney-secret-knowledge.html" target="_blank">David Hockney's 'Secret Knowledge'</a>, utilising imagery by Spanish illustrator and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/davidgomezmaestre/" target="_blank">fashion photographer</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CI5uYvtlkwG/" target="_blank">David Gomez Maestre</a> from my first book Freehand as inspiration.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlNd7PdicwiC0zEd8Wuit9fpH1yrhOVURRacVWlJ6pBlliP6CY-hgZC7VM90ntUEPbuQkZincRSlkOK7G4mz7AP5p-8KW4hotLhpsZiknsKySChco6qx-4rReiHRU0krJYX17m65JJZyq/s1370/Freehand.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1370" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlNd7PdicwiC0zEd8Wuit9fpH1yrhOVURRacVWlJ6pBlliP6CY-hgZC7VM90ntUEPbuQkZincRSlkOK7G4mz7AP5p-8KW4hotLhpsZiknsKySChco6qx-4rReiHRU0krJYX17m65JJZyq/w200-h134/Freehand.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCpidqsgY4j0LZysMv4xaJ0_fYeL98LAeSl9xqGiRgnxC_EHtHxwXteyUs-OlslKuNbZ6UWtoq7xra0RzlaQZDR7JpPL1FW1ODHcZprEoCciyjGOZ6uYvnUwYmU1O1HFPlyXpjYr06X_T/s2731/Freehand+Gomez+Maestre+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2731" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCpidqsgY4j0LZysMv4xaJ0_fYeL98LAeSl9xqGiRgnxC_EHtHxwXteyUs-OlslKuNbZ6UWtoq7xra0RzlaQZDR7JpPL1FW1ODHcZprEoCciyjGOZ6uYvnUwYmU1O1HFPlyXpjYr06X_T/w400-h169/Freehand+Gomez+Maestre+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I'm meeting an amazing group of people who are dedicating lots of their time to making, developing and finding out more about art. Some are curious beginners, others are accomplished at drawing - all are curious and incredibly supportive of one anothers' efforts. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Irina Lubenskaya<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4d5461;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(77, 84, 97);"> </span></span><span style="color: #4d5461;">attended this particular session.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4d5461;">Luckily I have a co-host for the session delivery - she enabled me to see Irina's work in one of the Q&A / show-and-tell slots. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4d5461;">(I'm still fairly new to Zoom - there's so much to think about on top of delivering the lecture / drawing demos)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4d5461;">I knew Irina's drawing was looking special from the get go.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4d5461;">She shared the finished illustrations with me a few days later, saying:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(20, 25, 33); color: #141921;"><i><span style="font-family: courier;">"Tracing historical portraits was such an unexpected way to look deeply at the familiar."</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzla12EeL7G0LE65ARuN_d8sSOvHTZDxYWjiFdPges-rOnVrNYrk4p1zuhs0sKpFFi9-TMjxeFjiR2SEV6dtlUBvCvKeDozMRKleMBSGx43e7tvxXEyrpmoEQVaLFMcpNkwu4uk38HyBaQ/s2930/irinal-inspiration-tracing-history-20221124.jpg.webp" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="2930" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzla12EeL7G0LE65ARuN_d8sSOvHTZDxYWjiFdPges-rOnVrNYrk4p1zuhs0sKpFFi9-TMjxeFjiR2SEV6dtlUBvCvKeDozMRKleMBSGx43e7tvxXEyrpmoEQVaLFMcpNkwu4uk38HyBaQ/w400-h146/irinal-inspiration-tracing-history-20221124.jpg.webp" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 25, 33); color: #141921; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Catherine The Great (1729 - 1796)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 25, 33); color: #141921; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Peter The Great (1672 - 1725)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 25, 33); color: #141921; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Rasputin (1869 - 1916)</span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4d5461;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4d5461;">We've chatted a little since, through Sketchbook Skool.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4d5461;">She knew of my books before the session, and now I know her drawing. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4d5461;">A treat.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoYJnH6ZKTLRkj6N9S6uWVEEX7nKFKo5ruA2DW-v7Gqybm2ApV8DVYi0JUwKnpoD0p1NseLIemLq3M40ke1GKgam9AFOLjTh0-pZBPIII3-LrLWwnoUK2sSFljDqzmLuPseftMYZiKJq0/s1932/Irina+Lubenskaya.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="1684" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoYJnH6ZKTLRkj6N9S6uWVEEX7nKFKo5ruA2DW-v7Gqybm2ApV8DVYi0JUwKnpoD0p1NseLIemLq3M40ke1GKgam9AFOLjTh0-pZBPIII3-LrLWwnoUK2sSFljDqzmLuPseftMYZiKJq0/s320/Irina+Lubenskaya.png" width="279" /></a><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4d5461;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4d5461;">I</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #141921;">rina studied industrial design in the Moscow Technological Institute, and is now -</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(20, 25, 33); color: #141921;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>"Working in digital marketing: a bit of design, a bit of code, lots of meetings."</i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #141921;">Like many attendees of Sketchbook Skool she says she</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(20, 25, 33); color: #141921;"> hasn't <i>'done much'</i> with her training since graduating from university. (I disagree!)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(20, 25, 33); color: #141921;">SBS is making a difference, just by motivating me to try different things."</span></i></span></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ilrina11/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 84, 97);">Irina on Instagram @ilrina11</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: courier;"> </span></span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(20, 25, 33); color: #141921;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0F-dT3Xjt-kRz3IS_s5ZmmfP4DHmL6kbvZQj8Xw1_Tj1aWE_YhC2K8uvvSpN3C3XHRX0o09VpnXjBSDXlZxd9DsGRcKdF4LrXgp-uxEaTWpJevuNs3L6s-Zf1-OWZwaiEhBEyB13Eo9a/s1936/Irina+Lubenskaya4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1906" data-original-width="1936" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0F-dT3Xjt-kRz3IS_s5ZmmfP4DHmL6kbvZQj8Xw1_Tj1aWE_YhC2K8uvvSpN3C3XHRX0o09VpnXjBSDXlZxd9DsGRcKdF4LrXgp-uxEaTWpJevuNs3L6s-Zf1-OWZwaiEhBEyB13Eo9a/s320/Irina+Lubenskaya4.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NEoMUOA3a3ehlEmzptCdm59-QyrKEh3gZIdDhgGxX6Mp6EC0nbQEOZs5QKvUX24AQkXgjZKi9Dgyx7loAtEfEl5KhRtk2T3T-jaAK4l4_zeURBsmV9p3IHG9WPlHb-hucbXTUiVX30i3/s1940/Irina+Lubenskaya1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="1940" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NEoMUOA3a3ehlEmzptCdm59-QyrKEh3gZIdDhgGxX6Mp6EC0nbQEOZs5QKvUX24AQkXgjZKi9Dgyx7loAtEfEl5KhRtk2T3T-jaAK4l4_zeURBsmV9p3IHG9WPlHb-hucbXTUiVX30i3/w400-h251/Irina+Lubenskaya1.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rj-aSzbPiKllS9Xu8FRPdZECcvCy4TGc-StPWjOVKE6ss5Bg4DjOG6XDHK2JygJY-7TZL3s6nJ9NxsJMyDHx70oKA-tTjVkMEXBkMBi4FaBYvi8YkBhoXQXPuBmfKqK1xZ9o9Sh1ngJF/s1916/Irina+Lubenskaya3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1916" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rj-aSzbPiKllS9Xu8FRPdZECcvCy4TGc-StPWjOVKE6ss5Bg4DjOG6XDHK2JygJY-7TZL3s6nJ9NxsJMyDHx70oKA-tTjVkMEXBkMBi4FaBYvi8YkBhoXQXPuBmfKqK1xZ9o9Sh1ngJF/s320/Irina+Lubenskaya3.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0qdKnGGrpClpP_2dO0Ae0nFQ7cygTDavmk7HiSbXukzMRx28N7mttWJmZZ-ITn9zWZOccKgpZc-r6I977W2Z-xJiaI4yPH-wHz2taWEGVa49ZWYQ2rc5rE7XAp0j6JNQRkeOIQLBPLiv/s1946/Irina+Lubenskaya2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1946" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0qdKnGGrpClpP_2dO0Ae0nFQ7cygTDavmk7HiSbXukzMRx28N7mttWJmZZ-ITn9zWZOccKgpZc-r6I977W2Z-xJiaI4yPH-wHz2taWEGVa49ZWYQ2rc5rE7XAp0j6JNQRkeOIQLBPLiv/s320/Irina+Lubenskaya2.png" width="320" /></a></div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBvRNtBvXfZwMUhsB5M5z56yJAC-RTQvHY61TS7v8M7uNsNiKU8uW_GfW7pJs1BH-HUXgxegyt3gYJ-5xMQz_ir5pEoicoslW4wWCuZYwRNEBzeBsEY_bruXOVXeWyKE0vrsulfSGnFas/s1944/Irina+Lubenskaya5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1924" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBvRNtBvXfZwMUhsB5M5z56yJAC-RTQvHY61TS7v8M7uNsNiKU8uW_GfW7pJs1BH-HUXgxegyt3gYJ-5xMQz_ir5pEoicoslW4wWCuZYwRNEBzeBsEY_bruXOVXeWyKE0vrsulfSGnFas/s320/Irina+Lubenskaya5.png" width="317" /></a></div><br />Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-10282635998094379732021-11-29T16:31:00.007+00:002021-11-30T17:39:12.291+00:00Bluecoat Liverpool: Deborah Roberts<p><span style="font-family: courier;">A visit to The Bluecoat - </span><span style="font-family: courier;">Liverpool's contemporary arts centre </span><span style="font-family: courier;">is a regular habit for whenever I visit the city. I know there will pretty much always be something that piques my interest. If not, seeing the building itself is a </span><span style="font-family: courier;">treat.</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLYArKm-Mub1wFalobizfXUKQ-I9KA_ze6Ij4wt6Lf2DXisvxyDGrnOntp4cs2kC3QTqb7N3bw_mDNkafTJ7WFgOWF8buEXp1oK3hdPw8xetsD2UuZzqr9H2ZY_tazHa6erDDnrYfJcfL/s1640/Bluecoat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1640" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLYArKm-Mub1wFalobizfXUKQ-I9KA_ze6Ij4wt6Lf2DXisvxyDGrnOntp4cs2kC3QTqb7N3bw_mDNkafTJ7WFgOWF8buEXp1oK3hdPw8xetsD2UuZzqr9H2ZY_tazHa6erDDnrYfJcfL/w400-h178/Bluecoat.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">This November 2021 visit wasn't to see anything specific - I'll admit to the fact that I hadn't even checked to see what exhibitions might be on. I was greeted by another top exhibition:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div><h1 class="c-homepage-hero__content-item c-homepage-hero__heading" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: HW-Topol-Bold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><a href="https://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/whatson/deborah-roberts" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Deborah Roberts: A look inside</span></a></h1><div class="c-homepage-hero__content-item c-homepage-hero__dates" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="c-homepage-hero__content-item c-homepage-hero__dates" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The exhibition continues until Sunday 23 January 2022</span></div></div><div class="c-homepage-hero__content-item c-homepage-hero__dates" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(45,85,255,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: HW-Topol-Bold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"><br /></div><div class="c-homepage-hero__content-item c-homepage-hero__dates" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(45,85,255,var(--tw-text-opacity)); line-height: 1.375; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"><h2 class="c-homepage-hero__content-item c-homepage-hero__subheading" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px 0px 0.25rem;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">"This is the first major European solo exhibition from award-winning US-based artist <a href="http://www.deborahrobertsart.com" target="_blank">Deborah Roberts</a>. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Combining collage with mixed media, her figurative works critique notions of beauty, the body, race and identity in contemporary society through the lens of Black children in the USA."</span></span></span></h2><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: courier; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjHALWNRExBtMSiNeq09YKJtgVuTZZ6m9-e8t5ztLCQ9Kp44JAM5WIb0VoecSb0KimgSIi5-d899APgUZgrn6Tpc1-a6tzgmSihBLpCLFnpv0bsH47R9VCOfkMudNWhh4YDpGXcZIWXcF/s1144/Deborah+Roberts+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="1144" height="73" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjHALWNRExBtMSiNeq09YKJtgVuTZZ6m9-e8t5ztLCQ9Kp44JAM5WIb0VoecSb0KimgSIi5-d899APgUZgrn6Tpc1-a6tzgmSihBLpCLFnpv0bsH47R9VCOfkMudNWhh4YDpGXcZIWXcF/w400-h73/Deborah+Roberts+banner.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Stylistically these large pieces use lots of white space. It imbues the works with a graphic cleanness. I think that's what attracts me to them initially.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: courier;">The works also have great impact - not just because of their scale, but also because of the juxtaposition of collaged parts and the artist's joyous use of colour and pattern. The disjointedness of the figures is a well handled metaphor for the idea of social construct which the </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">artist pursues.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeErXSwLCRBp-SLUEqkP4yXOqcIDhrPPvi6TnseKJOcfaOvUg4BdmwS3Tie7r4-eTZ3LwB9JkAkpu-60bd-GAG6V2fXuo0HIMaAgOpFLbV9QDspTG0QCz0ND4MUZAar3uuIco03hBCjgut/s2048/G3_08.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1463" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeErXSwLCRBp-SLUEqkP4yXOqcIDhrPPvi6TnseKJOcfaOvUg4BdmwS3Tie7r4-eTZ3LwB9JkAkpu-60bd-GAG6V2fXuo0HIMaAgOpFLbV9QDspTG0QCz0ND4MUZAar3uuIco03hBCjgut/s320/G3_08.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpAXq0n4Vm3ZOzhhuwNenrZ_I5eOvOwJru3llX5YlFIG_uWSmWHlwMEcylzIK9bptozhnWFWnL26L0ofmh-leOLrqYHRtaBZdcUoKZ1uVinqI2Hc13GpTVLu-2zBjG9ZPbRb6HtdRNR5r/s2048/G3_09.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1463" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpAXq0n4Vm3ZOzhhuwNenrZ_I5eOvOwJru3llX5YlFIG_uWSmWHlwMEcylzIK9bptozhnWFWnL26L0ofmh-leOLrqYHRtaBZdcUoKZ1uVinqI2Hc13GpTVLu-2zBjG9ZPbRb6HtdRNR5r/s320/G3_09.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpkx3Wfip9R3Dw0TNDzIi2wrWbpi-4j1mNNqPf9pKP05FNvYybgPvTJvxIrvYwJw0xTkpbyvzIkvKmGK9-b9wQfVmHsvu_pAQZmkhmDrPx2BIv4O1DA3USd4LTNGxMRoEFkTjBtCuRlSI/s788/Screen+Shot+2021-11-29+at+14.55.58.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="788" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpkx3Wfip9R3Dw0TNDzIi2wrWbpi-4j1mNNqPf9pKP05FNvYybgPvTJvxIrvYwJw0xTkpbyvzIkvKmGK9-b9wQfVmHsvu_pAQZmkhmDrPx2BIv4O1DA3USd4LTNGxMRoEFkTjBtCuRlSI/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-11-29+at+14.55.58.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;">'Her works on paper and on canvas combine found images, sourced from the internet, with hand-painted details in striking compositions that invite viewers to look closely, to see through the layers. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;">Roberts' use of collage reflects the challenges encountered by young Black children as they strive to build their identity, particularly as they navigate preconceived social constructs, the white gaze and visual culture at large. The artist investigates how societal pressures, projected images of beauty or masculinity, and the violence of American racism conditions their formative experiences, as well as how others perceive them. Simultaneously heroic and insecure, playful and serious, powerful and vulnerable, the figures Roberts depicts combine a range of facial features, skin tones, hairstyles and clothes.'</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> <a href="https://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/whatson/deborah-roberts" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-small;">source</span></a></span></span></div></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: courier; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rdeborah191/">Deborah Roberts on Instagram</a> </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: courier;">@rdeborah191</span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9yL2up39mlva3sD6TfURDTRr9XZp3hp4jmnABfPZgTPa9RZRxGKJcAvVhnAbfcwfbeC2MHMDuxoupKLF0maAgLwy4vguBPC2echYnIFPTw6IkhQRnObyZ4oWG-VdhfyDq5G11ud_rWWb/s747/Screen+Shot+2021-11-29+at+16.28.15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="679" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9yL2up39mlva3sD6TfURDTRr9XZp3hp4jmnABfPZgTPa9RZRxGKJcAvVhnAbfcwfbeC2MHMDuxoupKLF0maAgLwy4vguBPC2echYnIFPTw6IkhQRnObyZ4oWG-VdhfyDq5G11ud_rWWb/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-11-29+at+16.28.15.png" width="291" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5aE7a2vmEgGWrcQHlzmRCz8JPQzpPd53-TnSCGod1rN9c0TrK2I9w1nvQacO3IdvdfF20tscjzvzNCHX7jIUU86A66DVS8KGfWEHuhogGwefYVS49SmeJpiQWNINmtefYGc_hEsrYrY1/s746/Screen+Shot+2021-11-29+at+16.28.36.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="746" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5aE7a2vmEgGWrcQHlzmRCz8JPQzpPd53-TnSCGod1rN9c0TrK2I9w1nvQacO3IdvdfF20tscjzvzNCHX7jIUU86A66DVS8KGfWEHuhogGwefYVS49SmeJpiQWNINmtefYGc_hEsrYrY1/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-11-29+at+16.28.36.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsfXVLLkzWv2wg4PbD32An-aEXXFwiTKKJ4O9QVrSxGNviNzFf_OEMjeSExp3B4hXWVM91OsU9BDQQSkgkUAJ8N0hHfs_P1akQcrGUsnWoHlU8pLppUKWj2iTMAE5Fv4fO8Op_c2w_t2t/s744/Screen+Shot+2021-11-29+at+16.29.06.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="597" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsfXVLLkzWv2wg4PbD32An-aEXXFwiTKKJ4O9QVrSxGNviNzFf_OEMjeSExp3B4hXWVM91OsU9BDQQSkgkUAJ8N0hHfs_P1akQcrGUsnWoHlU8pLppUKWj2iTMAE5Fv4fO8Op_c2w_t2t/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-11-29+at+16.29.06.png" width="257" /></a></div></span></div></div>Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-33956536941848524322021-08-22T16:27:00.008+01:002021-08-23T14:10:36.198+01:00'sketchbook skool' - an online drawing school<p><span style="font-family: courier;"> Back in January 2021 - in the depths of a UK and world lockdown, I was invited to participate in an online chat with <a href="https://www.dannygregory.com">Danny Gregory</a> - one of the movers and groovers of the <a href="https://dannygregorysblog.com/2018/10/11/pod-15-sbs/">Sketchbook Skool</a> - an online resource to get everyone drawing.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsoJA4e3_8jcbocRVi_EQo8Z6kKSB73bJm22Ty4SDt4yhym7msOXBjtNKAeLUtjnenhndjuHxEEAK0y6PnnOV-vg3uomznSi15s4tFwmE9xlTigKF_CLn_Nj5CnxIWs9WmVgS0IfUp51c/s717/author+chat+skoolyard.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="716" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsoJA4e3_8jcbocRVi_EQo8Z6kKSB73bJm22Ty4SDt4yhym7msOXBjtNKAeLUtjnenhndjuHxEEAK0y6PnnOV-vg3uomznSi15s4tFwmE9xlTigKF_CLn_Nj5CnxIWs9WmVgS0IfUp51c/w200-h200/author+chat+skoolyard.png" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2jvF4OjV_SnRVdFpN8YUH7iApQtRJ7Y267xautEMxeMrmn0Q-QnKgHgOcB72UlcTsX4MJb55h3e84WYU8YkiIOx9cVni4LJGbMcBqtuwShMz1y4pyloCuzHpaGCs8eAIzHRUvix0sPUC/s1080/Freehand+cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2jvF4OjV_SnRVdFpN8YUH7iApQtRJ7Y267xautEMxeMrmn0Q-QnKgHgOcB72UlcTsX4MJb55h3e84WYU8YkiIOx9cVni4LJGbMcBqtuwShMz1y4pyloCuzHpaGCs8eAIzHRUvix0sPUC/w320-h320/Freehand+cover.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><p>My first book Freehand had been chosen as a 'topic' there.</p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Each week on a Friday morning a random page is chosen and participants of the group interpret the image in their own fashion.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">There are 100+ images in the book, so a lot of drawing ideas to try out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Note: the group is a closed one so I'll be asking permission to feature some of the work here at a future date. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">You're very welcome to join Sketchbook Skool and the 'Explore This Book: Freehand' group if you wish. This will give you access to everything :-)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Initially I was going to draw live for the hour long zoom interview with Danny, but in the end, we just had a really good chat.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I ended up doing a really quick envelope doodle right after the interview so all the lovely folk who joined the zoom call could see what was on my desk as we chatted.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAiZ8AaGetcoY3Ssc3u2V6RFeVqcbMU5xPkkjL0c1AjWgL676hcYSZl7-mCyXjSD8B5Usg7F6lAj__a0W4jI3mCsobgWX-MuOP5YFdoTzbYAkIj81wb491-40R_4kM2m-rU38BnfryE0k/s2048/Helen-Birch-desk-still-life.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAiZ8AaGetcoY3Ssc3u2V6RFeVqcbMU5xPkkjL0c1AjWgL676hcYSZl7-mCyXjSD8B5Usg7F6lAj__a0W4jI3mCsobgWX-MuOP5YFdoTzbYAkIj81wb491-40R_4kM2m-rU38BnfryE0k/s320/Helen-Birch-desk-still-life.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwCfsCRfNP7bDgLygA1RnMvOEikTYDE_Btp9Wr1bixO7PvIbEEfV5QiTv1pxcwOC_7QM36wQEvNAxBxhyLj6IS-gM9kNSg4_SUlq8Hadc_0k3D1Pn_yb-M7ExK0nrWQ8fhTeuHuOTQSPf/s2048/Helen-Birch-envelope-drawing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="2048" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwCfsCRfNP7bDgLygA1RnMvOEikTYDE_Btp9Wr1bixO7PvIbEEfV5QiTv1pxcwOC_7QM36wQEvNAxBxhyLj6IS-gM9kNSg4_SUlq8Hadc_0k3D1Pn_yb-M7ExK0nrWQ8fhTeuHuOTQSPf/w400-h231/Helen-Birch-envelope-drawing.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">This zoom drawing was kindly sent over to me after the event....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwm-A1cD7v20yoqobWg5OXPXjVgUqHUA3qb9-0Ji3jyNmUwSnVmjXsi8Y_teEqKrVdHV43GLZPEB68YmZpEYKvkbUeyGxyFak95CbZ0ercz8wUny4p4U2VR2dWTfTBkhFMVoSNbdk1KdHu/s1061/zoom-drawing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwm-A1cD7v20yoqobWg5OXPXjVgUqHUA3qb9-0Ji3jyNmUwSnVmjXsi8Y_teEqKrVdHV43GLZPEB68YmZpEYKvkbUeyGxyFak95CbZ0ercz8wUny4p4U2VR2dWTfTBkhFMVoSNbdk1KdHu/w283-h400/zoom-drawing.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><i style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: courier;"><br /></i></div>"<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(140, 140, 140); color: #8c8c8c; font-size: 17px;">Whether you’re a beginner or tuning up your skills, stop searching for drawing prompts and start filling your sketchbook. Creative inspiration is all around you!"</span></i></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(140, 140, 140);">source: </span><a href="https://sketchbookskool.com/free-drawing-prompts/">https://sketchbookskool.com/free-drawing-prompts/</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-35623660562116566212021-07-14T14:13:00.003+01:002021-08-22T15:40:30.972+01:00curator space - an exhibition<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I've been signed up to <a href="https://www.curatorspace.com">CuratorSpace</a> newsletters for a while.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">These provide a</span><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(44, 62, 80);"> series of potential invites to share your work in a huge amount of exhibition spaces </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(44, 62, 80); font-family: courier;">- actual and virtual -</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(44, 62, 80); font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(44, 62, 80); font-family: courier;"> with a healthily diverse collection of curators.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(44, 62, 80); font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(44, 62, 80); font-family: courier;">Shout outs made there remind me of work I have stored away, but have usually forgotten about</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(44, 62, 80); font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(44, 62, 80); font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;"><span style="font-family: courier;">A while back I applied to be included in: </span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(44, 62, 80); color: #2c3e50; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10.5px; margin-top: 21px;">Call for Artists: Art on Hotel Note Paper</h2><div><br /></div><div><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Inspired by the nomadic German artist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Kippenberger" style="border: 0px; color: #004985; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Martin Kippenberger</a>’s well known <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/martin-kippenberger/martin-kippenberger-room-guide-introduction-4" style="border: 0px; color: #004985; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hotel Drawings</a></span>, at the <a href="http://www.2021visualartscentre.co.uk/exhibitions/exhibitions-archive/hotel-drawings/">20-21 Visual Arts Centre</a> - an open invitation for artists to send artworks on branded hotel note paper, or small works on paper that use Kippenberger’s transient drawings as inspiration.</p><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">It’s not uncommon for hotels to provide a notepad and stationary in each room for guests to use. For artist’s travelling for work or pleasure, often the lure of such readily available materials is irresistible and they can’t help but be creative. Kippenberger, who stayed in hotels for weeks or months at a time, used these ready made materials to create hundreds of drawings and form one of his most significant bodies of work.</p><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">The invitation to artists received a phenomenal response from across the globe, with artists from as far away as Japan, USA and Australia sending works to be included. The result was an exhibition of over 100 artworks that are intriguing, humorous, bizarre and beautiful, exhibited in showcases throughout the gallery.</p><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Sent by mail to Scunthorpe, from all four corners of the world, these small works on paper give an insight into the artist’s mind, and how artists use the often mundane time spent during travel, as inspiration, and opportunity to let the mind wander.</p><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: courier;">These were my submissions from an old, revisited summer sketchbook.</span></p></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oy_vMjY1gpvMdnzoC9r6oLeIcX67gUfT73sjp55qhGSgLPNxfJA_HZgKviA__RetHoou9VhxSCQtiYthS9BXDx3TGmsDlfzFsrL3yNdnZQSP5H1DB2gyPGERZFUHC1vlr6FyJZyoPaHb/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oy_vMjY1gpvMdnzoC9r6oLeIcX67gUfT73sjp55qhGSgLPNxfJA_HZgKviA__RetHoou9VhxSCQtiYthS9BXDx3TGmsDlfzFsrL3yNdnZQSP5H1DB2gyPGERZFUHC1vlr6FyJZyoPaHb/w400-h296/Helen-Birch-sketchbook-cat.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVD8TU_hNpGgJTjnOvGTehgnM3d-OuYd8OvyAUAyQWbFd1z_tjbZIYXel0HQjd1xcAeUjsi6wv4gZ0JZDLAP0MFyxvjfb680sr205p4-H_TOE_Q6Jsv2HtYe92GyWzHDsYCPMoPO9SuKez/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVD8TU_hNpGgJTjnOvGTehgnM3d-OuYd8OvyAUAyQWbFd1z_tjbZIYXel0HQjd1xcAeUjsi6wv4gZ0JZDLAP0MFyxvjfb680sr205p4-H_TOE_Q6Jsv2HtYe92GyWzHDsYCPMoPO9SuKez/w300-h400/Helen-Birch-sketchbook-cafe.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9VCaGv7i3QmoHjJ4sQ7nfsPoBVU-jQfv9PFNDvtFRTXNDohfEXriGN-xyJ26QiFGD6yLd_ZDknLHi-ISZjz8rhf3TkujcrUYRwvIAZ3DZH3JHV2WYBjg1hR1zJlpiyerMwHWmNP2YC9GS/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="597" data-original-width="470" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9VCaGv7i3QmoHjJ4sQ7nfsPoBVU-jQfv9PFNDvtFRTXNDohfEXriGN-xyJ26QiFGD6yLd_ZDknLHi-ISZjz8rhf3TkujcrUYRwvIAZ3DZH3JHV2WYBjg1hR1zJlpiyerMwHWmNP2YC9GS/w315-h400/Helen+Birch+-++sketchbook-Smiths+.png" width="315" /></a></div><br /></div><p></p>Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-47763877722544040692021-07-13T13:06:00.001+01:002021-08-22T15:41:12.568+01:00photo collage<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Back in the day when all photos were processed from film, mine regularly arrived in a packet in the post. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The results of my photo taking were always hit and miss.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I tended to save my 'fails'. Inevitably some became collages.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">It's so rare that I print my digital equivalents. They just get deleted. Seems a shame some how. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOAPc30Oy64KN9tOF1pD8ZpsNqiRjogeCpzgFzQ_NQb4lOcv2HhARXPx_efiaT2BA3Ve7pZCiVJsS0z60hKqvHdsY8X5ingrnzQs6IjjdO_IZmqqn2veZ6Q9p1pVT1SU8wjAkohell67N/s2048/fullsizeoutput_203c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Helen Birch photo collage" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1260" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOAPc30Oy64KN9tOF1pD8ZpsNqiRjogeCpzgFzQ_NQb4lOcv2HhARXPx_efiaT2BA3Ve7pZCiVJsS0z60hKqvHdsY8X5ingrnzQs6IjjdO_IZmqqn2veZ6Q9p1pVT1SU8wjAkohell67N/w246-h400/fullsizeoutput_203c.jpeg" title="Helen Birch - photo collage" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This recent exhibition <a href="https://thelowry.com/whats-on/the-state-of-us/">'The State of Us'</a> was a hit.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">"<span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2d34;">From grotesque to the wonderful, these digital artists examine how the body and self are transformed, manipulated, reinvented and reshaped to create a new ‘self’, to reshape our human connection – ....</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2d34;">We have become engineers of our own humanity. Through intervention we are seeing the imbalance of ‘truth’ in the definition of what we are</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2d34;">."</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It was a pleasure to lead this botanical workshop for <a href="https://www.herart.co.uk/">Herart</a> recently, the focus - painting and drawing, lots of colour, </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">working directly from botanical specimens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The out of the ordinary plant specimens kindly donated by the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/croxtethparkwalledgarden/">Croxteth Walled Garden</a> in Liverpool made all the difference - banana leaves from the hothouse included.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">If you're interested in botanical subjects you'll find my newest book inspirational and useful. There are lots of page samples and links to the artists involved <a href="https://www.instagram.com/helenbirch_drawdrawdraw/">on my Instagram page</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It's immensely pleasing to know that this old plastic object is a piece of late 1960s Danish design by </span><span style="color: #484c51; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; letter-spacing: -1px;"><a href="https://www.danishvintage.design/design-index/lighting-designs/butterfly/">Lars Schiøler</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">One fine evening.....a jet trail directly overhead, illuminated pink by the sinking sun. It was remarkable to see this pink line dominating the sky centre stage, and to see it float diagonally rightward, and </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">in a short time,</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> fade to blue and bluer...then nothing. </span></div>
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<br />Helen Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958978990358484017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700471028770930221.post-67926124238651175972019-06-07T13:45:00.001+01:002019-06-07T14:18:19.550+01:00a North Devon visit<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Researching and writing my newest botanial drawing, painting and illustration book has meant a new interest in garden and wild plants</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The delightful Ann and Bill Jarvis at <a href="https://www.clovellysilk.com/about-us">Clovelly Silk</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My own surface pattern deign beginnings meant it was a treat to chat to Ann about her years </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">as head of studio</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> at <a href="https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/department/fabric/">Liberty London</a>, and to Bill about </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d<span style="color: #6a6a6a;">evoré print techniques...and all manner of non-related things. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">...and more print talk with Lydia Jane Duncan at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Candylandstudios">Candyland Studios</a> just down the hill in Clovelly where her studio shop is located in a beautiful fisherman's cottage.</span></div>
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