Last weekend I had a wonderful time on one of Frances Pickering's workshops. This year's theme was Town or Country. As you will see I chose Country. It was held at Hawkwood College, near Stroud. On Friday night I fell asleep listening to the owls hooting.
On Saturday morning we awoke to quite a thick mist blotting out quite a bit of the beautiful views from the house.
These were the views from my bedroom window.
We started work straight away on the Friday afternoon and evening. I made up a little book ready to be filled with drawings. I was determined to draw on this weekend and to make the most of every minute. Above is the cover.
And here is the centre spread. I think it needs a bit more work to make it more obvious that it is an overhanging bank with a fallen tree in the foreground.
I made a hole in one page and then added others to create the view seen through the hole.
I have kept this tawny owl feather since finding it ages ago on our back lawn. I plucked up the courage to draw what I hope looks like a tawny owl - again this page needs more work.
I have plenty of other pages to work on in the book and want to try out quite a few adventurous (for me) ideas for them. I mustn't get carried away by my enthusiasm!
8 comments:
I am so relieved - I thought I had lost the entire post but all is well.
I loved your hole with the views. It was so clever and so well done. I enjoy following your posts.
Your book is beautiful and will be even better when you have worked some more on it. That must have been a very inspiring workshop in sch lovely surroundings.
Thank heavens you no longer have that horrible hedge behind you - now you can have fun redesigning part of your garden!
Please DO get carried away by your enthusiasm Heather - that book is a work of art. I absolutely love it already and want to see more and more. Love the cover and also love that clever church showing through the 'gap' in the tree.
Beautiful!!
Your book looks lovely... A miniature work of art!
Love your book Heather.
Heather your book is lovely. The drawings are very good, and I look forward to seeing some more. I must try to make myself go on one of her workshops, I don't draw enough.
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