Rob Dudley Demonstration 3rd Oct 2013

A few observations on the watercolour demonstration by Rob Dudley.
He works mainly in the studio using photos and sketches.
Sketches with a pen.
Stretched Bockingford paper is his preferred medium.
Starts as loose as possible laying washes on a wet surface.
Prefers bright colours like the quinacridone group.
Gave the example of the unclosed circle i.e. let the brain complete the picture.
Good tip about using a normal hog brush splayed out and set with masking fluid.

I took the last tip a bit further and came up with the following. The advantage of this method is you can wash the brush aftter use and it still retains it's shape.

brush, tile, superglue

squash brush as shown

weigh down in position (or hust hold) then squirt some glue round the ferrule

when dry it should pull off the tile and look like this

use it to deposit masking fluid in random pattern to simulate light on water

Exhibition 2013

A new venue this year after the Elizabeth hall was reduced to this:-

The venue is now the new bowling alley:-

Opened on the 4th Sept:-

Here is my wall hanging sculpture made with
1. Wood I salvaged from a pallet.
2. Clay I dug from near mudbank and fired.
3. Copper I salvaged from an old water cylinder.
4. Part printed on my 3D printer.

I made the clay part first as that shrinks when drying and firing. The plastic component was designed and printed to match the same dimensions as the clay. I then cut the dovetail in the wood to fit the clay and plastic. Next I cut a wooden blank to fit the clay and plastic which I covered and soldered with copper sheet.

In the image you can see some joker has placed a penny in the outstretched hand.

The title of the piece is emergence which is supposed to show the technological progression of mankind.

Roy Lang Workshop

 Roy Lang (above) presented a workshop on creating seascapes on the 15th of June, see below for an idea of the content and results.

Example1

 

Example2

Example3

materials

 

Colour mixing chart

Stage1

 

stage2

 

stage3

stage4

stage5

Here are some of the results from the participants.