A wonderful week camping in Guernsey in mid-June - lovely to be by the sea in the sunshine from dawn til dusk, and squeezing in a few sketches here and there…
STILL workshops
I’ve really enjoyed taking part in a few online STILL Flower Drawing workshops over the past few weeks. A great opportunity to spend an hour in the evening drawing plants, inspired by really inspiring artists… watercolour painting with Moira Frith, coloured pencil drawing with Claudia Lowry, and charcoal drawing with Molly Martin. A real treat.
Museum drawings
Recent sketchbook drawings from museum artefacts (using Koi brush pens and Inktense pencils). Some drawings were done in situ (Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford and Bristol Museum and Art Gallery) and some from online collections (Pitt Rivers and the Britich Museum).
Lockdown drawing
One of my newest houseplants drawn in wax crayon
Illustrating the lyrics to a favourite song
A character from a favourite book (‘Accordian Crimes’ by Annie Proulx)
Something I found (an old thermometer dug up in my garden in Oxford)
My pet - the wonderful sleepy senior Vizsla, Otto
At the beginning of Lockdown last month I decided to make an effort to draw something every day. I signed up to the Brooklyn Art Library’s 28-day Challenge and followed their prompts. The challenge veered away from drawing after the first week, but I really enjoyed drawing something different and it was a good injection of enthusiasm to get me working in my sketchbook again…
Sketchbook jottings
The weather on my holiday this year was mainly…
A small elephant found in a junk shop in Aberystwyth
ink drawing of succulent
When your collage inadvertently matches your skirt
Grid collage - makes me think of found pieces of ceramic
Seaweed on the Gower
Recent bits and bobs from my sketchbook…
Drawing more plants (and twigs)
A new year's resolution to draw more plants has got off to a slow but enjoyable start, with a slight diversion into twigs...
Sketchbook update
Rubber stamp stencil prints
1950's vases and vessels
Sketching from a book called 'Indian Birds'
Sketching from a 1950's wildflower book
Small gouache painting of flowers on my kitchen table
Since joining Instagram (@corinne_welch_) I have been neglecting this blog a little, lured by the instant gratification of regular, quick posts. However, I have been busy - getting ready for the BS9 Arts Trail in Bristol on 10/11 June. And also making the most of some time in the evenings to start developing new ideas in my sketchbook. Some recent pages featured here...