Ludlow Art Society

I recently travelled over to Ludlow on a dark and stormy night - and got lost twice en route - to give a talk about my work to Ludlow Art Society. One of the Society's members, Lesley Connolly, had attended several of my Lifelong Learning courses (along with her friends Stan and David), and asked if I would mind speaking at one of their monthly meetings. This trio has supported Lifelong Learning by attending several courses in mid Wales,often requiring long journeys, but always managing to enliven classes and produce some superb work.
The turnout was very good and the audience didn't let me leave without one or two challenging questions - only fair as I had presented them with quite a difficult visual quiz!
You can see images on the Ludlow Art Society blog.


June

Back to school

Earlier this month (October) Dot and Harry spent a morning in Borth Primary school, helping the children to draw landscapes. The kids were full of enthusiasm: looking at our sketchbooks ("How did you draw that?"), learning about mark-making (they loved loud stippling), and walking down to the cliff top to draw the view over Cardigan Bay.


Dot had started by finding those who reckoned they couldn't draw, and told them that if they could write their names, they COULD draw. It transpired that those who claimed to be non-drawers produced the most interesting work: one child turned his back on the beautiful view and drew a row of parked cars, another concentrated on the abstract patterns of the spume on the waves, and several combined plan and aerial views for various parts of the landscape. In the end – you've guessed it – the adults learnt as much as the children did.


We can't show you photos of the kids, so here's a nice view of Borth Beach instead.



Dot & Harry