The last project

The last project was to draw some old farm equipment that Marianne our teacher had brought into the studio.

This project started on Thursday afternoon and we finished it off on Friday. I chose to use charcoal as I had enjoyed earlier exercises using it. Did a wash on the paper first

I made a concertina book - which is hard to show, but it is over a meter long.

Here is a stitched together view... first time I have used the 'stitch' software.

Below are the details

Sturt Summer school settings

 I have to admit that I was so busy and or tired from all the activities at the summer school at Sturt that I nearly came away with no pictures of the grounds.
The summer school takes place in the grounds of the Frensham school - using some of the facilities of the school as well as those of Sturt.
The grounds are magnificent and the bird life is very noisy. All in all an idyllic setting
 Some of my pics below... and there are more images here
( http://www.frensham.nsw.edu.au/about-tour
Of course the young people in the images on the web site are not there during the summer schools)

Old pottery kilns

Sturt Summer school 1

Here I am at a summer school in Mittagong at the Sturt Summer school. Now Sturt is NOT a place, it is the name of an art school which operates in Mittagong. More info here
http://www.sturt.nsw.edu.au/about-sturt

We are boarding ... all food and accommodation supplied in very beautiful surrounds.
The course we are doing is From Drawing to Collage with Marianne Courtenay whose wonderful work can be seen here http://www.mariannecourtenay.com/
We have been drawing - quite a challenge for most of the class
An interesting exercise in volume was drawing bottles on black paper using white conte crayon

 We have drawn gourds with charcoal!!!!!

 and hydrangeas using a stick from the garden, and ink ... and a watercolour wash.
Challenging!

Still it has been very good to be challenged an to have some expert guidance