Author Archives: pamelacravendavies

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Trying really hard to work on an old self portrait ! It just wasn’t happening

Whilst working with Derwent Graphite XL sticks and experimenting with shape and forms inspired by trees I had a discussion about wanting to see an image within my abstract forms. We talked about Pareidolia and then discussed Graham Sutherland who I had never heard of before. This conversation came about because of my drawings andContinue reading “Reflecting on my recent sketchbook work”

Working on my sketch book. Last winter I took photographs from the landscape in the Lake District, using Trees, moss and dry stone walls as inspiration for form and patterns. I used these photographs whilst on a one day workshop at the Lund Galleries in Easingwold with Debbie Loane this October. An inspirational setting andContinue reading “Sketch books”

Research and Development My overall mark was 62%. That is just within a Merit so I am relived and very happy with that. In my minds eye I feel I could have done much better but my organisation and technical ability has let down. I feel I have come a long way but I canContinue reading “Results Day”

Using mainly white, Payne’s grey, yellow ochre and Indian red. it’s very easy to use too much colour. Scraping off the colour and adding white as I think it’s too dark. I have received in the post the 1976 catalogue from the exhibition at the Royal Academy, it’s a second hand book and at £8Continue reading “Challenging but fun”

As a lover of Lowry I want to experiment and paint two simple compositions based around his drawings. I studied L.S.Lowry at university and as part of a project we had to reproduce one of his drawings. Now many years later I find myself doing something similar. I am now in the process of paintingContinue reading “Experimenting”