My main aim with the art group is to encourage exploration and experimentation. With this in mind I kept with the 'elemental' theme and we looked at clouds, sunsets, moody stormy skies using charcoal, compressed charcoal, soft pastel, watercolour, graphite stick and pencil. I had printed off some vector images as well as some more … Continue reading Wilderness Wood Home Ed Art Group: Sky
Silver Birds
Do you hang your own artwork on your walls? It never occurred to me to do so but I had a bunch of frames and a friend suggested I could use my wall as a personal gallery of my work, so, that I did. I sell paintings both framed and as they are so I … Continue reading Silver Birds
Bookshops and Shelducks
I had a few errands to run yesterday, including taking some more Birds of Rye Harbour to Rother Books in Battle, and I then went on to meet my friend Paul at Rye Harbour. The shop is getting really well stocked now, including some lovely items from illustrator Kate Broughton, who has a similar (though … Continue reading Bookshops and Shelducks
A walk at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
I felt I needed a day off. I love what I do and consequently find it tricky to let go of projects that need input, and that's before we get to the domestic duties that come with a menagerie of animals and three young adults living at home. I decided to visit Rye Harbour as … Continue reading A walk at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Landscapes
I wanted to give the children at the Thursday home-ed art class the chance to take advantage of the good weather and autumn colour at Wilderness Wood, and draw some of the surrounding landscape. We had a go at drawing trees, and noting foreground detail, the horizon, and aerial perspective. Back in the hut we … Continue reading Landscapes
Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve
I have been invited to organise a field sketching workshop for South Downs Wildlife, and I thought I would look for somewhere at my end of the South Downs National Park for a venue. I landed upon Newhaven or Seaford as a possibility, and discovered the Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve. I took a trip there … Continue reading Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve
A Big Tree
My theme for this week's home-education art class at Wilderness Wood was Earth. I have some earth pigments from Clearwell Caves in the Forest of Dean, and decided to use this as well as some soot (from the welcome and ever-burning open fire in the hut) to create paints. We spoke about what substances might … Continue reading A Big Tree
Whinchat & more sketches
I am working through my list of new paintings for Birds of the South Downs, and continuing to practise my bird sketches. I am trying to use some candid photos of flocks for my sketching rather than the beautiful portraits I need for the illustrations as I want to keep the energy and motion. I … Continue reading Whinchat & more sketches
Wilderness Wood Home-ed Art Class: Fire
For this week, our first back after the half term break, we had a look at the new art materials I'd purchased for the group and then focussed on the afternoon's topic: drawing a campfire with pastels. I had some Canford paper in case the children wanted to try a coloured background, but we started … Continue reading Wilderness Wood Home-ed Art Class: Fire
Drawing Autumnwatch
In one of my books about field sketching, it suggests drawing from webcams so as to get practise from drawing 'live' but without the pressure...as well as the ability to pause the video for a better study. It may seem the same as drawing from a photo but images tend to be too good, as … Continue reading Drawing Autumnwatch
Jennifer Moore Artist 