Module 6 - chapter 5

Repeats

6.5.1 Cog
Section of cog from old water wheel on the farm This is coloured using Neo oil pastel in brown and cream for the cog which acts as a resist and then a wash of green gouache for background

I used the card template of the cog to feather Markel oil stick over the edge.  Very enjoyable in a Zen sort of way. My husband thought this should be called 'alien audience'.

6.5.2.Weathervane

I got off to a rather slow start with this exercise, but got into it after a while. I found putting the paper on top of a sheet of transparency paper stopped it slipping around. I didn't end up gluing all of them, some were just placed and scanned.  This meant that I felt much freer to keep trying new ways.

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This next one is my favourite, the pale tissue at the bottom is taken over by the bright pink background
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6.5.3. Fern

Using a grid. The original was a small fern growing out of the wall
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6.5.4. Barn

I took an outline of the barn, then used a section of it in a larger scale to use with it.

I thought using a purple marker pen might be more sympathetic than black.

I liked my first arrangement the best, so coloured it as below. Again I have used Inktense. One disadvantage is that sometimes there is more coloured pencil in one part of the drawing than another, which is more noticeable when it is gone over with water.  It doesn't matter really, but what sometimes starts out as fairly gentle colours gets brighter and brighter.   

This variation is the one above, copied and then cut diagonally with the middle reversed.

What a nice way to achieve an abstract composition.  Again a very enjoyable chapter.