The theme for these weeks was 'Rainbows'. For week thirty-three, we chose a landscape photo that meant something to us and then looked at David Hockney's landscapes, noting his mark making and use of colour. We then created our photo in that style, using contrasting and complementary colours. My photo was one I took in the Lincolnshire Wolds.
Week thirty-four was more rainbow colour-inspired and was about colour and texture. I used watercolour sparkle inks and had fun letting the inks drip down the page.
Week thirty-five was an abstract flower painting, using a 'mother colour'. This was a new concept to me, where you choose one colour to be the mother colour and then add a tiny bit of that colour to all the other colours you use, to create a harmonious colour palette. My mother colour was that lovely teal blue/green.
Week thirty-six involved going for a walk or into the garden and seeing what flowers there were. I picked these two little posies from the garden for my page.
Lots of pink and purple, but a punch of orange and yellow too. We then made a colour swatch of the colours we could see and made some ink and pencil sketches of parts of the flowers.
I really enjoyed this and spent a very happy couple of hours yesterday.
The next theme is 'Haven'. I have already signed up for Wanderlust 2022 as I have really enjoyed this year's course and can honestly say it is one of the best things I have bought. The course has a different structure next year, with the themes being over seven weeks and focusing on specific materials. I am really looking forward to it but am pleased to say there are still more lessons to enjoy in this year's course.
