ARTSITECAROLYN - ARTSITECAROLYN PAINTING BLOG TRIPS BY CAROLYN LAMB

CHallenge 54: Big Skys

4/18/2021

Garden Clouds. C. Lamb. 6th April 2021. Oil paint. After the Art club demo/ paint-along the previous week we were given the subject of Clouds for Challenge 54. Weather had gone too cold to sit out so did this through the window. I use Artisan Oil normally as it is water miscible so uses water to clean up not solvent, but for these I was using tradition Artist Oils so I used Seymour Coco-Bello paint diluent which is low odour.

Clouds. C.Lamb. Oil. 27th March 2021. This is my painting from a demo on Clouds by Bristol Landscape artist Tom Hughes. So great to have an artist who pays attention to clouds. See more of his excellent work on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tomhughespaintings/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/hughespaintings Instagram - www.instagram.com/tomhughespainting

Battery Point and the Severn from Portishead . C. Lamb . Watercolour. 31st March 2021. Trying to use white wax crayon to draw pale clouds rather than masking fluid but hard to see what you did so they are a bit schematic and often in the wrong place. Still it was an enjoyable sunny day and warm in the shelter of a hedge.

Challenge 52 Scottish colourists and 53: Fashion in your youth.

4/18/2021

View from Langamull beach, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides. C. Lamb. Acrylic 2009. Painted this sketch on holiday on Mull in 2009 using a set of Winsor and Newton Finity acrylics. These use different pigments than my normal choice so the colours are brighter, or perhaps it was the marvelous light.

Student digs , 71 Cumberland Street, Edinburgh. C. Lamb. Watercolour. I didn't do any new work for these two challenges but dug out some old work that fitted the subject.

The Scottish Colourists are well known to us Scots but possibly less so in England. They were a group of Scottish painters active in the early 20th C who spent some time studying in France and were influenced by bold use of colour and free brushwork. They are Samuel John Peploe, Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, George Leslie Hunter and John Duncan Fergusson. National Galleries of Scotland had a recent series of exhibitions of their works in 2012-13-14 which I was able to visit. Samuel Peploe's son Denis was a tutor at Edinburgh College of Art, but his only advice to me was to not paint with black lines.

Challenge 51: Childhood toys

4/18/2021

Panda . Possibly a Merrythought panda from the 1950's and in very good condition as she spent most of her time in a cupboard.

Panda up the Christmas tree with two glove puppets (racoon and white cat) and a ginger seated cat.

Challenge 49 A Historical event and 50 Last time Abroad

4/15/2021

Horseguards flags, September 14th 2014. C.Lamb. Watercolour. For my historic image I reused this watercolour I did the week of the Scottish Independance referendom (Sept 18th 2014). I realised it might be the last time I might see the Scottish Saltire (St Andrews cross) and Union Jack flying together over Horseguards. But they voted to remain by 55% (45% to leave).

Last TIme Abroad : Dinner at St Julien de Crempse, Bergerac. Watercolour. Composite from photos of our Bergerac painting holiday in September 2019.

Challenge 48: On the Farm

3/26/2021

Goat. C. Lamb Feb 2020. One of several pages of preparatory sketches of goats at Windmill Hill City Farm I did in 2020 for a friends Birthday card. These are Anglo Nubian/Boer crossbreeds.

Elm tree Farm goats. C.Lamb 24 Feb 2021. This challenge was On the Farm. In Photoshop I amalgamated my ink sketch of Elm tree farm with 3 goats from my Windmill Hill sketches.

CHallenges 46 Distorted reflections Portrait, 47: SPring FLowers

3/26/2021

Compact self portrait. C. Lamb. Watercolour and gold pen. 10 Feb 21. This weeks subject was a portrait from life via a reflective surface.

Christmas roses. C. Lamb. Pencil and watercolour. Another flower card 110x150mm on Arches hot pressed 140 lbs watercolour paper. I bought this pot some time ago in Cowbridge to use in still lifes but this was the first time the right shape of flowers were available

Challenge 45: Coastal contrasts

3/26/2021

Towards Lands end from Cape Cornwall. Carolyn Lamb .Watercolour. Feb 2nd 2021. This was started painting along with a Trevor Waugh demo then finished from sketches I did in Cornwall in 2016 when at Brisons Veor.

Challenge 44 Something to do with Airports

3/4/2021

Plane trails . C Lamb. Watercolour. I haven't been at an airport since Jan 2020 but I still see a few planes taking off from Cardiff airport . We look west so there can be nice sunsets too.

Challenge 41 Partner portrait, 42 Pools and ponds.

3/4/2021

Challenge 41 Partner Portrait . C Lamb. Micron pen. 4 Jan 2021

Challenge 42 Pools and ponds. C Lamb. Watercolour. Did this outdoors on 4th Jan.

Daryl Hemborough

3/4/2021

Life classes have been happening in lockdown by Zoom and here are some poses by Daryl Hemborough, actor, comedian and model .

Sky Portrait artist of the week #mypaotw

3/4/2021

#mypaotw Actress Nicola Coughlin. C. Lamb. Pastel pencil. 21 Feb 2021

#mypaotw Presenter Clive Myrie. C Lamb. Pencil and watercolour. 28th Feb 2021.

So pleased the Sky Portrait artist of the week sessions have started again on Sunday mornings. Great to hear the chat between artist and model as we sketch along in tandem then post our results up on Instagram.

First Outdoor sketches of 2021

2/15/2021

Tree Stump, R.Trym 4th Jan 2021. Micron pen . 5 x 5" First outdoor sketch of the year from my daily walk. One of several poplars that fell down in last years gales.

IMy New Years resolution is to go out for a walk every day , and sometimes I can find a spot just off the path where I can do a quick sketch in my small sketch book at a social distance from passers by. If its not too cold.

The Portway and Roman Office remains on Roman Way. 23rd Jan 21. These remains are part of the Roman town of Abonae which was on the banks of the Avon at Sea Mills.

First drawings of 2021

2/15/2021

Poppy and Holly Guinea Pigs 2nd Jan 2021

Poppy and Holly Guinea Pigs Eating 4 Jan 2021

Challenge 39, The night before Christmas and 40 : Wintry Landscape

2/15/2021

Xmas Tree. 23 Dec 2020. Carolyn Lamb . Watercolour.

Full Moon . C Lamb. 30th December 2020. Wintry landscape

End of a depressing year but nice to have a Norway spruce this year instead of the usual plastic tree. It's potted so should survive until next Christmas. The wintry landscape challenge was meant to be in one colour and not black, but I have two colours and coloured pastel paper for my night scene.

Challenges 34, 35 not 36, 37 , 38

1/13/2021

Challenge 34 In the art Nouveau style: Bouganvillia in the style of Rennie-Mackintosh.

Challenge 37: Interiors of Buildings. Micron Pen.

Challenge 35 : Fingerpainting. Woodspring bay with watercolour pencil and fingers.

Here are the next group of Art club challenges. I didn't do challenge 36 which was Put a comic figure into a local landscape

Challenge 38: Inspired by Music. Nous Sommes du Soleil. C Lamb. 16th December 20. watercolour.