NEW WRITING EXERCISE FROM DARREN HARPER
7 WAYS TO BEGIN A PAINTING
There are different ways to create a painting, routes that take you from blank canvas or sheet of paper to finished painting. None is better or more correct than another, they’re merely different. It’s a question of trying each and seeing which you prefer, which may be a mixture of techniques.
Part 5 of six presentations from David Stott about the Great Discoveries in Biology and Medicine.
Please also find David’s essay about the Covid-19 vaccine below
LINDA BIRCH’S WEEKLY PAINTING OBSERVATION
Medium will be pencil followed by watercolour size A4 or larger.
Draw a landscape without taking the pencil off the paper (Continuous Line ) Find a landscape and using a 2b pencil make your drawing without taking the pencil off the paper until finished.
Then paint as normal
THE SOCIETY OF BOTANICAL ARTISTS ANNUAL OPEN EXHIBITION
IAN FRANCE’S TOP 10 SYMPHONIES
Beethoven 7- Royal Concertgebouw c. Ivan Fischer.
Number 1 in a series of 10 of Ian France’s Top 10 Symphonies (from the Romantic Era). Beethoven’s Symphony no.7 in A major An Apollonian master-class in rhythmic vitality and melodic zeal. A grand slow introduction and buoyant 1st movement, familiar (not too slow)2nd movement, fast presto 3rd with repeated trio and an almost manic finale.