Tag: JMW Turner
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Unforgettable
Drawing at the National Gallery ‘Unforgettable, that’s what you are Unforgettable, though near or far Like a song of love that clings to me How the thought of you does things to me……’ (Irving Gordon 1951) Just walkin’, lookin’, learnin’ and takin’ a line for a walk. Making notes. Not copying. Studying. Learning from the…
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Picture This
Image making workshops at Dogsthorpe Junior School – Landscape & Seascape 22 & 23.5.14 A couple of days working with children from year 4 at Dogsthorpe Junior School, Peterborough, to generate some ‘Landscape’ and ‘Seascape’ images following an invitation from Head Teacher Charlotte Krzanicki. The first day was spent using charcoal, the second chalk pastel. I…
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Roots to Branches 32
8.3.13 There is a small painting by William Parrot, in the Ruskin department of Museums Sheffield, which records my mentor JMW Turner at the Royal Academy on Varnishing Day. Varnishing Day was a special event, when artists could varnish their paintings before the official opening of the Summer Exhibition. Turner not only used this occasion…