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Welcome to our weekend challenge all about bridges. On the face of it, bridges as a subject for drawing or painting might sound like quite a boring challenge. In all honesty, once you start doing a bit of research, it can be an absolutely fantastic challenge! Art is what you make of it. With a bit of creativity and ingenuity, you can make any subject amazing!
Our featured image this week is a beautiful watercolour by Norman Tharby. We love the fresh and crisp colours Norman has used here, his washes are superb, thats what watercolour is all about. Well done Norman!
We also want to highlight the Duck Race painting by Lizzie McLoughlin below. We love the way that Lizzie has depicted an event around a bridge, a family day out, which has been very well painted and drawn.
We hope that this challenge was enjoyed by all. Thank you to those who took part and we hope you enjoy the next challenge tomorrow!
The ancient bridge in Wycoller, that generations of my family’s feet have trodden. Back in Spring, I intended to have a family day out and do some painting en plein aire but with two of my children being autistic, things don’t always go to plan, so I snapped some photo’s instead, I’ve now painted this from a mash up of photo’s. I’ve imagined that the little girl is checking the number on her ticket, waiting for her duck to arrive, duck number 22 xx Lizzie McLoughlinHerewith a bridge! An old railway bridge, one of many in our county, some narrow gauge and now heritage railways. One I believe was used in the filming of Dad’s Army and Thetford Forest was used for much of the filming also; in the middle of the town there is a sculpture of “Captain Mainwaring” sitting on a bench. It can be seen from a coach windows as you pass by! Very lifelike! Gouache, using ¼” and ½” flat brushes. R. Spilling.While not exactly a bridge, the stepping stones in this ink drawing could be viewed as a primitive ‘bridge’. I spotted the stones while out walking at the National Trust site Hardcastle Craggs near Hebden Bridge in Calderdale. At one time they were probably the only means of crossing the river. I discovered pen and ink sketching on the Painting and Drawing course and look for subjects that lend themselves to the technique. Hilarie Stelfox I’m currently on the Drawing and Painting course and thought I’d have a first shot at a weekend challenge. I chose this bridge over the River Teifi because I’ve known it since I was a child. It is one of the oldest and most picturesque in West Wales, straddling the Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire border. I’ve drawn only part of it here because I wanted to focus mainly on the texture of the stone and the generally rocky setting. The challenge was fun and really good practice in using ink pens. Diane DaviesThis is Lionsgate Bridge Vancouver copied from a photo I took in 2019 in Stanley Park looking from underneath it. Bit more complicated and lengthy than I anticipated!! Dinah BarkerSuba LakshmiEmma MillerAn imaginary scene with the theme of a bridge. Coloured pencils and chalk pencils used. Nina PhillipsKatalin Zele-KissThis is a watercolour sketch of a bridge in St John’s in the Vale near Keswick in the Lake District – based on a holiday snap earlier in the summer. Norman Tharby
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