New beginnings 2021.

   The start of the year finds us once again in Lockdown ,this the Third time since the covid 19 virus hit.As last year it is affecting being able to meet so Zoom has come to the rescue.Who'd have thought so many people would be connecting through technology but it has been a way of seeing ,and speaking to others who are out of bounds because of the restrictions.

We had our first meeting today with an agenda for the first time in almost a year.As a group, despite the restrictions , we have things to discuss ,adjust and plan for. Last time we met just before a planned  exhibition in Nature In Art.......sadly it never happened.As one of our tenets is to exhibit each year it has been difficult to keep up the momentum of producing work with nothing to look forward for. Like other creatives we need to be 'fed' so we have joined online classes ,followed instagram and given each other challenges.As good as these have been there is nothing that replaces the deadline of an exhibition.

In the absence of work being prepared for an exhibition we will continue to bring you what we have been producing, it may eventually appear in some public space in the future or not.We hope you enjoy connecting with us.

Laura Kemshall offered a sketchbook challenge on Designmatters TV prior to Christmas with eight different videos to watch. 

 

Viv joined up and has been gradually adding to her A6 sketchbook .Here are just a small selection of pages.The good thing about the challenge is it can be dipped into at will ,and endlessly experimented with.

Viv has chosen leaves as her focus and added mixed media in colour and pens well as collage, print and stitch.

Jenn found a challenge on www.annebrook.co.uk

She has run a few over this last year of which this is the latest .

hashtag 52tagshannemade on Instagram.

The idea is to create a tag book with a  page for every week of the year.

The first 'all white'Below is the one Jenn created.

She has also been doing The Sketchbook Challenge with mugs and jugs.

It is important to keep the brain and body  active.