Koreshi dolls made with inspiration from Hannah Bitowski. Top left Chrissie, right Trish. Bottom left Anne and (r) Mavis. To see Hannah’s video of the crucial folds click here
Author Archives: The Escape Artists (North Wales)
Ladybird, ladybird…
Painting the poem … part three
This week’s poems were three evocative poems about nature , and human interaction with the natural world – The Lake Isle of Inisfree by WB Yeats, Adlestrop by Edward Thomas and The Way Through the Woods by Rudyard Kipling. Click here for poems. These varied and atmospheric paintings really captured the spirit of each poem.Continue reading “Painting the poem … part three”
Patterned birds!
This week’s challenge – set by Ruth Bitowski – was to create patterned birds using black and white paper and pens. Not that that was stopping the use of colours… art has no boundaries, after all! Top l Trish, bottom left Chrissie and Rachel, bottom right,
Abstract art
Take a copy of Henri Rousseau’s La Chasse au Lion, remove the colour, box or circle a section of the monochrome version; and paint that how you want it to be. Et voila! These are the first two results of that challenge posed by Sue King… Mavis’s lion (left) and Rachel’s foliage, with the originalContinue reading “Abstract art”
Origami magic!
This was a first for the Still Lifers and a tricky task in lockdown with four sheets of instructions from ace origami-ist Hannah Bitowski – and a packet of paper. The aim was to make a Magic Wheel. As usual we rose to the challenge … Top row- Trish, left middle and bottom- Jane, yellowContinue reading “Origami magic!”
Printing cards
The world has gone mad for flowers at the moment and so have we with botanically insired hand-printed greetings cards, with Sue King. Anne’s poppy heads are a study in scarlet, Alison’s created a cheerful sunflower, while Rachel ‘s gone for blue hues, and an underwater extra!
Painting the poems – part two
This week’s painting the poem, with Ruth Bitowski, was a choice between The Owl and the Pussy Cat (Edward Lear) The Eagle (Tennysson) and an anonymous, untitled 17th century riddle. Chrissie was inspired by a photograph of a Golden Eagle (top) Anne created this striking Eagle (middle left) Bethan (top) Mavis (middle row) chose theContinue reading “Painting the poems – part two”
We got weaving!
This week we have been weaving with Gill Snaith. This was a first for the Still Lifers…and just look at the results! Above are woven sea-inspired scenes by Bethan, Alison, Anne, Rachel Trish, Mavis and Chrissie… Click on the images to get a closer look
Painting the poem – one
This week we were inspired by Dylan Thomas’ Fern Hill and Wordsworth’s Daffodils, with help from Ruth Bitowski. Both poems are below. First in was Alison’s cheery daffodil (below), followed by Trish’s Fern Hill fox and daffodils (below). Anne’s flowers, all with their heads held high and looking to the sun (above) and Mavis’s fieldContinue reading “Painting the poem – one”
The Escape Artists 