Adam's Garden 13th December 2019
Ordered and compact - carefully considered and laid out - sociable space - watched by horses and trees - private - intimate - careful selection of pots and containers filled with bold succulents - intriguing centre piece sculpture of two faces - contrasting textures on the ground, timbers and gravel - magical.
Ordered and compact - carefully considered and laid out - sociable space - watched by horses and trees - private - intimate - careful selection of pots and containers filled with bold succulents - intriguing centre piece sculpture of two faces - contrasting textures on the ground, timbers and gravel - magical.
The day we went to Adam’s house was December 13th 2019 and feelings were heightened by the election result. It was cold and misty to begin with then a watery sun broke through. I was immediately drawn to the geometry of the the garden, with the abstract possibilities everywhere. I drew some of the woodland bursting through the garden but kept thinking about the pots. When photographed from above the lines of the paving and the sleepers dissected the circles of the pots…whose circles were broken in turn by the plants spilling over the edges. The details became one of the major themes of the project. The wet leaves stuck to the paving slabs and provided endless recurring shapes. All framed by a sodden pergola with a bald clematis resolutely clinging on. Sarah. |
Linda's Garden, 24th January 2020
Chilly, foggy morning - every surface sodden - dripping rotting stalks - black bark - peaty soil - lawn spotted with fallen darkened leaves - smell of deep winter - a garden asleep
Chilly, foggy morning - every surface sodden - dripping rotting stalks - black bark - peaty soil - lawn spotted with fallen darkened leaves - smell of deep winter - a garden asleep
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Kate and I visited Linda in September. We loved her garden and our time drawing there, We were so pleased that all four of us could visit again. Definitely cold and damp underfoot. Plant pots were stacked in expectation of spring. They were everywhere - against the walls under the trees and stacked in rows in the greenhouse but for now there was a feeling of stillness and hibernation. Susan As usual we wandered round chatting and exclaiming, pointing out the new and the familiar, another garden of rooms - something for everyone. I was seduced by the half filled sacks in the vegetable plot, leaning on each other like old ladies at a bus stop. There was something about their relationship to each other, connected by bamboo and various strings with felt very companionable. I started by using charcoal pencil, then adding colour. Sarah |
David and Judith's Garden, 11th February 2020
A fresh winters day - glorious sunlight through the boundary trees - sculpture - wildlife habitats - allotment area - sloping lawn and paths - shadows.
A fresh winters day - glorious sunlight through the boundary trees - sculpture - wildlife habitats - allotment area - sloping lawn and paths - shadows.
David invited us to roam around their back garden. I took photos in most areas as there was something new to see. The flowers we certainly bright and cheery, hellebores, snow drops, cyclamen, daffs and primula. A gentle incline towards the rear of their plot takes you past a fish pond, home to Koi carp. Along side I spied wonderful pebbles which had been colonised by a lichen, natures patterns and colours at its best! I took clay impressions from around the garden and then settled for a short time to draw with pencil and charcoal pencils on a brown paper collaged page, focusing on the lovely white painted iron railings separating the house from the garden. So much to see so little time. Victoria. |
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