Easter Challenge 2021

 This is our second Easter Challenge, this time on the theme of sea creatures. These are the results: very diverse, though the concept of the 'Eggtopus' has emerged as a clear favourite.

Gill Place - Eggtopus

Gill Spensley - Goose

Gill Spensley - Easter Mermaid

Julia Cutter - Deep Sea Slug

Karol Nielsen - Eggtopus

Kate Geelan - Eggtopus

Les Sotherton - Emergent Dragon

Les Southerton - Twix crab

Linda Cowling - Jellyfish

Margaret Kirby - Kraken egg monster

Rob Blenkarn - Walrus, shark and sea lion

Val Harrison - Vampire squid

Return to The Barn

 Our first session back at The Barn since March - reduced numbers but very enjoyable

More Lockdown Pictures

 Art continues even during lockdown, though many have struggled to find motivation:

Gill Place's cabbages print inspired by the ones in her garden - see below

The next sixare all from Julia Cutter, our most prolific artist by far.

 

A pair of collages by Rob Blenkarn, a response from a challenge to produce an abstract

Rob Blenkarn - Water Colour sketch of remote Irish farm

Rob Blenkarn - En plein aire at South Gare (sounds poetic anyway)

Rob's York Minster water colour

Val Harrison - Life In Lockdown

Val Harrison - Lake district images

Val's painting of Bamburgh Castle

Zoom Meetings Challenge 3

Mackenzie Thorpe's Love Teesside Competition

This challenge only resulted in 2 entries, but both good ones from Julia and Les

Julia Cutter: What I Love About Teesside

Les Southerton: View Over Teesside

Zoom Challenge 2 - The Green Man

This second challenge produced a variety of approaches, including ceramics and digital imaging, as well as sundry 'Found' objects.

Rob Blenkarn

Les Southerton

Les Southerton

Les Southerton

A green woman from Val Harrison's garden

Julia Cutter

Found in the woods by Lesley Guy

Gill Place

Zoom Meeting Challenge 1

Our zoom meetings have been a way of keeping in touch during Lockdown. At some of those meetings we decided to set challenges to help with our motivation and give us some group interaction. Here are some of the results from our first challenge.

Challenge 1 - The View from Your Window

Val Harrison

Gill Place

Les Southerton

Julia Cutter

Rob Blenkarn - Wishful Thinking