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These ammonite paintings used different colours and also added small areas of gold & silver leaf,to enhance the overall effect. Some of the pictures included words as a playful reference to a verbal word game called Aunt Sally, which when written down is obvious - she prefers words that include double letters. i think that the technique of using the fabric transfer crayons to make rubbings of the actual 3D objects works as a start to help get the idea off the ground but only that. Colours used are a personal choice as the actual fossils are colourless at least in terms of those used.
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june james
In the 1950’s I attended a life drawing evening class at Kingston Art school, & Saturday mornings did Fashion Drawing at Wimbledon Art school. I failed the 11+. You could have another go at 13 – not to go to the Grammar school ! Instead it gave you a choice – girls could go to Pitman’s College and…
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