Playing with Shapes

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Nicely balanced Jenny and super texture effects.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Thu 25 Aug 14:28:49

Attractive image and an excellent idea - I will give it a go!

Posted by Teddi Coutts on Thu 25 Aug 14:48:12

Beautiful colours, shapes and textures Jenny, he cannot argue with this.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 25 Aug 14:54:40

It looks great to me Jenny.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 25 Aug 15:52:49

Thanks everyone. (Teddi, look forward to seeing your version - the possible combinations are endless!)

Posted by Jenny Harris on Thu 25 Aug 18:19:24

excellent exercise Jenny well done

Posted by David Harrison on Thu 25 Aug 18:37:46

Top of the class Jenny, it works!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 25 Aug 20:04:02

Thanks, David and Fiona!

Posted by Jenny Harris on Thu 25 Aug 20:40:43

I struggle to understand composition, despite reading many articles about it. Yours seems well balanced to my eye and I love the bold contrasts of the orange and green which contrast beautifully. Diana

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Fri 26 Aug 09:03:06

Thanks, Diana. To be honest, I never usually think much about composition when planning a painting, it's fairly instinctive. I've read articles about it, but it all seems rather too prescriptive most of the time.

Posted by Jenny Harris on Fri 26 Aug 11:43:48

Lovely textures and composition, Jenny!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Sun 28 Aug 11:58:44

Thank you, Seok!

Posted by Jenny Harris on Sun 28 Aug 14:09:36

Thanks for the inspiration - I've posted a first attempt, but intend to do more.

Posted by Teddi Coutts on Sun 28 Aug 21:07:15

Hang on Studio Wall

25/08/2016

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Acrylic ink collage. At a recent art club evening we had a talk on composition, and the lecturer (an ex school teacher) commented that before he let his new students loose on their own work he always set them a task of producing a balanced composition using just three shapes - a circle, triangle and square or rectangle, together with colour and texture. Thought it sounded an interesting (if rather unexciting!) challenge so thought I'd have a go. This was my effort - not sure how successful it is, but something a bit different to try.

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Jenny Harris

I paint mainly in watercolour, often including other media such as pen and ink, pastel or collage. My main interest is in colour and design and most of my work is quite stylised and often illustrative. I enjoy experimenting with acrylic inks, particularly using cling film to create texture, and…

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