Tags
abstraction, Art, drawing, France, galleries, gardens, landscape, Landscape Architecture, painting, stitch
Some more drawings from my 1980s sketchbooks to look at, from a garden in France to a student field trip to Munich via Garmisch Partenkirchen. I did not always draw with end products in mind, but to record where I was, what I was thinking and so on. Many pages are too messy or sketchy to put here, but I’ve found a few that show my journey They are shown in chronological order . Next post-the 90s! The first drawing was made in a garden in Cesson, France 1982. One of my followers might recognise the venue!
All drawings approx 20cm x 18cm French garden 1982 Detail followed by full page .
The alps at Garmisch in 1986 and yes it was cold drawing outside so it was done very quickly!
Fruit bowl 1985, pencil and coloured pencils, drawing what’s in front of whilst the TV was on
This is a pastel drawing from 1989. I was looking at landscapes and playing with potential ideas for embroidery. I did work up a series, but only have a couple on old fashioned slides!
In 1989 we seemed to keep coming across standing stones, dolmens, rocky formations on our travels, so lots of drawings did lead to a series of works in handmade pulp with additional stitch and fibres. Here’s a drawing and one of the final pieces which I made for an exhibition in 1990. The drawing uses pastel and a tippex pen
see you in the 90s next time!