Ann Robertson – Artist and Illustrator

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52Frames   Long Shutter Speed    Week 12

52Frames Long Shutter Speed Week 12

  This week the challenge set for 52Frames is Long Shutter Speed. I thought it would be interesting to have a go and see if I could depict movement in some way, the sort of blurring you can get with long shutter speeds. Some years ago at Festival at The Edge I...

52Frames Reflections!  Week 9

52Frames Reflections! Week 9

  This weeks 52Frames challenge (https://52frames.com/) is Reflections! I really like this subject and I had a few photos options to choose from. I decided to use one I took at The National Botanic Gardens of Wales some years ago. It has been in a folder called...

52Frames Depth of Field   Week 6

52Frames Depth of Field Week 6

  This week's challenge for 52Frames ( https://52frames.com/)  is Depth of Field. I feel this is more of a photographic technique than an art one. I decided to do the equivalent of a macro; a real close up of something. I looked around and found two things I...

52Frames Minimalist Week 4

52Frames Minimalist Week 4

  This week 52Frames is Minimalist, with nude as an extra challenge (https://52frames.com/). This gave me an opportunity to look through my life drawing and see if I could rework something. I had several goes at this and this is the final image. The drawing is...

52Frames Complementary Colours  Week 3

52Frames Complementary Colours Week 3

  This week the challenge is complementary colours (https://52frames.com/). I was away at Xmas and thought the fruit bowl on the table might make an interesting picture at some point. I used it for this week's challenge as the fruit have good strong colours. The...

Gecko Prints

Gecko Prints

I have been making unique print cards, with both a Gecko design and Guineau Fowl. I like the way that having created a plate I can ink it up however I want and print it alone or incoorporate it with other media or print elements. I look for a main element that is...

3D Feltmaking

3D Feltmaking

Spent a day with eleven others in Macclesfield doing 3D feltmaking with Anne Davies. The day started by making a flat piece of felt to get a feeling for the process. This was very satisfying and proved to be very helpful for later work. Anne then demonstrated how to...