Ann Robertson – Artist and Illustrator

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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...

52Frames    Hello From..!  Week 2

52Frames Hello From..! Week 2

    This week 52Frames is titled Hello From..! I travelled up to Scotland on Tuesday and stopped at Tebay Services for coffee and a slice of very good chocolate and stout cake. The cafe was very quiet so I sat at a window table, and this was the view over...

Seaside Treasures

Seaside Treasures

  I visited a friend in Pembrokeshire last year and came home with some seaside treasures. I remember these egg cases from my childhood on the beach near my grans. The shapes are lovely and the way they twist as they dry out make them quite sculptural. It took a...

Drawing Out

Drawing Out

  This was our last drawing out session of the summer. We met at The Leather's Smithy and I walked along the reservoir and then dropped down to the little valley and Bollin Brook, where I settled and did some drawing. It was lovely down there with the dappled...

Drawing Out

Drawing Out

Some more sessions drawing out and about. One week I actually decided to try painting from life. I haven't done this for years, and although it is not altogether successful, there are bits of it I really like. Even more importantly I like the fact that I did paint...

Drawing Out

Drawing Out

I am really enjoying almost weekly trips drawing out, weather and other commitments permitting. A few of us usually turn up and coffee and cake often features, but also drawing. These little things are fun, not too precious and sometimes turn out well. It is good to...

Drawing Out at Danes Moss

Drawing Out at Danes Moss

At last a day when the weather was nice enough to sit and do some drawing - again! Took my trusty little book, that is now nearly full, and a small pencil case for a walk to Danes Moss Nature Reserve on Monday. It was a beautiful, still, warm day with all the promise...