We’ve had a bonus week of sky exploring, making cloudy labels, finding accidental clouds and drawing golden eagles in flight. Geoff drew his eagle in great confidence with oil pastel and then layered it over his painted cliffside. Kenneth used chalk pastels to create an atmposheric sky. During preparations for the workshop, a little bunch of pristine white labels had been dropped into a tray … Continue reading New Expressions: Kendal Skies
Last Friday during our visit to The Wordsworth Trust, it rained. And then it rained some more. Quite appropriately Jeff Cowton (The Trust’s curator) had selected a letter written by Dorothy Wordsworth in 1802 about her own rainy day experience. She and William had travelled out by coach to Patterdale, and arrived somewhat bedraggled at the inn. Dorothy’s writing has received less exposure than her … Continue reading When it rains, it really rains
We’ve been busy getting ready for the first practical session on Friday. The map now has a cover made with many of the sky photographs the group have taken over recent weeks….but take a look inside….. Sections of the map have been opened up and the places we have visited can be untied and unfolded to create a visual narrative that describes moments from the … Continue reading Kendal ‘In the Moment’ getting ready for Friday
Coming together at Wordsworth Trust, as Anne Marie has written in her blog post this week, was a wonderful treat. Sitting in a room surrounded by first edition books by Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats and other greats, and witnessing the unveiling of what is said to be the first landscape painting of the Lake District, is certainly something you don’t do every day. Top that with … Continue reading Wordsworth Trust: Unfolding ‘Sky Map’ poem
When we met on Friday for our first day of sky-watching we introduced words and poetry into our thinking. Bringing together inspiration from the collections of the Wordsworth Trust and Lakeland Arts Trust has been a wonderful opportunity to blend language and visual art. Looking back at Dorothy Wordsworth’s journal, you’d be forgiven for thinking that not much has changed over the centuries. And maybe, with the … Continue reading Wordsworth Trust: Words from the sky
Cumbria Sky Map 