Day 18 – Saturday 22nd December

Yes, the sun shone, we had lots of visitors. Kelp the shantymen sang and Judith Opsblum was crowned Artisan of the Year 2018. Oh yes and I wore my art suit.

So here are photos of the art pieces on my #handdrawnsuit.

Starting with the back and the event itself and my timeline and roles so far. This will be returning in future years.

The front chest pocket “contains” my drawing tools of course.

Their pen strokes are.

The chest picture is the first hand drawn landscape. As with my paper based art, the drawing is first done with fineliner pen, a 0.8 in this case. Colour is then added with the Winsor and Newton Promarkers.

Studland Bay with Old Harry Rocks

Each sleeve features the same landscape but from different sides.

In the case of Peveril Point on the southern side of Swanage Bay the two views are from Durlston Bay to the south and Swanage Bay to the north.

In the case of Durdle Door the views are from the sea (viewed from the south) and from the coast (viewed from the north).

The landscapes gave me a chance to use my training as a geography and geology teacher and my knowledge of the local coast with artistic license applied too. They are great examples of how art can be used to then explain geographical or geological ideas.

Thanks for reading.

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