Purely Pencils Plus




Hello there!


Today was the final day in my workshop teaching calendar for 2015.
I am delighted that the final workshop for the year was with the talented and lovely group
Stitching & Beyond. There were sixteen enthusiastic pencil workers in this group.  They are not calligraphers but enjoyed a little text instruction!


Purely Pencils Plus
We worked pencils into smooth gesso and textured gesso.
We worked pencils under gold leaf.
We enjoyed graffito into gold leaf with pencils.
In our downtime
... twiddling thumbs time ...
we worked the mandala,
emptying our minds, relaxing and just enjoying the pencil process. 


What a marvelous array of works created by this lovely group of local Tasmanians.  Thank you Stitching & Beyond & Chris Hussey for organising my workshops and for having me join you as tutor for the third time in twelve months ... wow!



Here is a sampler only of the two days (one or two are my demos).



Carolyn



Carolyn



 






Emma



Sheila




Verna




Jenny




Mine



Mine




 

Verna


Diana



Mine




Verna (did two of these)






 












  Great, eh!






Comments

Chris said…
What a wonderful collection, Gemma.... So sorry you were blessed with hayfever! It is a privilege to have you as a member of our group. Thankyou for all these wonderful workshops. Cx
November 23, 2015 at 11:37 AM
Gemma Black said…
I have had so much fun Chris. Thanks for the opportunity! x g
November 27, 2015 at 10:45 AM
kate adderley said…
Hi Gemma, l love all your students work, looks like you might have to come back and teach PP2 AND PP Plus, love it all , thanks for sharing
November 27, 2015 at 7:32 PM
Gemma Black said…
Hi Kate,
The Stitching & Beyond group who are not calligraphers did a brilliant job, what talent! Purely Pencils Plus is a super workshop! One day! x g
November 27, 2015 at 7:51 PM
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