A detail from one of my Newcastle chapbooks for the Figures of Tyne Public Artwork.
We had a memorable workshop last year creating nature journals in the beautiful town of Sedbergh. Since then some members of Sedbergh Art Society have made some beautiful examples of these journals.
This session we will be looking at expanding these journals into adding some aspects of the town into them. This will allow us to weave nature and townscape into lovely little journals that will express the stories that people can uncover about their own patch.
I will once again be providing concertina sketchbooks (chapbooks) and introducing ideas for how to depict interesting aspects of Sedbergh and the area around it. This could be buildings or just parts thereof - a particular doorway, balcony or window for example. We could look at scenes by the River Rawthey, in Queen's Park, the swings in the playing field or just 'stuff' seen in the street. Historians might like to illustrate historical features. All this will be accompanied by short captions - the story behind something, or its importance to us personally.
A spread of one of my Newcastle Chapbooks.