Art Studio course gallery

Assignment: Inspired by the Pera Museum, Istanbul + Orientalism

The starting point for this assignment was our termly research trip – a virtual stroll through the Pera Museum in Istanbul and the city itself, plus ideas around Orientalism and Orientalist art.
Harriet – A Somerset dream of the Orient
Somerset clay, sheep’s wool, moss, thistle gall, snail shells, Indian silk, found images of Istanbul and Arabic script
Harriet – An Oriental dream of Somerset
Oriental carpet, Turkish spice grinder, found image of Glastonbury Tor, Guardian newspaper, Somerset clay and crocheted wool
Vali – Man Wearing A Turban (After Rembrandt)
Charcoal on paper
Jane – Coffee time (after 18C French school painting)
Charcoal, watercolour and wax crayon

Jane – Thomas Hope waiting for his jab (after portrait by Henry Bone)
Pencil

Jane – Autumn in Freiburg (influenced by Paul Klee at Pera Museum)
Watercolour, ink and wax crayon
Moira – Baby Mum with her Ayah in Sumatra? Borneo? Malaysia?
Watercolour

Moira – Vaccination of Singhalese ladies in Ceylon 1920s (after my Grandmother’s, Armanella Trail, sketches painted at that time)
Watercolour and ink
Moira – Pool at the Alcazar of Seville (after Sorolla)
Watercolour

Chris – Islamic doorway
Pastel with coloured paper
Chris – Turkish village
Pastel and digital background

Christie Archer – Pyramids at sunrise
Coloured paper
Christie Archer  – Istanbul at moonlight
Coloured paper

Christie Archer – Istanbul 2
Watercolour and ink

Maurice – The Blue Mosque (resited) Istanbul
Ink, watercolour and graphite

Maurice – Spices in the Grand Bazaar
Acrylic and felt tip with digital background
Maurice – The Basilica Cisterns, Istanbul
Charcoal and pastel
Sylvie Fenton -3 encadrements de compositions textiles
Pieces sewn into an empty space of varied textile material inserted into a wooden frame painted with acrylic
Sylvie Fenton – detail de compositions textiles
Pieces sewn into an empty space of varied textile material inserted into a wooden frame painted with acrylic
Diana Boydell – After August Macke’s ‘Eastern Woman (Odalisque)’
Oil pastel on paper
Hilary – Outside the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul.+ one of Osman Handi Bay’s tortoises..about to have a Turkish coffee.
Acrylic and collage
Dieter – Istanbul 1
Graphite, charcoal and watercolour on paper
Dieter – Istanbul 2
Graphite and charcoal on paper
Jo Melhuish – Excursion on the Golden Horn at sunset (after Tristram James Ellis 1880-1890)
Acrylic on paper