Art Studio course gallery 

Assignment: Haikus

Here are artworks by some of our Art Studio course artists…
Maria – Inspired by A Year in Haiku Poem by Paul Holmes – April
Watercolour
Jill Chatterton  – Walking through Bluebell Woods
Acrylic on paper
Hilary – Kinda Blue
Mixed media on paper

It’s all kinda blue
Right now out in the big world
Good thing there’s music
Ken – Losing its name // a river // enters the sea (John Sandbach)
Acrylic on board
KAT – Shells inspiration from my haiku
Acrylic and plaster

What small creatures
Sacrificed their homes
So we can admire their beauty?
KAT – Living Coral Reef
Acrylic and plaster
Sophie – Losing its name, the river enters the sea
Gouache on paper
Sophie – Meteor shower, a gentle wave wets my sandals
Crayons, acrylic paint, gouache
Sophie – First autumn morning, the mirror I stare into shows my mother’s face.
Gouache on paper
Adriana – Geisha Girl Collecting Cherry Blossom
Acrylic on paper
Adriana – A Frog Eating an Ant
Acrylic on paper
Adriana – Rose 
Acrylic on paper
Cate – In the Metro Station 
Watercolour on mountboard
The apparition of these faces in a crowd
petals on a wet, black bough (Ezra Pound)
Cate – Losing Its Name
Watercolour on mountboard

Losing its name
a river

enters the sea (John Sandbach)
Cate – Everything I Touch
Watercolour on paper
Everything I touch
with tenderness, alas

pickles like a bramble (Kobyashi Issa)

 
Lindsey – Spring has arrived!
Watercolour on paper

The west wind whispered,
And touched the eyelids of spring:
Her eyes, Primroses
Lindsey – Mount Fuji
Charcoal on paper

In the misty rain
Mount Fuji is veiled all day –
How intriguing! (Basho)
Pauline – Morning haze; as in a painting of a dream, men go their ways
(Yosa Buson)
Watercolour on heavy paper
Pauline – Silence
Monoprint and acrylic on Fabiano paper
Pauline – A world of dew, and within every dewdrop, a world of struggle (Kobayashi Issa)
Dark field montotype on Fabriano paper
Jan D – Sun & rain for spring greens
Acrylic paint on paper
inspired by my haiku:
Sunshine filters through
Spring leaves of vibrant green
“Plop” it’s rain again!
Jan D – The Modern landscape!
Water colour and pencil on watercolour paper
from my haiku:
Field patchwork
Bright green, red, yellow gold
“What” solar panels too!
Francesca Wilkes – In Memoriam
Acrylic on canvas
Inspired by ‘The Sycamore Gap’ by F Wilkes:
   The Sycamore Tree
    Once cradled between the hills
    Now gone, forever
Bob – Haiku I (written by Bob, Julia and Victoria)
Soft crayon on paper
Bob – Haiku II (written by Bob, Julia and Victoria)
Soft crayon on paper
Bob – Haiku III (written by Bob, Julia and Victoria)
Soft crayon on paper
Amanda Ffiske – I Killed An Ant
Graphite on paper
Amanda Ffiske – Cool Stars Sketch
Watercolour and acrylic on paper
Amanda Ffiske – Cool Stars
Acrylic, graphite and ink on paper
Victoria  – Dissolution
Acrylic Gelli Print and Ink
losing its name
a river

enters the sea (John Sandbach)
Dieter – April (burnt amber)
Lino print on paper
Inspired by my haiku:
April full of Promise
Written on your Face
Lines meander
Dieter – April (burnt sienna)
Lino print on paper
Inspired by my haiku:
April full of Promise
Written on your Face
Lines meander
Martine Sheehan – Inspired by:
The lamp once out
Cool stars enter
The window frame
by Natume Soseki
Acrylic on canvas
Christie  – Wisteria at moonlight from traditional Japanese house
Acrylic, watercolour and tissue paper

In pale moonlight
the wisteria’s scent
came from far away (Yosa Buson)
Christie  – Mist over Mount Fuji from bullet train window 
Collage with magazine, newspaper and coloured paper
Inspired by:
Majestic mountain 
Rising from the valley
Snow-capped Mount Fuji (Edwin Tanguma)