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🍌 A vibrant portrait by Simon, using @billyscraps monoprinting technique.
All you need is:
🖍️ Wax crayons
📃 Paper
🖊️ Ballpoint pen
🖼️ A picture
And you can follow the tutorial here: https://t.co/lm2nRKwOYH
"I trained as a photographer, so getting the colours as they appear and the shapes without distortion is all important, especially when colour printing...It is good to have something to work on over lockdown"
Artist Mike and his fruity still life from last week's Open Studio 🍐
Today's online art session was a fruity still life 🍑🍌🍇🍎
Billy's already sent along his piece, which he completed on his i-Pad 😍
For today's @artukdotorg theme we're showcasing the #abstract work of member Mike Poole 🎨 Mike was an Art Director before a stroke led him to pick up a paintbrush for the first time in years in our studio.
A HUGE thank you to @BBK_AdultBrain for organising the 'Fun for Funds' Quiz 🎉 Along with 130 quizzers, they raised an amazing £2,864.66 for #braininjury survivors!
A special shout out to @TG_Chambers & @9GoughChambers for donating their prize money to the final tally 💫
In today's mailer we looked at "mindful movement" - which is essentially movement done with awareness. When you're walking try:
👣 Feeling the sensations in your body
💨 Breathing in for 4 steps & out for 5 steps
🐦 Notice your surroundings – the breeze, can you hear the birds?
"Some days are better than other days & then other days are worse...but if I’ve got a problem, I can ring Natalie, the Caseworker & she is so supportive, I tell you, Natalie’s like my right hand!" - Ann, a full time carer, who regularly uses Headway for support ❤️ #CarersWeek
Today's Creative Community Challenge: Draw or write about an imaginary sea creature....🐙🐬🐋
You wouldn't want to bump into these two underwater beasts by Tirzah and Billy! @billyscraps
This week in our virtual open studio we tackled still life! 🌿🌸 So nice to see our artists excited about creating - we love this example from @billmann365 who used his iPad to draw! 💻🎨
"Walking through a magical forest, you meet a very strange creature.... What does it look like and what happens next?"
One of last week's Creative Community Challenges 🎨Dragons from Tirzah and a strange animal that lurks on the tree tops from Sarah 🌿