Sketching at the old paper mill
This is a pretty big illustration by my standards (30 x 22 inches) so I’ve included a close-up of part of it. The venue for the monthly life drawing session is a very interesting place.
This is the old John Dickinson paper mill, a notable place in the history of papermaking. It was here that the Fourdrinier brothers developed a continuous paper making machine to make the huge rolls of paper needed for web offset litho.
And it was here that the John Dickinson company made Basildon Bond stationery – which was the staple letter-writing material of my childhood. They still make paper here but it’s now a working museum which is being developed into an educational and community resource.
Pencil and watercolour on imperial sheet of handmade watercolour paper.
posted by Julie Oakley at Monday, March 10, 2008
2 Comments:
Oh, this is so wonderful - cheerful and fun. I loved Basildon Bond - the sound as it rolls off the tongue and the delicious smoothness of the paper with the lined sheet to put behind. sometimes I 'borrowed' my mother's pad if there wasn't much left!
What a fun drawing looking at the intensive artists. What if.... the model was clothed and the art students were naked?
I think I told the story once time about a friend of mine, size 26, who occasionally works as a life model.Her first time....during the breaks she wandered around the room naked looking at the pictures. When she told me later I said, the protocol is to put on a gown at least!
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