Chasm – Amanda Bates art

Folly Wood’s legendary roots (part 2)

Artwork, AVAILABLE, Card available, Colour, Drawing, Ink, on paper, Place, Rural, Trees

I decided to make a large drawing of the long tree roots in Folly Wood Gorge, using a full imperial sheet of watercolour (approx. 56x75cm) paper and coloured inks. I exagerrated the colours and indulged in a bit of careful splatting (an excuse to add…
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Folly Wood’s legendary roots (part 1)

Artwork, AVAILABLE, Collected (post), Drawing, Ink, Monochrome, on kaolin-coated board, Place, Rural, Trees

There’s a ridge in Wiltshire not far from Devizes, that has a gap in it, a place where the bedrock cracked, perhaps. A track (it’s a bridleway) passes through the gap. The sides are high, and trees grow on the chalky high ground. It’s a…
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