River Sounds
This session took us under bridges and along rivers flowing through woodland. Listen to the sounds of birds by the river, the plop of a water vole and see works inspired by the river below.
Start by listening to some of the sounds from the session and looking at participants work.
By Phil: Charcoal running river over small boulders with large circular smudged rocks either side.
By Faye: Tissue paper and blue running river with orange tissue paper bridge. Painted rocks either side in purple, black, brown and white.
By Sarah: Green and blue brush stroke background with multiple arrows pointing in different directions in blue, green and brown.
Fergus: turquoise tissue paper sky with tissue paper sun and pen illustrated bird above a dark blue river enclosed by three illustrated trees and a robin perched upon grass
John: assorted water colour rivers in navy blue, purple and orange seen above a window, tree and abstract watercolour markings
John: water colour and tissue paper boats with two figures looking out to sea
By Lynn: faded yellow painted background with sporadic markings imitating birds feet in dark brown.
By Pamela: Painting of a pink, red and yellow canal boat floating down a blue river with green grass and brown trees either side.
By Lynn: Long flowing brush strokes imitating waves in shades of blue, green and torquoise.
By Bella: Painted swirls of different coloured greens and yellows with the words 'small river over rocks'.
By Bella: Strokes of blue and orange paints at different colour densities labelled as 'river over rocks'.
By Janet: Lots of blue strokes of pen representing a river with black rocks, with 'river over rocks' written on top.
Where would you like to go?
British Library
The Brain Charity
Free Space Project