We checked out many of the examples of rosemaling and woodcarving that Pam has.
Pam had two books for me--one she bought while touring Norway: Ole Moene's Det store i det smaa and Johan Amrud's Ornamental Woodcarving. Both books show fine examples of acanthus carving that inform and inspire rosemalers who paint in the Gudbrandsdal style. Since this apprenticeship is concentrating on Gudbrandsdal style these are wonderful resources for designs.
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| Two books on Norwegian woodcarving |
Next, I spent some time in the morning drawing collected leafs. They had dried and begun to fold in on themselves to I spent time understanding how the turnovers work. I sketched them in my new sketchbook. After the 4th leaf I felt I would get the hang of it. There will be many more leaf drawings in the future. It is part of my education now.Here are some early examples of my work:
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| Leaf sketching |
In the afternoon we got out the chalk and chalkboard and also the paint. I played with paint, trying to paint the graceful curves of the main scroll and adding turnovers. Here's an example of my second attempt. There are many issues with it but I record it here to show you that being good at this involves practice and persistence. I am on the first part of my journey and it shows.
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| First application of paint :-p |
For my homework I am continuing to sketch leaf turnorvers and paint freehand plus paint on tracing paper over a couple of patterns Pam has given me.
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