Jenn’s calm, engaging and confident demonstration of techniques was followed at each stage by participant experimentation, with Jenn circulating to support and encourage and discuss the outcomes.  An important part of the process was not knowing what was ahead, but experiencing the movement of the inks running into the shapes, “controlling the uncontrollable!”  Over the course of the workshop, flowers developed petals and stamens, leaves were observed and translated into inky forms.

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As an Abstract Artist, Jenn’s reliance on skill and the serendipitous plays on the freedom to let go and explore.  Freak yourself out.  Have a go.  Layer the image. Work across the whole page. Simplify the image.  A different colour for each size.  The real life stimulus of leaves and flowers guiding the eyes of the participants.  Inky bubbles.  Cotton buds for details. Choose your biggest flower and develop the detail in the one amongst the many.  Use a stick to draw the stems:  with less control, the outcome is more convincing. You want the spirit of the thing, not dotting every i or crossing every t.  In the end you have something from nature that you would never have painted before.