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The world of natural objects – shell, stone and wood

Oil pastels were ideal to use to draw the textures of stones and wood from our collection of natural objects picked up from beaches, forests and mountains over the years!

The world of natural objects - shell, stone and wood

Looking into the intricate surface textures to find inspiration, we started working from one or two of the things with loose doodles and drawings.

The world of natural objects - shell, stone and wood

The world of natural objects - shell, stone and wood

The world of natural objects - shell, stone and wood

The world of natural objects - shell, stone and wood

Then we went on to making a larger piece with a more imaginative space and aspects of the natural objects coming in like the spiraling shapes of shells or the organic patterns of lichen on rocks.

The world of natural objects - shell, stone and wood

The world of natural objects - shell, stone and wood