Artist In Residence Nest

I have recently started an online teaching class with a lovely group of artists, through a site known as Artist In Residence . This week I wanted to look at the Nest.

I created some visuals to take loose inspiration from, stating my usual ‘What If’s ‘ i.e. what if the nest was square, a spiral, made out of something else, just to get people’s minds flowing with possibilities.

Also many slides with images of other artists interpretations of nests and images of birds, trees, ceramics I have made, associated with nests.

An old collage illustration of mine of a Hen on her nest.

Thinking about how nests are created. I found it fascinating to discover that brids build nests from instinct as they have never been shown how to do it by their parents !

This was my drawing from the class. A mix of mark making, printing, illustration using markers, pencils, brush pens, ink and collage.

I had a great time teaching yesterday and thanks to everyone who took part.

If you would like to find out more about joining an art class online and participating either live or watching classes in playback after the class has finished, then visit Artist In Residence . co and explore their options for joining. Hope to see you there.