Horace Walpole was responsible for building Strawberry Hill, the famous example of Georgian Gothic revival. Walpole's extravagance and romantic allusions are perfectly envisioned in his Shell Seat, designed by friend Richard Bentley. Although no one knows exactly what happened to the seat, original drawings remain.
Greetings!
Please bring SHELLS for our subject matter this week,
Tuesday, March 5.
This week's sketching at home prompt:
LAMPS
was decided on by the group.
There's still time to sketch!
We will share our sketching experiences at the
beginning of our session.
Please enjoy the content below:
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Variations on a Shell Theme
Art & Natural History for Drawing Enthusiasts
Le Coquillage (The Seashell)
by Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916),
a French symbolist painter, printmaker,
draughtsman and pastellist.
Drawing of various shells laid out on table. Of course,
the shells sizes are reduced from their natural size. By Jerilee Wei
 'White Shell with Red' by Georgia O'Keefe The Pot of Shells by Mary Fedden (1971) (born 1915) , one of Britain's most popular living artists. Fedden refused to make any claims for her art other than to say that painting flowers was one of the most exciting things in the world, and that she simply couldn't not paint. She was a self-effacing, utterly natural painter.  SEA SHELLS by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), a German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor, and artist.
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