Dedh Cans Seyth warn Ügens

De Meurth, seythves mis Me

Tuesday, 7^th May 

E’n dohajedh me eth dhe chei ow hothman dhe gawas badna de ha practisya agan disqwedhyans rag nessa de Merher. Hei a vedn liwya pictour rag agan bagas art ha me a vedn descrifa hy maner gweythresa ha daffar. Hei a dhewisas foto en lever termyn rag awen. An canfas ew deg centimeter warn ügens en hester (hirder) ha pajar ügens centimeter en lester, ha parrys ew solabres gen “gesso” (ehen a baynt gwydn). Ma liwyow strothys dhedhy (pelha ages gwydn) – gorm, dew vlou, dew velyn, rüdhvelyn ha loos. Gen scübellik brâs hei a lesas blou spladn meskys der vaner garow gen gwydn rag an eborn ha commol. Glas tewl rag an mor, tabm loos ha tabm gwydn rag skeujow ha cribow todnow a dheuth nessa. Dew velyn rag an treth ha tewyn bian, gorm ha loos rag carygy. Nena meur a wydn, gorrys gen colhel a wras an mordarth war an treth ha carygy. Era odhom dhen a nebes aral? Entei. Pedntir en pelder, tabm gòbmon war garygy, ha nebes planjow segh war an tewyn. Henn ew lowr.

In the afternoon I went to my friend’s house to take a drop of tea and practise our demonstration for next Wednesday. She will paint a picture for our art group and I will describe her procedure and equipment. She chose a photo in a magazine for inspiration. The canvas is 30cm high and 80cm wide, and already primed (prepared) with gesso (a type of white paint). She has limited colours (apart from white) – dark brown, two blues, two yellows, orange and grey. With a big paintbrush she spread bright blue mixed roughly with white for the sky and clouds. Dark blue for the sea, a bit of grey and a bit of white for shadows and crests of waves came next.Two yellows for the beach and a little dune, brown and grey for rocks. Then a lot of white applied with a knife made the surf on the beach and rocks. Did we need something else? Certainly. A headland in the distance, a bit of seaweed on rocks and a few dry plants on the dune. That’s enough.