Landlines Studios: Leonard McComb Workshops

Join artist duo Landlines in three participatory workshops based around our current exhibition Leonard McComb: Nature and Humanity. In three separate sessions, which can be booked individually, participants can use naturally foraged materials and inks to create their own works inspired by McComb?s practice. In session 1 an elaborate botanical display of colourful flowers and foliage will be elevated centrally on plinths in the gallery space in bright vases and urns, based on McCombs notable floral paintings. Participants will be able to move around the display to view it from all angles and draw as they wish using the botanical ink collection. For session 2 in response to Rock and Sea, Anglesey, 1983, participants will draw from photographs of cliff faces, shorelines and landscapes taken on Anglesey, abstracting the images through mark-making and crosshatching with natural tools and brushes. Should they wish to leave their drawings with us, we will use them to create a community artwork, collaging each piece together as McComb did, to idealise an imagined landscape which could be displayed at the close of the exhibition. In the final session 3, based on Still Life with Persian Rug, 1998, an autumnal still life of seasonal harvest produce will be displayed on a vintage rug in wooden crates and wicker baskets, with antique vessels displaying dried flowers, seed heads and grasses. As in the August workshop, participants will be able to move around the display to view it from all angles and draw as they wish using the botanical ink collection. Donations welcomed, your support helps us bring inspiring new exhibitions to the gallery and care for the collection for future generations to enjoy.