Working with hues and tints - August workshop
19th August 2017 The Chennai Study Group took on an interesting, challenging theme for the August workshop. The theme was working with a single colour, and its hues and tints. The vase and composition were in effect to be monochromatic, with tints of shades in the same colour spectrum. Sensei Molly, despite running a flu, demonstrated this theme, with three different colours and textures for her vases. Thirteen members were present and we also had a Japanese guest in Ms Megumi Shimada and her husband. Megumi san is a research scholar attached to the Japanese Consulate and has come to the city recently. For this beautiful rust coloured vase, sensei Molly tried using red initially, but then created this beautiful composition that reminded one of autumn, with the various tints of rust and brown. The same arrangement from a slightly different angle She then moved to a delicate tall glass vase, with a light shade of pink. For this composition, she fo