Hidden Earth 2025
Demonstration, a painting from a sketch done underground
30 minute Lecture|Robin Gray
Abstract
Robin will start by showing sketches done underground and decide which one to base a painting on. He will then working on an A2 sheet of black paper, develop a painting of a stream passage in oil pastels with figure of cavers included. He will describe the technique while relating interesting stories concerned with making pictures of cave and caving.
Robin worked for many years as Englands leading demonstrater of Switzerland's Caran d'Ache are products. His work is widely collected.
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