by Susan Brisco | Mar 4, 2024 | Art Science, Drawing |
The drawing above show just how complex the wiring is in our retina leading off to the optic nerve. As I’ve been familiarising myself into how we see and why green spaces instil in us beautiful feelings of wellbeing, it seems we have two ways of seeing...
by Susan Brisco | Jan 20, 2024 | Art Film, Art Science, Drawing, Science |
Inventory of inks (Feb – Dec) To date, I have foraged, harvested and made 34 botanical inks throughout the season. This number has quite surprised me! Each ink brings back a memory of a walk, a place, an experience and a story. For example, one day, a walk in Wales...
by Susan Brisco | Jan 18, 2024 | Art Science, Drawing, Science |
Plants are reliant on sunlight for their existence. The sun determines their life cycle. Sunlight informs a plant to germinate, when to grow and ultimately, when to die off ready for its dormant period in the winter. When the spring arrives, warmer sunlight...
by Susan Brisco | Jan 5, 2024 | Art Science, Drawing |
Being in green spaces helps us to feel calmer and less anxious which is good for our mental health and sense of wellbeing. According to an NHS report, people who spend at least two hours per week in nature are shown to have better general health and higher...
by Susan Brisco | Jan 3, 2024 | Art Science, Drawing, Science |
How we React to colour and its Impact on our Central Nervous System. Rods and cones are photoreceptors found in abundance in the retina. The Rods are sensitive to the intensity of light whereas the cones are wonderful in that they give us our colour vision. Life ...
by Susan Brisco | Jan 3, 2024 | All Articles, Art Science, Drawing, Science |
Making & Understanding the Colour of Plants and their Impact focusses on my journey making and using botanical inks from plants which touches on the fields of neuroscience and chemistry through an artistic perspective using film, drawing and sound. I was honoured...
