14th June 2024 – Lynda led this workshop where members were invited to do portraits of each other using any medium. This was a really enjoyable morning.
Paired Portraits
Author: Halifax Art Society
Victor Buckley – African Art and Faces
7th June 2024 – Victor is the creative therapist at Springhill Hospice in Rochdale and was welcomed back. He brought a collection of African art that he has collected over many years, and gave a brief history of each of the objects. There was a raffle prize to identify which of the objects was created by Victor himself – Christine Keeler won. We all had an enjoyable time attempting to paint in a similar style.
Silk Painting
31st May 2024 – Lynda led this very enjoyable and relaxing workshop. Lynda provided silk paints, cards, images etc which inspired us to make a picture that could be made into a card or laminated as a bookmark.
Inspired by De Stael
24th May 2024 – Following on from Dominic Vince’s illustrated talk on the life and work of Nicolas De Stael, members were inspired to try abstract ideas with many using a palette knife rather than brushes.
Anne Allan – Chinese Brush workshop
17th May 2024 – Anne gave a very interesting description and demonstration of Chinese brushstroke techniques, outlining the correct materials to use and where to buy them. Anne showed many examples of her work and the book she has published. We first practised painting bamboo shoots using simple, continuous brush stokes – however we soon realised that this is a specialised artform requiring a lot of skill and practice. We all had a very enjoyable morning and look forward to Anne coming back.
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