Following on from Anthony Barrow’s demonstration the previous week, members had a go at creating portraits using Anthony’s technique of applying charcoal and acrylic onto gesso. Here are some photos of the artworks.
Author: Halifax Art Society
Portrait in Charcoal
Anthony Barrow gave an excellent demonstration on the 30th June, which was informative, inspiring and entertaining. He showed us his very effective technique of using charcoal and acrylic glazes with an eraser/damp cloth to create his extraordinary artwork. He brought in lots of his completed works which were impressive. We will have go at trying out this technique next week.
You can see more of Anthony’s work here: https://anthonybarrow.co.uk/
World Giraffe Day
Did you know that 21st June is World Giraffe Day? It celebrates the tallest animal on the longest day (or night) of the year!
Janet organised this session for members to paint these wonderful animals whose numbers are decreasing. We had lots of photographs and ideas to help with the artwork.























Halifax Bus Day brochure
On 16th June, Lynda led our workshop and brought in many photos of heritage buses to inspire us to create artwork for the brochure. The Heritage Day event is on 9th September. The following pictures are mostly work in progress.




















Our own landscapes in gouache
As a follow up to Bruce Mulcahy’s demonstration the previous week, we had a go at creating a landscape using gouache paint. Some members really enjoyed using the medium, although it wasn’t as easy as Bruce had made it look.






























































