Last month Simon Manfield, an artist from Todmorden, ran a ‘Drawing from Observation’ workshop. We were invited to bring an item that held some importance and to draw it using charcoal, graphite and dark coloured pencils. Simon gave lots of encouragement and advice.
On the 14th October we were invited to an Outdoor Drawing workshop at Dean Clough with Jake Attree at his studio. He talked through some of his drawings done using only a biro – they were very striking.
After Jake gave a short demonstration of his technique, we found a spot either outside or indoors looking out of window and drew in biro what we could see. Everyone enjoyed this unique experience.
Some members stayed at the Hall and drew an industrial landscape from photographs provided.
Janet Gledhill led two Watercolour Abstract workshops on 30th September and 7th October, focusing mainly on landscapes.
She brought in some of her own work and explained how she created the different effects, giving us lots of ideas and inspiration. We attempted to create our own abstract paintings and quickly realised that it wasn’t as easy as it seemed! It was really interesting to explore a different style of painting.
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