Halifax Art Society’s exhibition is being held at the Dean Clough Gallery for the first time. Together with the exhibition of Leeds Fine Artists and amazing work by Midgley Primary School students it is certainly worth a visit.
Author: Halifax Art Society
Geometric patterns
Members of the Society had to concentrate very hard last Friday when Chris Leaper was our very patient tutor!
Using a ruler, compass and a pencil, we began to make an Islamic geometric pattern. Chris was also the first person to try out our new projection equipment.
Summer Exhibition
Come along to our summer exhibition at Dean Clough Mills in Halifax, running until the 14th July 2018.
There are 92 artworks on display by 25 artists and most of them are for sale. Prices range from £30 to £525.
Demonstration by John Harrison
The Halifax Art Society had John Harrison as their Friday meeting demonstrator on the 25th May. Most of the members had been to one of John’s demonstrations before and looked forward to meeting him again.
As usual John had lots of interesting art stories to tell as he painted his chosen subject: ‘Appletreewick in Line and Wash’. John, a very skilled draughtsman, drew in two houses on the opposite sides of a small street. He then proceeded to add limited colour, concentrating on the shade that the houses made. The finished painting was admired by all members, and we look forward to putting into practice all he had taught us at our next meeting.
On the 8th June Chris Leaper is scheduled for ‘Demonstration & Workshop creating Islamic Geometric Patterns’.
Visit John’s website at http://drawninyorkshire.com/
In the style of John Piper
Last year members of the Halifax Art Society went to Liverpool to see the ‘John Piper Exhibition’. We were so impressed that last week we tried to create coastal scenes and more ‘in the style of‘, guided by Lynda Thomas and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
On the 25th, John Harrison will demonstrate ‘In Line and Wash’.
