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Palimpsest

Halifax Art Society

Last Friday many HAS members once again enjoyed the artist Terry Chipp, who gave a demonstration on the topic ‘Palimpsest’. Many of us didn’t know that ‘Palimpsest’ means ‘writing material used for second time after the original writing has been erased’.

We learned that, for instance, in Venice many doors had been written on before and that monks used to erase much of their work practising hand writing. If you use gesso paint you can write in it, wipe it off and reuse to get the Palimpsest effect. Use a spatula and the edge of cardboard instead of brushes to produce clear lines.

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Parliament members join HAS

Halifax Art Society

Nobody from the Halifax Art Society will forget last Friday’s meeting, as we had ‘Wise Owl Bird of Prey Rescue’ from Huddersfield visiting with several of her birds. We learned about their characters and habits and had two hours to do sketches and pictures. The birds were so tame that we could study their magnificent feathers, beaks and claws as close as we dared to come.

On the 6th March Terry Chipp will give a ‘Demonstration Palimpsest’. The term palimpsest is used to denote an object or a piece of art made or worked upon for one purpose and later reused for another.

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Fast reactions

Halifax Art Society

Last Friday members of the Halifax Art Society had to be both ‘quick on the draw’ and ‘quick with the paint’ at Dorothy Simister’s workshop.

She put up a slide taken on one of her lovely walks in various countries on the screen for just ten minutes.  In this time, we had to do a quick drawing in pen and ink, and then complete a quick watercolour sketch, before the slide was changed!

On the 28th February Lynne Hickin will lead a workshop ‘Watercolour and Doodles’. Bring watercolours and fine point pens.