28th July 2023 – Stephen first invited members to draw along with him as he demonstrated how he quickly draws figures, creates perspective, where a vanishing point actually is! and the difference between shadows and reflections. Stephen then completed sketching a Mediterranean street scene using ink and wash. We all learnt something from a very enjoyable demonstration. Stephen kindly donated his finished artwork.
Last week most members had completed their mobile, so today members decided to complete unfinished artwork for the Halifax Heritage Bus or Calderdale Industrial Museum exhibition.
Our guest speaker Victor Buckley described his role of Art & Wellbeing volunteer at Springhill Hospice in Rochdale. He talked about his love of sculpture and brought in examples of his work. Victor provided all the material we needed to make a mobile and suggested we look at Alexander Calder’s mobile artwork. Members went about creating their own mobile, which was a bit fiddly but great fun.
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/
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