It was a pleasure last Friday morning to welcome artist Phil Biggs to the Halifax Art Society in the All Saints Parish Hall at Skircoat Green. Phil had travelled all the way from Lincolnshire to demonstrate his watercolour technique.
It was mesmerizing to watch how easy it seemed to be for him to create even fog rising in the hills. When Phil added shadows and a dab of darker colour in the foreground we were surprised how it gave distance to the houses in the background.
Last Friday morning from 10:30am to 1pm most of our members worked in pastels, following advice given by Catherine Inglis the week before. We met as usual at ‘All Saints Parish Hall’ in Godfrey Road, Skircoat Green, Halifax.
On the 28th there will be a ‘Still Life Workshop’ , led by Dennis Kilbey in any medium.
Last Friday more than 30 members and visitors of the Halifax Art Society enjoyed an outstanding demonstration by Catherine Inglis on the subject of ‘Animals in soft pastel’.
Catherine had obtained a detailed photo of a bird of prey and worked on sandpaper. She put dark colours in first, pushed the pastels of the background in with her hand and rested the little finger on the paper when drawing details to steady her hand. Catherine constantly explained each step of her work and an unbelievable image emerged in front of the amazed audience.
Last Friday the Halifax Art Society had a very different start to the session, as members found a miniature forest in the church hall. Some trees were 30 or even 60 years old, but grown to the art of bonsai. What a nice challenge!
Different media were used and the results were very pleasing.
Last Friday a great number of members came to the Halifax Art Society’s AGM. The short and efficient official part was followed by an extended coffee break. Then we enjoyed a superb Powerpoint presentation by Lynne Hickin about last year’s sessions and events evoking quite a few memories.
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