Halifax Art Society

Woodland scene with William Gall

1 July, 2018 Halifax Art Society

The Friday meeting of the Halifax Art Society welcomed Mr William Gall as their demonstrator on the 22nd June. His remarkable skill is his use of acrylic paint.

He chose as his subject a woodland scene and worked on a larger than portrait style canvas, which was already prepared with white acrylic. After roughly drawing in trees, he used a pallet knife to cover them with white acrylic and made branch like scratches with the knife. As he worked he gave us lots of advice and his use of a very limited pallet produced some amazing colours.

His finished painting was inspirational and we all admired it greatly. We shall put into practice all that he has taught us at our next meeting.
On the 6th of July Sue Smith will demonstrate ‘Animal Portrait in Pastels’.

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Now showing at Dean Clough

23 June, 20188 July, 2018 Halifax Art Society

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.

Review

Geometric patterns

12 June, 2018 Halifax Art Society

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.

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Summer Exhibition

12 June, 201814 July, 2018 Halifax Art Society

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.

Review

Demonstration by John Harrison

31 May, 201812 June, 2018 Halifax Art Society

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/