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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/

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It’s been a year?

Seeing ‘ AGM ‘ in a program will put off some people. However, last Friday morning ‘AGM’ attracted many to the Halifax Art Society meeting, as members know it doesn’t mean only ‘business’.

We soon had tea with strawberry & cream scones and then enjoyed Lynne Hickin’s excellent PowerPoint presentation of the last year. We hadn’t realised we had been so busy!!

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Demonstration by Tracey Krupianka

The Halifax Art Society once again experienced an unforgettable morning. This time with Tracey Krupianka.

She painted some hills in acrylics using a brush, only to change them with a palette knife into mountains with a few strokes. Water got ruffled with waves created with quick movements of a flat brush. When a wonderful Scottish Scene was developed, we were given a further treat: Tracey painted amazing roses and leaves within minutes, just filling the brush with different colours of paint and then twisting the brush. We were all mesmerized!

The 27th will give members a chance to put into practice what we have seen done with palette knives.