29th August 2025 – Lynne, who led this workshop, gave a short presentation of impressionism artwork by artists using pastels. This was followed by an informative demonstration. Lynne also brought in books and examples of her own work in pastels all of which helped to inspire members to create their own ‘masterpieces’.
11th June 2025 – Simon made a welcome return. This time he gave an interesting talk about his commission to paint the Provident, the wonderful time he spent sailing around on the trawler, the complexities of painting accurate details of a boat that would stand up to the scrutiny of sailors and how the sketches he drew resulted in him doing 2 paintings. Members spent the rest of the morning sketching a boat themed artwork either using one of Simon’s sketches of the Provident or a picture they brought in.
16th May 2025 – We welcomed back artist Stephen Coates who gave an excellent demonstration in watercolour. He provided lots of hints, techniques and ideas that made for an entertaining and informative morning.
28th March 2025 – This workshop was a continuation from last week of making an Abstract Landscape with Esther Waite. Some wonderful work was produced. Members also wanted to know how to make Gelli Prints and Esther kindly did a demonstration for those interested. We would like to thank Esther for her skills and generosity.
21st March 2025 – Esther described how she makes different materials to create her abstract landscape collages. She talked through all the items she brought in, explaining the methods she uses to paint on various types of tissue paper and how using Mica powder creates an illuminating effect on paint. We all had a go at making our own pieces/designs. Esther will be back next week to talk through assembling the different pieces to create our own abstract landscape.
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