13th October 2023 – Artist Phil Biggs http://www.heritagewatercolour.co.uk gave an excellent demonstration of painting a landscape in watercolour. He gave step by step instructions and useful tips during his painting of a lovely Lincolnshire rural village scene.
29th September 2023 – We were pleased to welcome Mark Warner http://www.brushmark.co.uk on his first visit to Halifax Art Society. He gave a wonderful demonstration of one of his paintings and explained the techniques/materials he uses. He brought in some examples of his artwork and sketches which were very inspiring.
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.
Jake Attree brought in some impressive examples of pictures he has done using oil pastels – some taking several months, even years! He gave a short demonstration of the techniques he uses to create his pictures.
Jake then spent time talking to us whilst we had a go, giving valuable feedback. We had an informative and very fun day with Jake.
On 17th February we had a demonstration by our society president Paul Talbot-Greaves.
Paul created two different landscapes, one on canvas board and one on acrylic paper. It was interesting to learn about the differences in the techniques he applied to each painting, the affect of using matt medium with acrylic paint, working dark to light, using a test strip to match a colour before applying and much more.
Paul also brought in some of his artwork which was inspiring to see. We are all looking forward to applying what we have learned at next weeks meeting.
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