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Local art society in West Yorkshire, UK

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Flowers in PASTEL

18 November, 2025 Halifax Art Society

14th November 2025 – This workshop was led by Lynne who gave a short demonstration of drawing flowers using soft pastels. We also looked at other artist’s works including Peploe and Van Gogh. Members enjoyed creating their own artwork using some of the techniques displayed.

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Hand Made Paper Artwork

14 October, 2025 Halifax Art Society

10th October 2025 – Following on from last weeks hand made paper demonstration, Jenny left a lot of paper for members to practice on this week. Lynda and Lynne provided a variety of stamps, there were also gel pens, acrylic, coloured pens etc for members to be creative with.

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Paint your Impressionism Masterpiece in Pastels

2 September, 2025 Halifax Art Society

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’.

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ROSES

21 June, 2025 Halifax Art Society

20th June 2025 – Members had the opportunity to visit the allotments or use one of the photos/pictures of roses and other flowers provided to create artwork for the allotment calendar.

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MARCH HARES

11 March, 202511 March, 2025 Halifax Art Society

7th March 2025 – We started this month with some ‘Hare-raising!’ artwork. There were lots of photographs, books etc of Hares that helped inspire some wonderful work. Lynne kindly brought in some of her amazing Hare paintings.

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