Halifax Art Society members are often inspired by the artists who visit to demonstrate their skills and after a visit by pastel artist Sue Smith, Lynne Hickin was inspired to use her pastels.
You may recognise the subject as’ Another Place’ by Anthony Gormley at Crosby Beach which we visited in September 2016.
“INSPIRATION is the title of our next exhibition at the Hebden Bridge Visitor Centre. and runs from 1st – 30th September. The centre is open daily 10:00-17:00.
Halifax Art Society members had a very interesting working session on Friday 13th July – a lucky day, indeed – as some lovely results were achieved using pastel techniques demonstrated by Sue Smith the previous week.
Last Friday, 23 of our members came in spite of the heat to enjoy Sue Smith’s demonstration ‘Animal Portrait in Pastels’.
We watched in wonder as a dog’s portrait emerged from the black ‘Wet&Dry Sanding Paper’ which Sue prefers. She used hard pastels first for the dark tones, then changed to soft pastels and later to pastel pencils. To give texture she drew tiny strokes in the direction the fur grows. The dog appeared in amazing depth.
Next session we will try working in pastels ourselves.
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