WATERCOLOUR DEMO / WORKSHOP - JUNE 2024
Today Chairman Peter Hinge gave a demo/workshop presentation all about the medium of watercolours. Members were taken through explanations about types of papers, paints and brushes before then embarking on a walkthrough of basic techniques for painting skies, water, plants and rocks via the creation of a scene.
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THE TURNER CUP AWARD FOR 2023
Susan Brain receiving the Turner Cup from Chairman Peter Hinge at our recent AGM. The Turner Cup is awarded to a club member that has supported the club over many years in various capacities, and was given to the club by the Turner family in memory of Harold and Joan Turner, founding members of the club.
It was eyes down and tuck in for our Christmas lunch at the Old Down Inn. Hope you all enjoyed the meal to see out the end of 2023. See you all in January.
SANDRA BURNHAM - ACRYLICS DEMONSTRATION - 19-04-2023
At Wednesday's club session (19-04-2023), club member Sandra Burnham gave an excellent demonstration outlining her current methods for using acrylics inks and collage in order to produce some stunning paintings. The method involves drizzling lines of coloured inks across the canvas and then spray them with a fine water mist to allow the inks to flow and spread, she then teases out sections using a small brush to produce branch like effects, as well as using paper towels to lift darker areas. In the second part of her demonstration she explained how to use collage effects by using patterned materials to represent leaves and foliage, with added refinements using actual plants as stamps in order to imprint their structure onto the canvas. Examples of Sandra's fininshed works are shown below.
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DANIEL CHUTER MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP - 29TH MARCH 2023
Members of the art club attended a mixed media workshop, held at the Downside Abbey Visitor Centre. Tutor, Daniel Chuter, demonstrated, and explained, all about his impressionistic method of painting landscape scenes. The members were given a landscape photo to work from, and then followed Daniel's instructions. His method uses several types of medium, from acrylic paint to wax crayons, and over the space of three hours the members left with an almost completed final painting, with perhaps a little more work to be done at home later.
| A TYPICAL DANIEL CHUTER LANDSCAPE | THE PHOTO THAT MEMBERS WORKED FROM |
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| MEMBERS AT THE WORKSHOP | A COMPLETED MEMBER'S PAINTING |
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