White on Black Workshop - 17th July 2024
On Wednesday the 17th, members were invited to have a go at producing pictures using chalk on black paper. Under the tutalage of club member Lindsay Brewster, participants used various sources of reference photos and some also from Lindsay's previous work. The engrossing 2 hour workshop produced the examples shown below.
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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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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PRESENTING PICTURES - PETER HINGE - NOV. 2022
Club artist Peter Hinge gave a very informative and detailed demonstration all about how best to present your pictures for exhibitions and sales. Subjects covered were, cutting mount boards, choosing suitable colours to present the picture better, and the composition and makeup of the many different types of frames and how to hang them.
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On Wednesday the 26th of October, members attended a watercolour workshop given by local artist Catherine Beale at the Downside Abbey Visitor Centre, and was hosted by The Chilcompton Art Club. The title of the workshop was 'Lake Reflections' and enabled members to work at using Catherine's technique of "Gravity Painting". This is where the paint from the main image features, is allowed t o flow down the paper and produce the illusion of reflections, as can be seen in the photos below. We would like to thank Catherine for an entertaining and informative workshop.
