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Each season from September through to May, we have a varied programme of activities ... here are a few of them.
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APRIL 12 Illustrated talk on the Glasgow School of Artists by Tony Jackson |
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MARCH 22
Watercolour techniques No 2 led by David Jennings Following on from techniques No 1, David got members to paint a door |
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M,ARCH .15
Watercolour Techniques No 1 led by David Jennings This evening it was pencils and notebooks at the ready as David explained suitable was of mixing watercolour paints. |
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MARCH 8
Bridget Tompkins demonstration & workshop on life drawing in Chinese brush work. We have all heard of Speed Dating, well Bridget brought Speed drawing to the club. demonstrating how members could draw a fast life drawing with the model posing for just five or ten minutes. |
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FEBRUARY 22
The Link between Art and Photography led by Keith Higham, David Whitbread, Harry Dobkin and Peter Brown. Harry began the session with a video showing how he produced a painting from one of his photographs. He was followed by Keith who discussed the history of the camera obscura. Then after the tea break David showed members how, using different filters in Photoshop Elements, he could produce different art work effects from a single photograph.. Finishing off the evening, Peter showed members how he used several photographs of his family to paint a picture. FEBRUARY 15 Experimental splash colour workshop led by Roy Bentley Members took notice of the advice given to wear old clothes as they splashed watered down acrylic paint creating amazing pieces of art work. |
KEITH HIGHAM, HARRY DOBKIN, PETER BROWN AND DAVID WHITBREAD
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FEBRUARY 8
Studio Practice follow-up session to Sonia Bacchus session led by Yvonne Bolton Yvonne started the session with a short, excellent, video on drawing/painting animals, after which members got down to work producing their own animal drawings. |
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FEBRUARY 1
Demonstration on painting animals in -pastels led by Sonia Bacchus What a wonderful evening we had with a truly superb artist, Sonia Bacchus, showing members how she painted cats using pastels. |
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JANUARY 25
Studio practice: follow-up session to William Newton's workshop led by Debbie Prothero This proved a very interesting session for members with Debbie giving plenty of advice. JANUARY 18
William Newton workshop on Marine Painting in oils Members packed the hall for our first meeting of 2018 to watch William Newton demonstrate his technique for painting a marine subject in oils, An extremely interesting evening, |
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