Monday 9th February
Last Saturday we welcomed Paul Blackwell from Aislaby, who is a member of Fylingdales Art Group, to give us a pastel workshop. Paul talked about the materials he prefers - soft pastels and "pastel matt" paper. Next he explained his techniques to create a picture, beginning with a rough sketch in a vibrant colour - in our case he'd used blue. He uses " raking" for his shapes, before adding more details. Please see our gallery for some photos of his work, the sketch and picture he worked on during the day, and members' finished artworks. Hopefully, there will be more finished pictures to add to the gallery next week.
Paul, and his artist wife Anne Thornhill, will be taking part in Open Studios this year, and we're promised a warm welcome at his studio.
This month's challenge theme is "On the Edge" e.g. extreme sport, "items" on a shelf, a Cliff Edge, an Outsider etc - to be discussed on the last Monday of February - 23rd. March challenge: spots and/or stripes.
Portrait afternoons will be held on the first meeting of each month - next one March 2nd.
Our next workshop will be collage with Sue Ford, on Saturday 25th April. Please see Wendy to secure your place.
Last Saturday we welcomed Paul Blackwell from Aislaby, who is a member of Fylingdales Art Group, to give us a pastel workshop. Paul talked about the materials he prefers - soft pastels and "pastel matt" paper. Next he explained his techniques to create a picture, beginning with a rough sketch in a vibrant colour - in our case he'd used blue. He uses " raking" for his shapes, before adding more details. Please see our gallery for some photos of his work, the sketch and picture he worked on during the day, and members' finished artworks. Hopefully, there will be more finished pictures to add to the gallery next week.
Paul, and his artist wife Anne Thornhill, will be taking part in Open Studios this year, and we're promised a warm welcome at his studio.
This month's challenge theme is "On the Edge" e.g. extreme sport, "items" on a shelf, a Cliff Edge, an Outsider etc - to be discussed on the last Monday of February - 23rd. March challenge: spots and/or stripes.
Portrait afternoons will be held on the first meeting of each month - next one March 2nd.
Our next workshop will be collage with Sue Ford, on Saturday 25th April. Please see Wendy to secure your place.
