Monday 7th April
Today, Lesley Hirst gave an interesting insight into her grandfather Nathan Brown. She talked about the bond between herself and her grandfather as she was growing up, and described Nathan's talent in painting from an early age, but also his "duty" to the family to continue in his father's footsteps as a carpenter, instead of going to Art School. There was a display of Nathan's paintings brought in by members, and Lesley shared Nathan's sketches, artworks, newspaper cuttings and village school photographs. Nathan Brown and Tommy Clark were founder members of our club, which was established in 1963. Nathan painted the portrait of Queen Elizabeth ll which is displayed in the main hall, and Tommy painted the blacksmith's yard, at the end of Wilson's Lane, also displayed in the main hall. Please see our gallery for more of Nathan's paintings.
Monday 14th April
Many thanks to Glenn Marshall for Saturday's watercolour workshop, which initially involved members producing a quick/limited palette watercolour depicting a path through trees., Following this, Glenn gave a demonstration of "A walk in the Countryside", showing techniques for trees, stone walls, shadows and depth in a picture. He used a limited colour palette, including ultramarine blue, yellow ochre, paynes grey and madder brown.
Today, members who had attended the workshop, brought in their work for others to see.
Future dates:
No meetings April 21st, May 5th and 26th - Bank Holidays.
April 28th: Portrait session, and a critique on April's challenge - A Sign of the Times.
June 2nd: Portrait session and a critique on May's challenge - Opposites.
Today, Lesley Hirst gave an interesting insight into her grandfather Nathan Brown. She talked about the bond between herself and her grandfather as she was growing up, and described Nathan's talent in painting from an early age, but also his "duty" to the family to continue in his father's footsteps as a carpenter, instead of going to Art School. There was a display of Nathan's paintings brought in by members, and Lesley shared Nathan's sketches, artworks, newspaper cuttings and village school photographs. Nathan Brown and Tommy Clark were founder members of our club, which was established in 1963. Nathan painted the portrait of Queen Elizabeth ll which is displayed in the main hall, and Tommy painted the blacksmith's yard, at the end of Wilson's Lane, also displayed in the main hall. Please see our gallery for more of Nathan's paintings.
Monday 14th April
Many thanks to Glenn Marshall for Saturday's watercolour workshop, which initially involved members producing a quick/limited palette watercolour depicting a path through trees., Following this, Glenn gave a demonstration of "A walk in the Countryside", showing techniques for trees, stone walls, shadows and depth in a picture. He used a limited colour palette, including ultramarine blue, yellow ochre, paynes grey and madder brown.
Today, members who had attended the workshop, brought in their work for others to see.
Future dates:
No meetings April 21st, May 5th and 26th - Bank Holidays.
April 28th: Portrait session, and a critique on April's challenge - A Sign of the Times.
June 2nd: Portrait session and a critique on May's challenge - Opposites.
