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July
& August meetings are now cancelled due to the ongoing situation.
We hope to resume in September. Please check the website, Facebook
page & your emails for updates.
Sadly
our July Ayscoughfee Exhibition is also cancelled.
Please
help support the society by paying your subs which were due at the
April meeting, either by bank transfer or cheque. Please let Ann
Dring know that you have paid. The society has expenses to pay even
if we are not meeting at the moment. Many thanks to those who have
already paid.
There
is now a Facebook group for members of the society so that we can
still have challenges & maintain some contact. Click on the link
on our Facebook Page to request to join – just a couple of questions
to confirm you are a paid up member.
An excellent & informative demonstration by John Shave. John found the time to do two paintings in under 2 hours!
The first was a snow scene
John blocked out the painting …..
… and started adding structure, cool at the back, warm at the front.
He said he uses the same brush throughout so colours are used all over the painting. Just wipe your brush, don’t wash it between colours.
John said he scumbles the paint on, pushing the brush so the hairs go into the tooth of the canvas.
Nearly finished
Details added – what a difference a frame makes!
A totally different technique for his second second painting. John covered the canvas with the background colour …
…. and then painted over it with a dark colour.
He then lifted out the dark to reveal the orange underneath. Unfortunately this didn’t work as the orange layer was too wet & it came off as well !! A lesson to us all not to be too hasty using this method.
John then put the orange back in, adding a few highlights.
The finished painting.
A few of John’s
other paintings. He said these were all demonstration pieces.
December 2020 Demonstration – Amanda Jackson – Raindance in Acrylic
Excellent acrylic demonstration by Amanda Jackson at our meeting on the 3rd Dec. Amanda explained everything so well during the demo that nobody needed to ask any questions.
Demonstration 3rd March 2020 – David Lewry, coloured
pencils
Report by Maggie
Goodsell
David
was a mine of information which he freely imparted during the evening
– from the origins of pigments to the fact that the male mandarin
duck is fairly drab for most of the year !!
As David works flat he came with his own set up so we could follow him on the screen.
As pencil is a slow process David said he would concentrate on doing the ducks head.
Working with Faber Castell Polychromos & Derwent Lightfast pencils on 300gsm HP paper, David lightly blocked in some colour.
David said to keep doing light layers to get intense colours & don’t press too hard as it flattens the tooth of the paper
He said it can take 7-8 layers of pencil to get the intensity
You should work hard areas like the beak in with small circular marks …
… and strokes for the feathers.
The eye was done with a strawberry red pencil blended with a touch of cream.
David said to give the impression of iridescence such as in the blue on the top of the head, you need to use variations of the same colour.
Building up layers of colour
Dark indigo sets off the other colours.
Close up showing how the layers add depth of colour.
Again building up layers.
The finished head. David said the whole duck would take about 20 hours to complete !!
David Lewry
An excellent demo by
David. His camera/projector set up gave a far better picture than
ours – but then it probably cost a lot more !!
Tips
David gave us a huge
amount of tips and information of which a few are below.
Work on a good paper
otherwise you won’t be able to get the amount of layers you want.
To get a really
intense colour use similar colours
Always put another
colour under black
A pencil blender is
just a pencil without pigment.
Coloured pencil
solvent or Johnsons Baby Oil will dissolve the pencil – good for
backgrounds.
Pencils don’t mix
well so you need a good range of colours. Aim for a minimum of 24 but
the more you have the better the results.
In
light of the latest directives the committee have decided to cancel
the April & May demonstration meetings, the Spring Flower Show
Competition & the April & May Hub meetings. We are waiting to
hear whether the Pinchbeck Church exhibition will be cancelled, but
it probably will. We will make a decision at the end of April re
further meetings.
Please
help support the society by paying your subs which were due at the
April meeting, either by bank transfer or cheque. Please let Ann
Dring know that you have paid.
I
am setting up a closed Facebook group for members so that we can
still have challenges & maintain some contact.
Hopefully
this will just be a temporary blip in our existence but in the
meantime keep safe & Happy Painting.
Having
discussed the government’s latest advice on the virus the committee
have decided that demonstrations and ‘painting together’ sessions
will go ahead as normal unless the picture changes.
It
would be very helpful if you could arrive with the correct money for
entry & raffle to save handling change.
If
you feel unwell – a cough which has come on recently, a high
temperature, shortness of breath, headaches – please stay away from
the meetings.
If
Pinchbeck Village Hall or the Hub shuts, we will lose our
meeting-place and meetings will have to be cancelled or postponed.
Similarly, if the demonstrator is forced to cancel at short notice,
the event will not go ahead. Until then, assume the programme will be
fulfilled as normal but check your emails regularly, especially near
to planned events. The information will also be on Facebook & the
website
Spalding Arts & Crafts Society is a friendly group of local artists, founded in 1916, always ready to welcome new members. See our website for full details.
