LYMINGTON SKETCHING TRIP IN JUNE

 

Now recovered from our disappointment of the 'Trip that Didn't Happen' to Bennets Water Gardens last Wednesday 27th I would like to thank our lovely TAS members for their support and understanding.

Our resilient group made the best of the day with a trip to Lymington on the bus. It turned into a lovely day. HELEN BARTLETT Trip Organiser

ADVENTUROUS ARTISTS AT BUCKLER'S HARD IN JUNE

A beautiful hot sunny afternoon at Bucklers Hard in June. 10 of us sketched in this fabulous location.

Refreshments and chat in comfort at the Captain's Table afterwards. 

Many thanks to Helen for organising😊

JUNE SKIES MEMBERS' WORKSHOP

 SATURDAY 17 JUNE 10 am - 4pm    PAINTING SKIES IN ANY MEDIUM 

Our untutored workshop at Calmore Community Centre

Ten of us took part in the workshop which had been organised by workshop Manager Claire Palmer. Unfortunately illness prevented her attendance on the day.

Sue Canton painted two bright landscapes in watercolour, experimenting with unusual paints and using granulating pigments in her skies.

Tina Horsefield painted an impressionist-style landscape while experimenting with acrylics. Tina told us several days later that the painting had attracted an eager buyer.

Sue Farr painted a striking seascape using acrylics

Janet Hutchings worked on an acrylic seascape using a beautiful range of colours.

Gail painted a bold blue sky and then began a new one in warm colours.

Susan worked hard on selecting her colours...

...while Julie varied her tonal value.

Richard settled on a subtle sky using watercolour.

Lesley let loose her amazing creativity using acrylics. 

Di painted her sky, river and figures using expressive colours she had chosen...

...using her original photograph which was much less exciting.

The line-up at the end showed how we all interpreted the subject in vey different ways.

JUNE ART EXTRA AFTERNOON

Henry, Ali, Kay, Lesley and Di were at our June Art Extra afternoon workshop.

Ali's cat

Best wishes to Anne and Claire who were both unwell.

Di's Dog

Henry's Landscape

Kay's Figures

Lesley's Birds

Henry used oils, Ali and Lesley used pencils, Kay used soft pastels and Di used oil pastels.

We were mostly chatting while working from our photos.

It is good to have 2 hours solely devoted to art, without any outside distractions.

When you use a different medium, your creativity is often boosted!

ALISON BOARD DEMONSTRATED BRUSHO IN MAY

 

Our May meeting with professional artist Alison Board introduced us to Brusho powder which she used with watercolours and Posca marker pens. She explained that Brusho is fantastically unpredictable. 

She used it at first by applying a tiny quantity of powder on the paper and then spraying it with water and/or mixing in watercolour. Light areas were dabbed out with tissue. Her nifty heat gun dried each section.

The second method with Brusho was mixing it with watercolour to make an ink. Warning - remove spills with Milton sterilising fluid! The textures in her painting gave the parrot its feathers.

Ali usually has 4 or 5 pictures on the go in her studio. She works quickly and above all, avoids overworking. We had an enlightening and enjoyable evening.

PLEIN AIR EVENING WITH HELEN

 

Helen Bartlett's PLEIN AIR evening focused on every aspect of sketching and painting in the open air.

We learnt about artists in the past and present who worked outdoors, essential equipment to take, how to use photos and much more.

Helen is herself experienced in painting and sketching outdoors. This is painting was done at the Palais de Vaches at Lower Exbury Farm.

Helen had prepared free viewfinders and a factsheet to help to with composition.

Sketches are often used alongside photographs as the first step in doing a painting of an outdoor scene. Here are a few examples of some of Helen's sketches..

Our own photos were then used to start our sketches.

 

 

Thank you so much for all the work that you put into the evening Helen. Your enthusiasm is infectious and she persuaded many of us to attempt sketching again in future!