INKS EVENING WITH CAROLINE RACKHAM

Our October meeting was different! Caroline Rackham loves painting from nature and she treated us an introduction to using inks on watercolour paper at our October meeting.

 Caroline worked on a table while we could follow the action thanks to Colin projecting the action onto a large screen. Inks are transparent when diluted.

Using a palette to keep the fluid inks separate, colours can be overlaid or mixed in small quantities.

Caroline uses a brush to lay down colour for her landscapes. A water spray or painting wet-in-wet creates softer effects.

Dark shapes with a pen stand out over the soft background.

White acrylic paint can be painted over dry ink for highlights and where a white background it needed.

The clear red on the hawthorn berries stands out and highlights give the finishing touch.

We were able to practice the techniques ourselves.

Many thanks to Caroline for  sharing her passion and creative magic with us!

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HILLIER GARDEN SKETCHING IN OCTOBER

We had a great TAS Adventurous Artists sketching session at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens enjoying the colours of Autumn. So lucky with the weather too!

ART AFTERNOON IN OCTOBER

 It was lovely to look around the room and see so many of our members at our October Art Afternoon.

So interesting to see how everyone was working on their own painting and developing their skills.

WENDY JELBERT PEOPLE IN THE LANDSCAPE SATURDAY WORKSHOP

Wendy Jelbert demonstrated how figures can add interest to a scene for our autumn Saturday workshop at St John's Church Hall, Marchwood.

The first stage was an outline sketch of the most important features.

Masking fluid was applied in some of the lighter areas, particularly where there were to be white highlights.

Wendy used acrylic medium to thin the paint - particularly useful for subtle layering.

These techniques enabled us to achieve a wide variety of effects.

Thanks to Wendy, we had a truly memorable day!