Anne's New Forest Show Success

Anne Hamerton, Chairman of Totton Art Society, won the Best in Show Award this month for her vivid painting.

Local Art Groups Celebrate Benefactor Robert Chipperfield

100 years ago public benefactor Robert Chipperfield left his art collection to Southampton Corporation and funded the building of the Art Gallery in the Civic Centre. Art Groups from west Hampshire will mount table-top exhibitions in the Central Library Southampton on Saturday 6th August 11.00 a.m. until 3.00 p.m.

Totton Art Society will be represented by Chairman Anne Hamerton with fellow committe members Mary Maskell, Claire Palmer and Patricia Scammell.

Glennis's Paintings at Oakfield Primary School Totton

Glennis Courtney exhibited some of her African paintings at Oakfield Primary School's Multicultural Art Exhibition on Friday 24th June.

Autumn and Winter are George's Favourite Seasons

George Gascoigne enjoys Autumn and Winter landscapes and in May he showed members how to make a ploughed field and a clump of trees into a work of art. George used Atelier Interctive Acrylic paints which enabled him to blend for longer than traditional acrylics.

His sky was washed on as if using watercolour but then, unlike watercolour, white paint was used for the lighter areas. The clouds nearest the horizon had some yellow ochre in them. A distant cliff used dark blue and distant trees were created with purple and burnt sienna. Nearer tree banches used burnt umber. George also uses burnt umber and colbalt blue to create grey. Some greens were mixed using purple and yellow.

Foreground interest was created from dark furrows filled with water reflecting the blue winter sky. George also added a distant flock of birds: very light grey against the medium-toned trees, and dark grey against the white clouds. He finished by scratching out (scraffito) lighter grasses in the foreground, followed by a light wash of burnt sienna.

George loves experimenting and recommends that we set ourselves a time limit when painting, in order to achieve a looser style.

PUT YOUR PERSONALITY INTO YOUR PAINTINGS SAYS HASHIM AKIB

Hashim Akib put expression, passion and personality into his April demonstration painting using acrylics. There were two main stages in the artistic process.

Stage one consisted of broad strokes with one and a half or two inch decorator's brush loaded with more than one un-mixed colour. This is Hashim's favourite technique. The result was vibrant, abstract and chaotic, although he did include some structural marks for use in stage two.

Stage two used more 'normal' colours applied as short rectangular strokes with a one inch brush. He favoured white and lemon yellow in the lightest sections. Sometimes he painted the negative shapes around darkest areas. Muted subtle colours in some sections of the painting show off the stronger brighter colours.

When the painting was finished, it looked like a bright, abstract design until viewed from a distance. From farther back, a woodland landscape miraculously came to life in glowing colours, even though the artist had not needed to view it from a distance himself.

Hashim gave the audience valuable advice about developing a style and selling artwork.

• Paint scenes which you find exciting.


• Paint faster and express your own personality in the scene.


• Paint shapes rather than details.


• Let random marks and interesting colour combinations happen.


• Do not limit yourself to realistic effects - bold colours sell better!


• Be confident and believe your own hype!

Hashim aims to surprise the viewer with his painting and he certainly surprised and delighted us with his fabulous demonstration.

JAKE WINKLE'S SAYS "PAINT IT ONCE "

Jake Winkle is able to paint fast. He demonstrated to Totton Art Society members in January. He aims to apply the paint once and add no more layers - with only minimal blending of damp colours next to each other. Jake limits his colours but uses up to ten different tones. Tone is also used to create a sense of perspective. The strong colours and clean shapes make his paintings design masterpieces.

Firstly Jake painted horses and jockeys using darks first and then adding lighter colours. This is not the traditional watercolour method.

Secondly he painted people. He uses shape to create a sense of movement. This painting shows that legs do not have to be the same length!

Members also enjoyed Jake's stunning array of cards.

Jake has a DVD to come in Summer 2011 and a book being published in 2012. He also has a website: www.jakewinkle.co.uk

CHRISTMAS CARD COMPETITION 2010

Ruth Edwards won the 2010 Christmas Card Competition with her classic snow scene.

The other entries were all in different styles.