Brian Harrild demonstrated painting a seascape using acrylics wet-into wet at the September meeting.

The technique is similar to watercolour but faster!

2009 EXHIBITION SUCCESS

Lioning Around by Paula Humphrey

Robin watercolour by Harry Yearsley

Another successful summer exhibition ended on 5th September 2009. There was a fantastic range of subjects and 46 works of art were sold. Harry Yearsley won the TAS Best Painting award.

Totton artists Paula Humphrey and Glennis Courtney both exhibited at the prestigious Marwell International Wildlife Art Society this year. Totton artist Roy Fisher also exhibited at the Best of Hampshire Artists.

May Russ Culver

Russ Culver paints animal portraits professionally. In May he painted this dog on Canson paper using charcoal, soft pastels and pastel pencils.

April David White Workshop

David White had exhibited his artwork at Crufts this year and was subsequently had a full order book of commissions. His Acrylics Workshop was a very special event, not only because he is in demand, but because he gave a superb course for beginner and experienced artist alike. To name just a few activities: we tested our colours for transparency, mixed colours, applied transparent glazes, painted a monochrome portrait and planned a portrait in more detail. It was a superb day and it started me painting in acrylics, enjoying the versatility of the medium.

April Stephen Foster

Stephen Foster has his own individual watercolour technique. At the April demonstration he painted on Arches 114lb Not paper which was wet on both sides and floating on a film of water.

He usually prefers to avoid too much detail in order to produce an atmospheric landscape and particularly admires Turner.

Joe with his river scene

Photo: TAS Editor

June, Mary and Pat with Joe

Photo: TAS Editor

Joe Francis Dowden works with his board horizontal, which posed problems for Harry Yearsley our camera operator, but it enables him to use bold splattering techniques to create texture. He used an Arches 140lb Not support and a strong Cadmium Lemon to create the background glow. His palette is fairly dry so that his washes contain a lot of pigment. He uses the highest quality Neutral Tint in the darkest parts of his paintings in order to create the maximum tonal contrast with the lighter areas - giving the effect of strong lighting.

Multi-Media Workshop for T.A.S. Members 8th March

A workshop at the Palm Room in the Totton & Eling Civic Centre using media such as watercolour and pastel has been organised for 8th March 2008 by Claire Palmer. This is open to T.A.S. Members - cost £5 - yes £5! Experienced T.A.S. artists will be on hand to lead each group.

(Left) John Shotter Watercolour artist and members at the 2007 Multimedia Workship