Sheriff Hutton Art Club 29th November 2008

Many thanks to all who attended the Workshop, below is the painting as it was at the end of the demonstation.

I spent about 30 minutes to complete the painting by softening the wave forms & adding highlights with small touches of white gouache, tinted with Cerulean Blue & Cobalt Violet. The sky was reworked, adding the clouds using Cobalt Blue plus a touch of Light Red.

I hope you found the demonstration useful & look forward to seeing you again soon.

The Priory Art Club 24th November 2008

It was good to see you all again on Monday night.


This is the finished painting after I added a further 'warmer' wash to the top, right hand corner of the sky, using Cobalt Violet & Raw Sienna.

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Please contact me with any queries.

Christmas is coming!!!!

I'll be holding an 'Open Studio' on the weekend of the

6th & 7th December, 10am to 4pm.
There'll be a good range of paintings, prints, cards & gift vouchers, just in case you want to treat yourself, or someone else!

Come & join us for a glass of FIZZ to get the festive season started!

Pickering Art Society Demonstration 19th November 2008

Many thanks to everyone for making me so welcome last night.
This is how the painting looked when I left you.


The following alterations were made this morning:

• The sky was rewet with pure water and Cerulean Blue, Cobalt Blue & Cobalt Violet added to the top section.


• A mix of Cerulean Blue, Cobalt Violet plus Raw Sienna was added to the bottom of the sky, creating a hazy bank of clouds.
  
• Further 'darks' were added to the rocks, using Burnt Sienna plus Ultramarine & more texture to the beach.

Here is the finished painting.

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If you would like to ask any thing, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Hope to see you all again soon.

Painting Workshop at Driffield, 8th November 2008

To all who attended the workshop at Nafferton on Saturday, many thanks for making me so welcome.
I completed the demonstration painting in the following way:

• Darkened the tones of the cottage with a wash of Ultramarine Blue plus Permanent Magenta.


• Further developed the hedges, with washes of Raw Sienna & Cobalt Blue and Raw Umber & Ultramarine Blue.


• Added darker washes to the moor behind the cottage using Cobalt Violet & Cobalt Blue


• Softened the edges along the track & introduced pale washes of Cobalt Violet, Cobalt Blue & Raw Sienna over it.


• Added the fence, gates & telegraph pole details.

Please contact me if you have any queries.
Looking forward to seeing you all again soon.

Bonfire Night! 5th November 2008

We all know that Bonfire Night celebrates the foiling of the plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605 by a Guy Fawkes & other Catholic conspirators, but did you know that the celebration was compulsory, by Royal Decree, until 1859?

Enjoy!!