Portrait painter Keith Morton joined us in September for a wonderful demonstration of acrylic portraits. A member had to sit – see if you can recognise who it is! His measuring to get the features in the right place was meticulous. He was careful to measure all the angles and connections in the face of Read More …
Rosso demonstrated her creation of a portrait in oils at our July meeting. She painted on an aluminium coated foam board which made a very smooth surface but still very light. Working from a photograph, she explained that she was always looking for shapes and proceeded to block in the dark shapes, using burnt sienna. Read More …
February’s talk was by award winning photographer Tom Way. He has three watchwords: light, character, and simplicity for capturing great wild life pictures. And he certainly does capture great moments with wonderful animals both African – his favourites – and domestic. Having a very shallow depth of field allows him to blur the background, thus Read More …
April’s demonstration was how to paint a figure in oils. Lewis Hazelwood Horner, who is a professional artist, showed us how he set about creating a figure using a very limited palette. He uses sandor low odour medium and yellow ochre/cadmium yellow, alizarin crimson lake, titanium white/zinc white, ultramarine blue/cobalt. Using Andrew as a model Read More …
Formerly known as NADFAS, and affiliated to The National Association of The Arts Society, The Arts Society Rickmansworth should not be confused with the Rickmansworth and District Arts Society. The former is primarily engaged with appreciation of art and the latter with the practice of art. However, the interests of their members may well coincide. Read More …
10 lucky members attended an oil painting workshop with Mark Fennell, working with portraits. Mark showed how to get the proportions, then the blocking in and finally how to do an eye. Below are the pictures of the work the members achieved as well as the demo. Can you tell which one was the professional? Read More …
A most interesting talk by award winning photographer Claire Carter (to view Claire’s gallery click on the word here) was enjoyed by members at our June meeting. With a slide show of wonderful photographs, Claire explained about how we should consider taking and subsequently using our photos for painting landscapes. She reminded us of the copyright Read More …
What a treat! Stan honed his craft doing quick portraits in Paris and St Tropez and refined it when he added caricatures to his repertoire. We were treated to a demonstration of the speed of pastels and charcoal when he managed 3 portraits and a caricature in one evening. All of which captured a likeness Read More …
Frank is an experienced watercolourist. He demonstrated his technique on three different landscapes. He suggested there are three distinct steps to a successful painting: the first wash, then the mid-tones, then the drama of the darks and shadows. He always puts the same colours in the water as in the sky. His favourite colours ? Read More …
February’s meeting was a demonstration of interior painting in watercolour by Pauline Hazelwood. What a treat! Pauline started with deciding on her palette which she kept to a minimum with raw sienna, yellow ochre, cadmium orange, cobalt turquoise, viridian and alizarin crimson. She sketched out the interior very lightly with a pencil, which she held Read More …
