Exhibitions & ReviewsWildlife in Watercolour
Watercolour Street Scene with Tim Rose
Twenty-six members of the Halifax Art Society attended the demonstration of water colour painting held on the 3rd November. The demonstrator was the well-known and talented Sheffield artist Tim Rose. He delighted his audience by painting a picture of a main street in Sheffield. Tim started by sketching in the buildings, then blocking in the shadows with a large brush loaded with paint and plenty of water. Mrs R. Ben asked "Most artists would start with the sky, why did you decided on a different approach?". Tim replied that he chose to start with the shadows so that he would capture the drama of the shadows, which to him, was the essence of the painting. He then concentrated on the sky, which he first gave a wash of water, then he dropped in a mixture of green and violet, thus achieving a very dramatic sky. After he had blocked in the buildings, Tim painted in the figures. Throughout the painting Tim used lots of water and lovely washes of paint. He said that the painting of street scenes is really all about contrast and shadow. When colours seemed too bright, Tim washed over them with their complementary colour, this helped greatly. He transformed what was in the beginning a rather dull street scene with everyday type buildings, into a vibrant and interesting picture.
Fused Glass with Genevieve Thompson
Whoops-a-Daisy!
The Halifax Art Society's meeting on Thursday 6th October was attended by 15 members, who were treated to a demonstration by Judy Bell on painting daisies in watercolour. Judy is well known for her flower paintings and is very skilful in her teaching of the subject. She started by outlining the flowers with masking fluid, then wet the surrounding paper with clean water. This allowed her to do a wet-in-wet background of greens, created with alizarin crimson, cadmium yellow and ultramarine blue. This made a vibrant but vague background for the white petals of the daisies. A member commented "Your brush is dancing on the paper Judy". Judy informed the group "The introduction of synthetic brushes enables artists to afford larger brushes. This in turn makes for a more loose and impressionistic style of watercolour". Judy proved this by producing a beautiful and loosely painted picture of daisies.  Brooklyn Mill Studios Art Exhibition
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Wharf View Farm, Appletreewick
The meeting of the Halifax Art Society held on the 22nd September was attended by 16 members. The talented watercolour artist Patricia Jones gave a demonstration of painting landscape in watercolour. Patricia's chosen subject was 'Wharf View Farm', Appletreewick. Using a very limited palette of five colours, Patricia started by liberally wetting the paper and then painting in the sky with ultramarine blue leaving white areas. The rest of the paper was then covered with a wash of raw sienna. "And these are the colours you use most of the time?" chair Anne Haley wanted to know. Patricia replied "It adds continuity to your work". It was fascinating to see her skills at painting stonework. In only two hours Patricia produced a very convincing and enviable painting, which the HAS will try to emulate on the next working evening. A vote of thanks was given by Anne Haley, who congratulated Patricia on her skilled demonstration.
New demonstrations begin
The annual demonstration season of the Halifax Art Society (HAS) started with their President, Paul Talbot-Greaves, painting a landscape in watercolour. The subject was a scene of a bridge over Rochdale canal near Hebden Bridge. Paul never ceases to astonish the audience by introducing a style of painting different to the one expected of him. The painting was very free and his choice of colours brought a freshness that was breathtaking. His aim was to concentrate on light and contrast which he certainly achieved. Paul is always very generous in sharing his techniques and is never too proud to listen to any ideas offered to him. The next meeting open to the public will be on the 22nd September, when Patricia Jones will demonstrate a landscape in watercolour.
Opening of the Annual Exhibition 2011
16th June - Buildings in Collage
Last Thursday saw a different type of demonstration at the Halifax Art Society. Sue Ford showed us how to do a collage of buildings on a background you prepare in one colour. Then you tear bright bits of papers taken from glossy magazines or holiday brochures and paste them on your card board. You should look for bold shapes in your subject, like a street in Manhattan. However, with acrylics or felt tip pens you then enhance or block out parts. The next public meeting after the holidays on the 1st September will be a demonstration by our president Paul Talbot- Greaves.
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