by Rita Jukes | Mar 12, 2021 | Member News
It is with sorrow that I have to inform you of the passing of Jeniver in her ninety-ninth year. One hundred in May. She was one of our Life Honorary Members and had been an ardent committee member holding the offices of Vice Chair, Chair, Vice President and then...
by Annette Hughes | Mar 10, 2021 | Member News
This month Tina demonstrated how to produce a ‘deconstructed’ portrait using charcoal on water colour paper. The paper she used was A2 Cass Art – a really white 200g paper and she also used charcoal powder (good tip – you can make your own homemade version by placing...
by Annette Hughes | Feb 23, 2021 | Member News
We welcomed Rick into the fold – the weather outside was dark and cold, Happy aye we to listen to this man, who was going to tell us how it all began Poetry and Art and a wonderful collaboration, bringing together the Black Country nation But the gremlins had other...
by Annette Hughes | Feb 9, 2021 | Member News
This month’s demonstration from Tina focused on using the Zorn Palette to create skin tones for our portrait work. The Zorn Palette is named after the Swedish portrait painter Anders Zorn (1860-1920). With just four colours you can explore mixing skin tones and create...
by Annette Hughes | Jan 26, 2021 | Member News
On Wednesday night Ed treated us to his story of his very busy Lockdown. Ed has a passion for both drawing and the history of art. Although having no formal art training, he always made time for these passions even whilst working full time and bringing up a family....
by Annette Hughes | Jan 10, 2021 | Member News
Lockdown has provided us with the opportunity to create portraits via Zoom and using photographs. Knowing the sitter and something of their personality can also add value to the process. It can be strongly argued that the best portraits are those taken from a ‘real...
