LIGHT ON WATER!

I recently enjoyed a class with the Silton Art Group, tutored by Lawrence Belbin - here he is, above left, with one of his beautiful pictures.  The subject for the day was light on water.  We all worked hard and produced some great work, which was critiqued by Lawrence - see above.

I used the photograph above, which was taken on a recent holiday in Sidmouth, as inspiration to produce the artwork shown above right.  It was done with acrylic paint on an offcut of card, which had been prepared with black gesso.  I have rarely tried to paint the sea, so I was pleased with the result I achieved with Lawrence's expert help...

EXCELLENT SEASCAPE TUTITION!

Last Wednesday, the tutor at the Silton Art Group's workshop was Kim Pragnell, and the subject was seascapes.  He is an expert on the subject having painted them for over 40 years!  As he says -  'Painting seascapes is both challenging and rewarding, one of the most highly skilled genres of art. I have spent many years studying the sea, observing and experiencing the drama, recreating the energy on canvas and paper.'

We all started with underpainting in red, before being guided and helped to produce our own seascapes, and found it was not as easy as Kim made it look!  He demonstrated by producing a picture -see  above top right and bottom right below - which he has given to the group to auction.  I certainly wouldn't mind owning it!

Each of us produced two paintings during the workshop, and the results were impressive for a day's work. A selection are pictured above.  I was pleased with my efforts - see the two bottom paintings in the photograph above (middle right).  I found it exciting and now I have been giving some useful hints and shown how an expert tackles it, it is a subject to return to...