Evening Meetings
Reports on the Artists 2019/2020
Most NFAS meetings include a themed demonstration by a local artist. These demonstrations are enjoyed and appreciated by members and visitors alike providing hints and tips on how to achieve outcomes in different media.
Reports from the 2018/19 season are available here.
Reports from the 2018/19 season are available here.
Meeting 20th November. Lynne Friel
This was a fascinating demonstration by Lynne about the history and make up of pigments used in the past and still today. She discussed ‘unsafe colours’ which contained arsenic, mercury and lead, contributing to death and illness of artists. Various binders of the pigments included spit and ear wax! Lapis Lazuli was more expensive than gold – she had plenty of interesting stories about how the colours were derived. After tea break we all had an attempt at making and painting with egg tempera – some more successful than others!
This was a fascinating demonstration by Lynne about the history and make up of pigments used in the past and still today. She discussed ‘unsafe colours’ which contained arsenic, mercury and lead, contributing to death and illness of artists. Various binders of the pigments included spit and ear wax! Lapis Lazuli was more expensive than gold – she had plenty of interesting stories about how the colours were derived. After tea break we all had an attempt at making and painting with egg tempera – some more successful than others!
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October 16th Meeting
Alison Board demonstrated Flowers in watercolour and Brusho. Approximately 50 members attended for an excellent evening with an artist whose knowledge of colour and the make up of watercolour paints and pigments was fascinating. We hope to book Alison for a future workshop. It is worth exploring her website for further information and on-line demos. www.alisonboard-fineart.co.uk. Well done to Christine Coney whose painting was chosen by Alison in the mini exhibition.
Alison Board demonstrated Flowers in watercolour and Brusho. Approximately 50 members attended for an excellent evening with an artist whose knowledge of colour and the make up of watercolour paints and pigments was fascinating. We hope to book Alison for a future workshop. It is worth exploring her website for further information and on-line demos. www.alisonboard-fineart.co.uk. Well done to Christine Coney whose painting was chosen by Alison in the mini exhibition.
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September 18th Meeting
Our demonstration, again well attended, was a pastel portrait by Lucie Cookson, who travelled from the Chichester area to be with us.
Sandy Poynter volunteered to be the sitter for Lucie, who proceeded to explain the importance of distance and light source for a portrait. Without drawing any lines and using pastel pencils to create layers of light and shadow she produced a good likeness of Sandy in such a short time.
Lucie runs several art classes/courses. For further details visit www.tidystreet.com.
Our demonstration, again well attended, was a pastel portrait by Lucie Cookson, who travelled from the Chichester area to be with us.
Sandy Poynter volunteered to be the sitter for Lucie, who proceeded to explain the importance of distance and light source for a portrait. Without drawing any lines and using pastel pencils to create layers of light and shadow she produced a good likeness of Sandy in such a short time.
Lucie runs several art classes/courses. For further details visit www.tidystreet.com.
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Her favourite paintings from the mini exhibition were from Sandra Binney and Pat Hatchley. Well done to them.
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June 19th meeting
Excellent evening with Joel Wareing yesterday. Really interesting way of building up his layers to remain vibrant - great tuition too. The workshop in September is very quickly filling (Joy is the contact). Congratulations to Pat Hatchley on her painting being chosen by Joel from the mini exhibition.
Excellent evening with Joel Wareing yesterday. Really interesting way of building up his layers to remain vibrant - great tuition too. The workshop in September is very quickly filling (Joy is the contact). Congratulations to Pat Hatchley on her painting being chosen by Joel from the mini exhibition.
February 20th 2019 - Sue Kerrigan-Harrison, local artist will be demonstrating an animal portrait using pastels.
Fascinating evening with Sue last night sharing her techniques of using pastels to build up her portraits. congratulations to Teresa Rogers for her painting of a puppy that was chosen by Sue as the best in the mini exhibition. Below Sue's demo evening finished boxer
Fascinating evening with Sue last night sharing her techniques of using pastels to build up her portraits. congratulations to Teresa Rogers for her painting of a puppy that was chosen by Sue as the best in the mini exhibition. Below Sue's demo evening finished boxer
16th January 2019
Good meeting with Jake Winkle. His Venice scene is posted along with his 5 minute painting of people on the move!
His choice of best members painting went to Gill Evans
for her ‘Udaipur Street’. Congratulations Gill.
Good meeting with Jake Winkle. His Venice scene is posted along with his 5 minute painting of people on the move!
His choice of best members painting went to Gill Evans
for her ‘Udaipur Street’. Congratulations Gill.
21st November 2018
Well attended evening for Stephen Foster’s demo Much more abstract than his last demo with us - explained his approach and worked on three paintings, which were a series. More detail's will be in our December newsletter
Well attended evening for Stephen Foster’s demo Much more abstract than his last demo with us - explained his approach and worked on three paintings, which were a series. More detail's will be in our December newsletter
17TH OCTOBER 2018
Our meeting welcomes Jo Bressloff who will give an illustrated talk about her paintings entitled “Southampton Water – where the sea meets the Forest and the Docks”. Southampton’s sea, land and cityscapes have inspired Jo to create observational drawings of Southampton water.
Our meeting welcomes Jo Bressloff who will give an illustrated talk about her paintings entitled “Southampton Water – where the sea meets the Forest and the Docks”. Southampton’s sea, land and cityscapes have inspired Jo to create observational drawings of Southampton water.
Sept 19th 2018 Demo Evening.
Roy Lang demonstrated a seascape in oils.
Roy Lang demonstrated a seascape in oils.
Another good attendance at the September meeting when Roy Lang demonstrated a seascape in oils. He painted a dramatic scene of sea on the rocks beautifully. Interestingly he worked from a homemade palette from lightweight Formulux Ultra board, using cheap brushes and student quality paints! He expertly showed the spray, linear flow patterns, collapsing waves and the rising and rolling of the sea, creating a lovely seasape. After all his hard work he then auctioned the painting off to the members which sold for a very reasonable price. He judged the Seascape mini exhibition and announced Shandy Simmons as the winner.
20 June 2018 Mike Bragg –
Appraisal of members work
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Appraisal of members work
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Wed 16th May 2018 Podi Lawrence--
Portrait- Oils on acrylic. NFAS were delighted to accept a cheque from the New Forest District Council. Councillor Pat Wyeth handed over the cheque to
Chairwoman Rachael Smith.
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Wed 18 April 2018 Penny Wilton
Flowers- Watercolour & Ink
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Flowers- Watercolour & Ink
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Wed 21st March 2018 Gerry Dudgeon
An Abstract demonstration
An Abstract demonstration
