The meeting on Monday was cancelled due to the bad weather so by way of a compromise here is a little news.
Andrew Jenkin the watercolour painter who conducted a demo some weeks ago at the club has been in touch by email , details below.
Hello,
Happy New Year, I hope you have had a good Christmas.
Here are my new watercolour workshops for Jan-Jul 2013 :
Monday 18th February -
Portraits from photographs
Learn drawing skills, tonal values & colour-mixing
Monday 4th March - Pen &
ink buildings
Draw in pen & ink, use perspective and experiment with pigment
granulation
Monday 8th April -
Painting quick landscapes
Sketch with paint to create a balanced composition & highly
textured surface
Monday 6th May - Painting
colourful flowers
Arrange an unusual composition in still-life, and achieve colour
harmony & saturation
Monday 3rd June - Painting
realistic flowers
Use the correct colours and tonal values from still-life to achieve
a realistic painting
Monday 17th June - Playing
with reflections
Use composition, tone & colour to create order out of chaos
Monday 1st July - Introduction
to abstract painting
Use a range of source materials to experiment with abstract
art.
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All workshops are held at Upperthong Village Hall (postcode HD9
3RB) near Holmfirth. Please contact me for detailed directions.
All workshops are Monday 10:00am-4:00pm (arrive 9:45am to
set-up).
Please bring your own painting materials. Watercolour paper will be
available for purchase.
Please bring your own sandwiches for lunch. Tea and coffee will
be provided.
The cost of each workshop is £25. A non-refundable £10 deposit for
each workshop is to be paid on booking, the remaining £15 to be paid on the
day.
If you would like to book a place, please contact me by
email, indicating which date(s) you would like to attend, and send a cheque
(payable to Andrew Jenkin) to :
12 Tower Gardens, Rhyl, Denbighshire, LL18 2YP
Your booking will be confirmed by email upon receipt of the
deposit(s).
Once your place is confirmed, you will receive an email with full
details (source materials & equipment required etc) a week before each
workshop.
I hope this is helpful; if you have any queries, please contact
me.
Kind regards,
Andrew Jenkin
01745 351610
07788 542695
