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Art club gallery for December 2011

A reminder of this months sketches.

Artist

Roy Susans
Notes from artist

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Artist

Lynne Benfield

Notes from artist

 

Hi roger, hope you had a good Christmas.
Snowmen really weren't my thing.
Took ages before anything came to mind.
Hope this comes out alright,
no white paint anywhere.
Regards  Lynne.
 

 

Artist
Paul Simpson
Notes from artist

Hi Roger, and to all artists out there, I hope your Christmas
and New Year Celebrations were as good as mine.
I have had little or no time to even think of picking up a
brush or pencil for weeks.
I am sorry that my picture for December is so late but Pam
 (wife) and I have just got back home today having been away
with friends since the day after boxing day. Now what day
is it today, I have totally lost track of days and time.
So it's back to work, and make time to get my paints out
again.  All my best wishes to you and your families
for a healthy prosperous 2012 
 Paul

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Artist
Helen Goddard
Notes from artist

Title:-  Snow Birds
Really enjoyed this one.
Some of the snow birds are a bit geeky - 
I reckon they've melted a little bit.  Buildings behind are a bit of a cheat but aimed to get all the detail in
 the foreground (yeah, right!).  Happy with the robin,
though, my first real attempt at a bird! 
No white gouache in sight, either!
Happy Christmas, One and All!  
Helen xxx
 

Artist
Helen Goddard
Notes from artist

Title:-  ?
Can't decide whether to call this one
"That's snow dog!" or, simply, "Sit!"  

 
Happy New Year, Fellow Painters!
Helen
 

Artist

Ivan Rathbone

Notes from artist

Hi all.
Roger,  I promise I did start painting snowmen
 but got carried away.
 Not to happy with snowmen but
 the greyhounds great.
 
Happy Christmas and a good New year to all.
Ivan.

Artist

Ivan Rathbone

Notes from artist
 

Artist
Geoffrey Bird

Notes from artist


Title :-  Snowfall.

Fun to paint, used sprayed masking fluid and rock
 salt for the sky. Made the sky at night so that the
 snow people stood out better.

Regards,

Geoff..
 

Artist
Geoffrey Bird

Notes from artist

Title :-  Meltdown.
 Did a bit of fiddling to make the melting man stand
out. Porch was a pain but when I darkened on the
 underside it looked better with the snow on top.
The idea was fine but the execution not so easy!
 Enjoyed the stalactites.... Those are the ones that come down I think!

Regards,
Geoff..
 

Artist
Phil Watts
Notes from artist

Title - Snowmen singing Christmas carols.

Quite happy with this one although, as ever,  it did
not turn out exactly as planned.  Tried to lift out some
 stone work on the front of the house this just looked
a mess and I but ended up putting darker colour on
 instead. I forgot to mask out the carol sheets for the
 snowmen so sin-upon-sins reverted to the dreaded
 white paint. I think the foreground is too muddy - I
 accidentally removed the masking from the snow drifts
too soon and lost these when painting the foreground.
I did put the shadows in this time but I feel they could
still be stronger.   Regards     Phil
 
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 E-mail your questions, replies or notes to other members at any time each month and they will be seen here.
Loving all the whacky expressions on the snowmen this month - so varied yet in keeping with their own situation.
Ivan - Quizzical Snowmen.  Maybe I'll just let you do the dogs from now on.
Lynne - Happy Snowman and Non-plussed Snowman - lots of humour and a pretty little village down the hill.
Phil - Intelligent Snowmen - with really lovely delicate greenery - and all that detailed work on the windows
(one of my weaknesses - ask the others!)
Roy - Engrossed Snowman smoking Pipe - really like the tree to the left of the church.
And thanks (not!) for reminding me that I haven't done my pictures within pictures homework from the course!
Geoff - Naughty Snowmen and Distressed Snowman... Really like the leaded windows.
They do SPRAY masking fluid?!  Wow!! I've GOT to get me some of that!! 
Paul - Slightly Miffed Snowmen - or are they just very pleased with themselves?
You've been practising walls!! 
Helen. x
Note.......When spraying masking fluid using a toothbrush I always water it down between 25% to 50% ish and find that this gives
a finer spray effect when required.
Roger
Great paintings this month. Happy new year to all. I wonder how many greyhounds I can get in this months painting. 
Ivan.

Hi All,
I liked everyone's paintings, we had to use more of our imaginations than normal so was a good test. Was not an easy task so I think we can be reasonable pleased with ourselves. Good luck to all in 2012..
Geoff..=

Hello all, 
I am going to have to hang up my brushes for a few weeks, Pam and I have put our house on the market and I don't have time for painting at the minute, plus the room set aside for me has been deemed the room for storage, so although I might get into the room, I may never see the light of day again. (Be quiet Helen)   I will stay in touch and hopefully it wont be long before things get back to normal.
My best to you all.   Happy Painting  Paul 
p.s  Helen
 If you were stood outside in the snow all day and all night, you would loose your smile too..!!!!   :( sad
  
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