More class works

 Avril is quietly working away
building up her painting after a famous Scottish Painter. 
She is learning all about figure proportions, mixing skin tones, learning how to paint a sky in acrylics. There are lots of challenges in undertaking this complex scene, yet it is looking very nice at it's first stage. Looking forward to seeing Avril's painting finished during the New Year.

 Margaret has painted this fine festive plant and has enjoyed working in colour mixing and building up detailed drawing and painting skills.

Margaret has finished her bonny version of the croft in bright colours which was the class's challenge for November.  

November classes cottage

 Jean Wallace

 Jean Ward

Two watercolour studies of the croft exercise.

Alison experimenting with acrylics and the palette knife in the foreground.

Margaret leaves some areas smooth and creates texture in the foreground to bring energy into the work.

 Yvonne has some quiet areas of smooth paint and other lively areas with texture, the colour creates a strong dialogue with the viewer.

Angela's subtle yet effective use of the palette knife and brush. While the bright yellow creates light and interest, this is predominantly a moody scene.

Carole uses the palette knife boldly to create texture, the use of colour is very strong and works well with the texture. 

Ivan creates a strong painting with confident palette knife and brush work. The colours are nicely arranged and not over bright or too strong.

 Glynis creates plenty of interest in her painting with the carefully painted mountains, cottage and delightful flowers within the green grass area. Her sky is very dramatic and there are some nice touches of bold yellow and blue within the storm clouds coming in. 

 Gill creates a gentle landscape with a croft sitting happily within the sunny landscape, the use of colour works very nicely in this charming contemporary piece. 

 A new Alison ( we have three Alisons!) has joined our class and she is working away here on a small canvas. 

October classes

 Alison Murray

 Jean Wallace

 Jean Ward

 Yvonne

The focus for the class was on a study of a snowscene in violets/limited palette.  Above are a few delicate watercolour paintings used for this exercise. Ivan continues work on his castle using acrylics.

 Gill uses a portrait format

 Ivan

Alison Holstead

Here we have the same scene painted in oils with the middle painting being painted in acrylics.

July class painting birds and other subjects

A few of the Lhanbryde students work during the month of July.  Bird portraits and also some landscape ideas.  Using mixed medias of acrylic, oils and watercolour. 

Portessie class today

 Avril's three portraits using 
pastels. Vincent Van Gogh is
beautifully drawn.

 Margaret's three portraits using 
acrylics, mixed media and charcoal. 
Her Monet is nicely painted. 

Lhanbryde class today

Gill's impression of Cadell's Iona beach.

Sandra uses watercolour boldly to capture this scene.

Jane is working with water mixable oils for her own impression of this scene.

Ivan has good drawing skills as seen in the jacket and face. 

Lhanbryde art class Vincent and Monet.

Elaine has a remarkable eye for detail creating this stunning piece using slow drying oils.

Gill creates an expressive cuddly Monet that is very painterly.

Jean W creates a delicate painting of Monet, she works her colours out first and plans carefully.

Portessie girls drawings continued

Avril's Charcoal drawing.

Glynis's Charcoal drawing.

Margaret's pencil drawing.

Some of the homework the girls brought in today.  The more practice there is on the drawings the more it becomes clear.  They are starting their William portraits so there is plenty to concentrate on for the future project.  Portraits are unforgiving everything must be carefully planned and worked carefully on, unlike a landscape when you can get away with so much less information.  Good to see their hard work here today.

Vincent Van Gogh

As the Lhanbryde class start their Van Gogh self portrait, here are the first stages of my painting of him.  I used a 12 x 16 inch canvas and made the drawing. I had originally wanted to leave the canvas white as Vincent was said to do this so that the colours would remain nice and bright without having to compete with an earth toned primed canvas.  However after my drawing I decided to tone the whole canvas a naples yellow with white mixed in.  As Vincent often used a pastel primed canvas I thought I would try this too.  I didn't photograph this stage though.   I painted in the first stage of his jacket and as I was running out of time and didn't have many colours available for the flesh tones in oils, I decided to paint his hair and face in acrylics. This can easily be painted over in oils later on. The nice thing about doing it this way is that the acrylics dry very quickly. 

Monet Lhanbryde class new works

Jane's oil painting

Sandra's watercolour painting.