Arnold Lowrey gave a lively demonstration of acrylic painting at our May meeting. Working quickly he showed how interesting colour and shapes can make a painting.
His first demonstration was a simple cottage in a rural setting. The image on the left shows this at an early stage. Arnold was working on watercolour paper.
Arnold is obviously not interested in detail: "Paint the dog not the fleas!" His demonstration was punctuated by many amusing comments and stories.
As he began a picture with rocks and sea (finished image on right) he commented that many paintings of hills and mountains are ruined by uninteresting shapes: "Egyptian pyramids in the middle of rolling countryside". He told of the American artist, William 'Skip' Lawrence, telling a student that his painting had boring shapes. "But I painted what was there!" said the student. To which Skip responded, "Well don't go there again!".
Arnold uses a razor blade in wet paint to add interesting shapes to some of the rocks.
To see more of Arnold's work visit his websites http://www.lowrey.co.uk/ and http://www.lowreyart.co.uk/. You will also find him on Facebook and YouTube. The short clip below shows him demonstrating how to paint a very similar scene.
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