Flowers and Music for Easter

As it's Easter Sunday flowers and music seem appropriate for the choice of paintings to show. The first is by Sue Murphy and the second by Val McDonald.

Sue Murphy writes, "Subsequent to the discussion at the AGM as to whether it was possible to do a demonstration in traditional oils in a morning you might like to look at the 1 hour free demonstrations weekly by Martin Kinnear, at Norfolk Painting School.  You can access the video st their website as a video and follow it at your own pace, which is easier to my mind than following it live on Facebook.  This is my version, after Ann Rice, oil on mdf 12 x 16in, 30 x 40cm"

And here is Val's musical contribution

Pastels

Three pastel paintings for you today: the first by Sue Embrey and then two by Richard Hyde.

Sue says, "Here's a quick warm up pastel using on of Karen Margulis' YouTube demos. Very useful to get you going after a break doing lots of embroidery! I used a mountcard offcut in a warm beige with an orange underpainting, Also used fixative to keep the shadows dark."

Sue Embrey - After Karen Margulis

Canal boat

Ian Fountaine has managed to get some rich colour into this painting. He thinks it's a bit too 'chocolate box' and I suppose that is a danger when using such a bright palette.

Acrylic Paintings by Sarah Amery

Here are two acrylic paintings by Sarah Amery. She wrote, “The one on the back of a violin (my father makes violins and this back wasn’t going to be used to complete a violin) I thought I would have fun with! I painted Dartington Hall in Devon for my father as this is a special place for him.

The one of the sea is from a photo of Lanzarote from last year, I wanted to recreate the feeling I had when I stood on the beach. Happy memories!”

Small is beautiful

Brian Griffiths says, “here are four of my 9cm square paintings, its a great size to play around with, no pressure like in a larger painting”

Pastel and Pencil

Sue Embrey is a recent convert to pastel painting and yet has produced and exhibited some lovely pieces in a short period. This one of Manorbier was shown in an LAS exhibition last year and we had planned to use it in an advertising poster for this year's spring exhibition (The best laid plans ...)

Manorbier

Anyone using pastels or wanting to give them a try would benefit from visiting https://www.howtopastel.com/ If you scroll down the initial page you'll find a list of categories on the right which makes it easier to find your way around.

Simple Pleasures

A suggested topic by an art group John Allen belongs to. A couple of loo rolls on a table.  He says "This is my effort. Hope you like it."

Was the recent shortage of loo rolls in the supermarkets caused by artists seeking inspiration?

Simple Pleasures