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Featured Event: Herefordshire Art Week, 6 to 16 September
H.Art Week is a big event in Herefordshire. People often come to the county for the week and ‘do’ the pubs, the Black and White trail (the lovely medieval villages) and of course, the numerous studios and galleries that are open, free of charge to the public. Look out for the big PINK H.Art signs. The H.Art brochure, containing details of all the open studios (about 120) can be picked up from Information Centres, Libraries, shops, galleries etc for you to plan your route.My own studio is open for the whole time apart from Monday 10 September when it is closed. I have a whole series of new paintings on show of which this is one. These works put a new slant on some of the great painters and their work. I have been working on this theme for some time and this will be the first time the paintings have been seen, so I’m looking forward to seeing what the response will be.
Why not pop in, have a chat and a cup of tea and see what I get up to with my work, you will be most welcome. The studio is open from 10.30am until 5.30pm everyday except 10 September.
Directions: Coming from Leominster take the road to Richards Castle and as you enter Luston you will see the Balance Inn on the right hand side of the road. About 100 yards further on you’ll see the large PINK H.Art sign on the left hand side. Pull into the drive, we have parking for about 5 cars. I look forward to seeing you.
If you would like to have your paintings featured here please email me a short statement of what drives you to paint (200 words maximum) and two or three images. You can post the information if you prefer.
Forthcoming Art Courses
September Courses
Special Effects in Watercolour at Storridge village hall on 25 September 2007 - If you want to extend your range of techniques this is the course for you.
Inspired by O’Keefe at Abberley village hall on 30 September 2007 - Experience the passion O’Keefe brought to flower painting
Beginners’ Drawing Weekend at Storridge village hall on 6/7 October 2007 – From complete beginner to drawing with great confidence and all in one weekend.
Some Places Available on all courses. Remember you can book courses on line, for details
Watercolour Painting Tips
Do you find the shadows you paint often look a bit dead, flat, too dark or have you been know to use BLACK!? If any of these points apply, I find a good solution is to use a mixture of Alizarin Crimson and Ultramarine. This mixture floated over any colour underpainting – provided it is dry and you do not brush to such an extent that it mixes with the underpainting, creates a wonderful effect. It’s worth a try.
If you use masking fluid, you’ll know that it does have a tendency to stick to the brush and is sometimes difficult to remove. Try dipping the brush in water that contains a little washing up liquid first – take of the excess fluid with a paper towel. Apply the masking fluid them IMMEDIATELY clean the brush in the water/washing up liquid mixture and things should be fine.
If you haven’t yet got a large piece of watercolour paper and mixed combinations of your watercolours to see what the results are, then you should set aside some time to do this. I know it’s boring but it is a very worthwhile exercise. Assuming you can simply mix red and blue together and it will produce a lovely purple / mauve is not always the case, you can just as easily end up with a sludgy brown. This is because some blues e.g. Prussian Blue has a green bias, mixed this with Vermillion which is orange bias and you have mud. Ultramarine mixed with Crimson which is blue bias makes a perfect purple. Watercolour painting is dependent on good colour mixing and you knowing what will happen when two colours are mixed.
Recommend a Friend
This is becoming popular way of earning a £10 voucher. If you recommend a friend, who has not attended one of my art courses and that person subsequently books and attends a course, I shall send you a £10 Marks and Spencer Gift Voucher. For details of how this works CLICK HERE
Happy Painting
Regards
Filbert Splosh
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