The Guild’s first workshop evening of the year was held at Hook Village Hall on Monday 16th March.
Our theme for the evening was “Pen and Wash Simplified” – with the suggestion that members’ sketches or paintings could be in a similar style to that of artist Peter Sheeler (there are many demonstrations on his Youtube channel @PeterSheelerart. A couple of other pen and wash styles can be seen by following the links below:
Matty Burnham’s instagram mattyburnham_art
Simplifying Line Wash and Watercolour Trailer with John Hoar. (Trailer for a 2 hour DVD)
Line Wash by Peter Woolley. (DVD Trailer)
Several members gathered for the evening of experimentation. Some brought work which was already underway, we all marveled at Ali Griffiths’s intricate pen and ink studies:
Sonia drew upon her experience with urban sketching.
Whilst Ann and Gerry tackled seaside themes and John an architectural subject, others focused on wildlife or landscape.
I did a lovely lighthouse after David Lobenberg, with his permission. I’ve done a number of his workshops and found them fun and helpful.