Leanne Ellis visited the society in March 2023 and entertained us whilst painting not one but two paintings both donated to the society which will be included in the 2023 Christmas social event later in the year. Leanne demonstrated her dynamic approach to painting and shared some useful tip during the evening. About Leanne https://www.leanneellisart.com/index.html I was born in 1980 and…

Kate Wrigglesworth visited the society in January and demonstrated her unique and colourful fantasy art work, creating a beach scene with a boat, dancers and shells! The Society also enjoyed a video short from Kates collection entitled “Angle Garden” showcasing dance and art together which can be viewed on Kates YouTube Channel by following the link here -> Angel Garden…

Mark Baker visited the Society for the first time in November and showed us how he went about painting architecture in his engrossing demonstration, enjoyed by a near capacity audience.  Some very fine and detailed work was shown/demonstrated, the brick painting was especially admired!   Mark is based in the market town of Alcester, near Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, and specialises…

Ingrid Hill visited the society this week and demonstrated the art of creating a water colour landscape inspired by adventures in Scotland and with added ink! About Ingrid Ingrid is a fulltime artist and tutor living in rural Leicestershire where she enjoys working in watercolours, mixed media, acrylics, and pen & wash. Ingrid gets a lot of her inspiration during…

Ruth visited us in September 2022 and gave us a demonstration in the use of Acrylics and an urban town scene starting from a charcoal sketch working through various layers to develop the urban scene. Unfortunately we were not able to take our usual imagery to support Ruth’s visit, due to an unforeseen issue during the evening, but have included…

Steven is a regular visitor to the society and stepped in at short notice to save the August demonstration and and talked to us about watercolour skies and the 2 minute rule! Steven produced a lovely dark sky picture with sunbursts and donated the picture to the Society which will be in the December 2022 social evening raffle About Steven…

Richard entertained us in July by painting a familiar, to society members, Derbyshire landscape which he kindly donated to the society which will be part of the December social raffle. About Richard – Landscape Artist I have had an interest in art since primary school, and probably inherited this from my father’s artistic talents. Although missing out getting into Art…

Mark gave us a presentation on seascape painting in acrylics using side sweeping of the brush techniques to great effect Brought up on the West Wales coast at Aberystwyth, Mark studied Fine Art in Newport and is now working from his studio on the Shropshire/Wales border. Growing up on the coast has had a huge impact in the way Mark…

Sarah Visited the society in May 2022 presenting a mixed media demonstration Sarah Janavicius was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK. She became interested in art at an early age has since always worked and developed a career in art. In 1981 Sarah emigrated to Sydney, Australia, where she worked as a freelance and contract Graphic Designer. On returning to the UK,…

Heather stepped in at short notice to give us a “PIG” demonstration of her animal art and use of oils in her paintings                   About Heather  I grew up in farm life. It taught me valuable lessons and allowed me to relate to nature’s colours and characters. I often combine this with gentle…

On Monday 9th February Vicki Norman educated and demonstrated to the Hinckley and District Art Society on the importance of values. She gave some really useful tips on mixing a good range of values and checking that the colours mixed also matched the desired values. The evening was well attended and enjoyed. Below are some photos from the evening. Please…

Ian Ridley showed interesting techniques during his demonstration and gave insight to how he produces landscapes from his imagination, starting with the first wash, to detailed techniques for the elements of a landscape. It was inspirational and hopefully our adventurous artists will be experimenting as a result! Despite howling wind and gusts of rain it was a good turnout! Below,…

Sue Faulks, a Leicestershire artist who qualified as an illustrator and graphic designer and after working as a commercial artist then freelanced, gave a demonstration working in mixed media. As an extra bonus, her husband played guitar music during the interval! An unexpected but interesting duo! https://suefaulksart.co.uk/

Ingrid delighted the Art Society with a beautiful demonstration of Cow Parsley using watercolour, pen and wash techniques. In true Blue Peter fashion she demonstrated the techniques then to keep the demonstration moving along at a good pace, she moved onto the next stage on pre prepared artwork. https://ingridhillart.co.uk/

SEEING IS BELIEVING, OR IS IT?Stephen Coates gave a really animated talk on perception in art. He demonstrated how we should not always believe our eyes, or maybe I should say, what our brains tell us! Stephen Hawkin, visual illusions and artists from Raphael, Leonardo de Vinci to Lowry were discussed and their contribution to composition explained! Stephen then painted…

MONDAY 8th APRIL DEMONSTRATION RUPERT CORDEUX Rupert Cordeux is an artist who works almost exclusively in watercolour and prefers to work en plein air rather than from photographic material, in order to hone his observational skills. Examples of his work are shown below. His career as a professional artist flourished after winning the final of Channel 4’s water colour challenge…

Tim Fisher produced two amazing paintings showing different effects in the use of oil pastels with other media. He made it look so effortless- the hall mark of a great artist! He also has a new book- Painting with Oil Pastels- see photos below:

Graham kick started the New Year with a landscape in acrylic. He gave an entertaining talk while proceeding with his flamboyant, freestyle demonstration in the presence of a full house! Starting with vivid oranges and blues for his underpainting (first photo), he then proceeded to bring in other colour selections to form the structures and details (see second photo). The…

Kay Puttergill entertained the art society with a short demonstration on gelli printing, producing some very colourful results from Chinese ladies, children playing, to colourful abstracts. Brave members of the audience had the chance to have a go, again making some lovely art. It’s certainly a fun technique for everyone to try. After the demonstration, members had mouthwatering goodies made…