Category: Windermere Art Society
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Art anniversary
It’s two years, almost to the day, since I first discovered I was good at art. I’d joined Windermere Art Society a few weeks previously, and stabbed about with a pencil in attempts to draw still life. And then they had a workshop on single colour watercolours, and something clicked. This was the result, and…
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Rescuing sheep
I rescued some sheep! Well, not literally… just this picture, which I’d had a bit of a watercolour disaster with. But using the technique of overlaying pastels that we learned at Windermere Art Society the other week, I managed to resuscitate it! Does anyone else have interesting ways of rescuing art when it goes horribly…
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Experimenting with pastels
Last week’s session at Windermere Art Society was absolutely fascinating – a workshop on layering pastels over watercolour. We each took along a watercolour painting we weren’t overly happy with, and lovely local artist Shahida Dolan showed us how to add texture, depth and definition by layering soft pastels straight on top of the watercolour.…
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Favourite picture – my vote winner
Visitors to the recent Windermere Art Society exhibition were encouraged to vote for their favourite work of art in the show, and the secretary handed out the resulting voting slips at last week’s meeting. I didn’t win, but five of my pictures got votes, and this is the one that had most votes for me.…
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Sinister wooden objects…
We had the first session of the new year at Windermere Art Society last night, tussling with tricky still life compositions. I found it surprisingly difficult, and think the end result, in pen and ink, shows how to take a series of ordinary household items and make them look thoroughly sinister!! Apparently, drawing still life…
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Exhibition closed
The Windermere Art Society exhibition is now closed for this year. A huge thank you to everyone who visited, chatted, or voted for their favourite picture – and an even bigger shout-out to the folks who bought some of my work. Now comes the hard work of dismantling everything and collecting any unsold work. I’m…
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Sold: Misty charcoal mountains
I’m absolutely delighted that These Mist-Covered Mountains, my charcoal drawing of mist swirling over Cat Bells at Derwentwater, sold yesterday at the Windermere Art Society exhibition. Talk about blink and you miss it – I’d only just finished posting about it on here! The event is on for another week and there’s still plenty of…
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Sold: Allan Bank in acrylics
The stewards at the Windermere Art Society exhibition have just confirmed that one of my paintings sold earlier. This little 6×6 inch canvas is based on a photo I took a few years ago at the National Trust property of Allan Bank in Grasmere. The home of Canon Rawnsley, one of the original founders of…
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Misty mountains
This is one of the charcoal pictures I have in the Windermere Art Society exhibition this year. Called ‘These Mist-Covered Mountains’ (Dire Straits fans may recognise the reference!), it’s of Derwentwater, looking across from the landing stages at Keswick to Cat Bells on a very misty morning. I loved the effect of the mist swirling…
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Preview night
I had a super time last night with Other Half, four friends and at least a hundred other guests at the preview night for Windermere Art Society’s annual exhibition. The event was packed, sweltering and slightly exhausting – but a roaring success! Artwork is selling fast so come on down if you want to see…
