Members greatly enjoyed the zoom demonstration given by Hester, who generously shared her tips on how to achieve a painting full of light.

Hester Berry will be giving us a demo in oil on 21 April at 2pm. Please note this is a Wednesday and you will be emailed your zoom invitation the day before. You may paint along with Hester if you wish, and you will be emailed a list of materials required.

The latest challenge to try at home. You can download a PDF below to print for reference. Look out for Carol's thoughts in an email to you, on its way.

P1060510.pdf

An expressive portrait of a child. The demonstration was greatly enjoyed by many members.

Here is a limited palette still life to have some fun with. In my version, the colours yellow and violet (complementary) have been used and the tonal values bumped up to create a bit more drama. Also edited the content, you don’t have to put everything in. Here is a black and white photo to show tonal values have nothing to do with local colour.

Your late March Newsletter has now been published, You can view and print by going to "News" and scrolling down to "Newsletters". Lots of time sensitive news, so don't delay.