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​The art demonstration by Paul Alcock, last Saturday 21 August, was well attended. Paul worked in acrylics on a thin mdf board that had been prepared with two coats of gesso primer, the last coat mixed with some raw umber to give a softer background. He painted an architectural village scene in an impressionist style as shown here.

​To find out more about Paul, please visit www.paulalcock.co.uk 

The art demonstration by Debbie Hinks, on Saturday 19 June, was very well attended. Debbie gave two examples of portraiture, the first worked on sugar paper (bearded man) and the second on the smoother fabriano cartridge paper. She used willow charcoal for softer line work and the condensed charcoal for firmer lines. Debbie also used a plastic rubber as well as sennelier pastels for highlights and pastel pencils for the detailed areas as shown in these pictures.

She runs life drawing classes and portrait sessions (in real life) on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at Lawrence studio, Hove and LIVE Portrait sessions via Zoom run on Thursday evening 7 to 8pm

​For more details please email: debbie.hinks@virgin.net

​​Last Saturday’s Art Presentation (17 July) was by Vicki Norman. She painted a beach scene of St Ives, shown below, using Michael Harding handmade oil paints. The pure colours to the pigments giving a vibrancy to the painting and Vicki recommended adding linseed oil to soften the paints to a butter like consistency for easier workability.