Bruce Mulcahy – Gouache demonstration
Bruce Mulcahy came to Glasshouses from Teeside to demonstrate gouache painting for Pateley Bridge Art Club members and interested local people. Although he paints in oils, acrylics and gouache, he prefers gouache for outdoor paintings as he can reduce the weight of materials he carries, he can work quicker and the painting dries for safe […]
Colin Swinton – Watercolour painting
Colin Swinton demonstrated painting flowers in watercolour at the June 2023 monthly meeting of Pateley Bridge Art Club in Glasshouses.Colin last demonstrated to members in 2016. See link at the end for details on his use of colours and granulation effects. Colin painted flat with camera projection onto the wall for members and guests to […]
Spring sketches by members
Heather Burton demonstration
Heather Burton travelled from East Yorkshire to demonstrate painting in acrylic paint applied with a palette knife. The demonstration attracted a full room of members and guests. The painting work was projected onto the back wall to enable everyone to see the detail. Heather explained how palette knives are designed to enable artists to hold […]
Summer Exhibition
The Pateley Bridge Art Club exhibition of members’ paintings, prints, photographs and cards will be on display from Friday 19th to Monday 22nd August. 10am to 5pm at the Broadbelt Hall, Glasshouses HG3 5QY. Near Pateley Bridge. Tea/coffee and cakes, parking next to the village green, disabled access.
Wet felting with Valerie Wartelle
Valerie Wartelle came to the club to tell us about her work in wet felting, illustrated with slides, sketch books, sample felted pieces and finished pictures. Valerie has sketch books to record landscapes and subjects from which to create felted pictures. She also works from photographic images. Valerie explained that she buys wool tops in […]
June paintings by members, “Celebration”
Mick Burton Continuous Line Drawing
Mick Burton explained and demonstrated continuous line drawing and colouring at the May 2022 meeting in Glasshouses to a full house. Many artists have used continuous lines in their artworks, Mick showed images of drawings by Picasso and Salvador Dali that used continuous lines. He demonstrated how lines could be drawn in sections or at […]
Spring Exhibition
At the exhibition – Janet Holt, Dayna Cowper & Mike Holt Images of the Pateley Bridge Art Club exhibition of members’ artworks are on display. Click link to view > Spring Exhibition Images
Tracey Krupianka Seascape
Tracey made a return visit to demonstrate acrylic painting of a seaside scene. An enlarged image was projected onto the wall She commenced with a blue/grey mix for the sky, applied with a flat brush. She added white to to the sky mix for the distant clouds, as illustrated. Tracey painted layered horizontal blue greys […]