11/09/2026
Next meeting at the band room will be this Tuesday 15 th for paint and craft session. Starts a 9.15 until 12 . Cost 5 bring along whatever you are up to!
Next demo at the band room.
Debbie Hinks is coming on Saturday 19th September 2.30pm till 4.30pm to demonstrate in soft Pastels, Portrait of a Person. Members free nonmembers there will be a five pound charge for.
Looks an interesting demo and be interesting to see if she uses soft pastels on their own puts in an acrylic or pastel back ground first then paints. So many possibilities with pastels.
"After studying at Kingston Polytechnic Debbie had a wonderful career as an illustrator, concentrating on figurative images. For the past 15 years, she has been working as a full-time artist and tutor, enjoying teaching in person and online, often painting a live model. Debbie is equally happy working in pastel, acrylic, watercolour or ink. It’s the immediacy of ink and using charcoal that really appeals, as does pastels which are great for depth of tone and characterisation of faces.
Debbie can complete a portrait in acrylic, watercolour or pastel in an hour, working live, pushing the boundaries of colour in skin tone, adding to the challenge. Debbie runs her own weekly life drawing classes near her home in Brighton and also leads painting holidays abroad."(courtesy of Art Profile)
