Members recently enjoyed an interesting demonstration from one of the group, on his very distinctive style of art. Working with a limited palette and using metallic paints, he creates intriguing and beautiful wildlife paintings.

We are now coming to the end of the sessions until after the summer holidays. This Thursday we will meet for a social lunch at the Buchan Hotel. During the holidays, we have visits planned to Cruden Bay and Fyvie Castle to enjoy some outdoor painting and sketching, and also a much anticipated trip to the Beyond Van Gogh Exhibition.

July Calendar

One of my many paintings of the Ythan Estuary. People have suggested that I am rather obsessive about painting the boat wreck, which I don’t deny. I paint from the scene in my mind, not by sitting with it in front of me, or from a photo. I am so familiar with this view that I am able to do this. I’ve tried to depict the day just before sunrise…. red sky in the morning … but thought I would break the calm by crashing the wave as it came ashore …. fisherman’s warning. Perhaps it’s the ambiguity and/or contrast of a situation that attracts me to this. I paint with acrylics; they dry quickly and, to my mind, give an intensity and richness of colour that I appreciate.