We recently enjoyed a figure painting and boat painting demonstration by Langham based artist Bob Brandt. With Bob’s usual enthusiasm and humour he demonstrated techniques he’d honed over the years. Although Bob’s usual medium are traditional oils, he chose on this occasion, to use acrylics as they dry quicker. His pallet was based around the primary colours from which he showed how to mix skin tones. Painting onto thick light grey card he covered large areas using a ‘kitchen washing up sponge’. Then transferring to synthetic watercolour brushes to add form, shape and detail. Amazing, that in no time at all a likeness of the sitter appeared. The main takeaway was that Bob did the drawing detail at the end in contrast to the convention of starting with the drawing.
After the coffee break Bob demonstrated the tricky subject of drawing boats. It’s a favourite subject of North Norfolk based artists and he showed how important it was to get the right shape. Bob referenced Monet's Red Boats at Argenteuil (1875) using it to explain eye level and the importance of perspective. His technique was to draw an oblong box then insert the boat details. Easy when you know how! The group really enjoyed the demonstration which was informative, rich in content and humorous. Thank you Bob and we look forward to a return visit to the group. to edit. |
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