Thursday 7th November, Workshop: Landscapes in Oils

John Shave started our day with an excellent demonstration, during which he explained every move as he went along.  He explained why he started with the darks first, leaving the lights till the last stages, and set out his composition in darks at the start.  As he went on, he incorporated various colours into the darks, which would show through and give life to the ultimate picture - and not too much overpainting which would cause the initial colours to be lost.  And so he continued with lots of advice and hints to help us.  
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The finished demo.

After about an hour and a half, it was our turn to paint.  We all produced at least one, and in some cases two, paintings.  John walked round and spent time with each artist, giving advice and showing techniques.  This was repeated again later in the day, so we all benefited greatly from John’s knowledge and expertise.  
Some excellent work was completed and I am sure we all learnt a great deal - I certainly did.  For me it was a very interesting, enjoyable but somewhat exhausting day.