Hi folks

As the rain pours down outside my window I’m so glad I’ve got all your vibrant, colourful pictures to brighten my day. This week the artist Franz Marc was inspiring us in the “Inspired 4” course with his paintings of animals in every colour going! In the “Pencil and Paper 2” course we tackled ellipses, tone, proportion and detail – all wrapped up in one tin. Fantastic work everyone – keep it up!

We’ve got one more week of the current courses before a short break but we will return with the “Inspired 5” course and the “Pencil & Paper 3” course starting in the week commencing Monday 7th June. For full course details go to our Courses for 2021 page. If you have any questions or would like to book a place please get in touch either by email: leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk or tel: 07788 871286.

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup. 

See you all next week

Wendy

Hi everyone

Nice to see you all again after our week off. I’ve really enjoyed all the beautiful photos you’ve been sending me this week. In the “Inspired 4” course we continued the Art Deco theme but in a very different way with these colourful watercolour paintings based on Clarice Cliff pottery. In the “Pencil and Paper 2” course we looked at different types of fastenings and used tone to create the impression of overlapping.

Another week of great pictures everyone. Looking forward to next week’s masterpieces.

Wendy

Hi folks

This week the “Inspired 4” course went all Art Deco with these paintings based on the work of Tamara de Lempicka from the 1920s/1930s. A tough task but a great way to practice blending from one tone to another. The “Pencil and Paper 2” course used plants as their subject and focused on observing how leaves overlapping can create different shapes and tones.

Fantastic work everyone! It may be a typically wet bank holiday Monday but it’s perfect weather for being indoors and getting arty.

No classes this week but I’ll see you all when lessons resume in the week commencing Monday 10th May.

Wendy

Hi everyone

I just wanted to say a big thank to all of you who are currently taking part in Leeds Art Group online courses. By donating 10% of your course fees we have together raised £157.50 for Leeds Women’s Aid who provide refuge for vulnerable women in need. Your contributions will make a huge difference to someone’s life when they need it the most. So thank you again.

Wendy x

Hi everyone

It’s so good to have you all back after a couple of weeks break. It feels like spring has sprung since our last lesson. So what better way to start the “Inspired 4” course than with these roses based on a painting by Renoir? We focused on colour mixing and creating contrasts. The “Pencil & Paper 2” course started by drawing chairs and looking at all the negative spaces inbetween the spindles and legs as well as how the light falls on the object.

A brilliant start to the course everyone! I can’t wait to see what else you can do.

See you all next week.

Wendy

Hi folks

Easter is on it’s way and to celebrate you’ve been drawing these beautiful decorated egg designs based on traditional Ukrainian “Pysanky” eggs. The real eggs would normally be decorated using a wax resist technique but we used watercolour pencils which are great for creating all those intricate details and bright colours. Fantastic work everyone and a great finish to the current “Inspired 3” course.

We’ve now got a short break over Easter but the “Inspired 4” course and the “Pencil & Paper 2” course will be starting in the week commencing Monday 19th April (exactly a year after our very first online lesson!). For full course details go to our Courses for 2021 page. If you have any questions or would like to book a place please get in touch either by email: leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk or tel: 07788 871286.

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup. 

Thank you to everyone who has joined me for the past 5 weeks.

Have a lovely Easter and I hope to see you soon

Wendy

Hi folks

Just posting the pictures from week 3’s Mary Fedden inspired collages again as they seem to have disappeared off the website and they definitely deserve to be on here!

You can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup. 

See you soon

Wendy

Hi everyone

This week we were looking at the sculptures and drawings of Henry Moore. We used soft pastel and focused on tone and proportion but your pictures also included colour, observation and texture. Brilliant work everyone. I always love to see how different your individual takes are on the same theme.

Next week is the last lesson of this current course but don’t worry – there are more on the way! The “Inspired 4” course and the “Pencil & Paper 2” course will be starting in the week commencing Monday 19th April (exactly a year after our very first online lesson!). For full course details go to our Courses for 2021 page. If you have any questions or would like to book a place please get in touch either by email: leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk or tel: 07788 871286.

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup. 

See you soon

Wendy

Hi everyone

After all the colour of last week’s task, this week we went monochrome with these Zentangle patterns. Such a variety of shapes and patterns from you all. a really creative week, well done.

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup. 

Also, I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who is currently taking part in the courses. By donating 10% of your course fees we have together raised £147.50 for the RSPCA who are facing an even greater demand for their services due to problems resulting from the Covid crisis. It’s good to know that just by making art we are helping all those animals in need. For more information about the work they do visit their website at: www.rspca.org.uk/home.

See you next week

Wendy

Hi folks

It’s great to be back with a brand new course and what better way to kick things off than with a whole load of colour? For our first lesson we looked to Kandinsky for inspiration and his “Colour Study. Squares with Concentric Circles”. You all certainly embraced colour and created these fantastic watercolour paintings. What a great start to the course, well done everyone!

Here are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.  

See you soon

Wendy