Hi everyone

Thank you for sending me all your mouth wateringly good pictures of Food and Drink this week. Such a variety of styles, materials and subjects! It’s great to see. Here are just a few of them and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.  

Remember you can join in with “Word of the week” at anytime and it’s free for everyone.

This week’s word is…..

Holidays

Something we are probably all in need of right now and might not get for a while but at least we can still draw them! Remember there are no wrong answers. Here are a few suggestions to help spark your imagination: festive holidays, summer holidays, sun, sand, cocktails, snow, mountains, cruises, caravans, brochures,etc.

Word of the week will be continuing each Monday until 11th January 2021. I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all you a very Merry Christmas.

Stay safe.

Wendy

Hi folks

What a great start to “Word of the week”.  It was so nice to see so many different responses to a single theme.  You’ve been sending me some beautiful pictures this week, so keep ’em coming!  Here are just a few of them and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.  

Remember you can join in with “Word of the week” at anytime and it’s free for everyone.

This week’s word is…..

Food & Drink

Ok, technically not one word at all but you can’t have one without the other, can you? This is something we are all probably going to be seeing a lot of over the next couple of weeks so let’s celebrate it! You don’t have to stick to just food and drink items either, here are a few other suggestions: chefs, restaurants, pubs, cooking/serving implements, eating, food labels/packets, food/drink production, etc.

Good luck with it, I’m getting hungry just thinking about it!

Wendy

Hi everyone

Even though the Leeds Art Group courses have finished for 2020 that doesn’t mean that we have to stop making art.  To help inspire you to get those paints/pencils/pens out, each Monday I’ll be posting a word on this website to act as a starting point for your own creativity.  You can use any materials and work in any style you like.  There are no wrong answers!  So wherever your creativity leads you, that is exactly the right direction.  When you’ve finished your drawing/painting etc. you are welcome to send me a photo of it for feedback/advice and there’s a good chance I’ll post it on this website or our Instagram page @leedsartgroup.  This is free for everyone (even if you’re not a member of Leeds Art Group) and you don’t need to apply or sign up for it.  Just start drawing!

Send your photos to me via email at:  leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk or send them via WhatsApp to this number: 07788 871286.  We also have a WhatsApp group for Leeds Art Group where you can upload your own photos.  Just let me know your mobile number if you would like me to add you to the WhatsApp group (you will need to have a WhatsApp account already in order to join the WhatsApp group).

So here we go!  The first word of the week is……..

Music

Here are a few suggestions where this might take you but you don’t have to stick to these:  musical instruments, concert halls, sheet music, song lyrics, musicians, album covers etc…

I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Take care

Wendy

Hi folks

Thank you to everyone who contributed to and attended Monday night’s virtual exhibition, I think we all enjoyed it.  For those of you who missed it, you can now view the slide shows on YouTube by clicking on the links below.  There are 4 videos in total that show different collections of work produced both from online lessons this year and at other times by Leeds Art Group members.  Here are the links, enjoy!

If that inspires you to get involved yourself, you can now book for the January online courses.  Further information can be found on the Courses for 2021 page by clicking here.

Stay safe everyone!

Wendy

Hi everyone

This week was sadly the last lesson on the current “Inspired” course but we finished with a blaze of colour in these sunset paintings inspired by the work of Leonid Afremov.  What gorgeous pictures to brighten up those cold, dark, November nights.  

Don’t forget, you can now book for the January online courses.  Further information can be found on the Courses for 2021 page by clicking here.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the Virtual Exhibition tonight (Monday 30th November at 6pm – 7pm) and reviewing lots of the work you’ve created during this strange year of 2020. 

Here are some photos of this weeks work, for more photos visit our instagram page @leedsartgroup.

Cheerio!

Wendy

Hi folks

This week’s task was based on the work on William Morris.  Another chance to use a wide range of colours but we also needed to show control and precision in our paintings to create that Morris look.  You all rose to the challenge once again and produced beautiful pictures.  Lots of material for our Virtual Exhibition next week.

If you haven’t sent me your photos yet and would like to show your work in the exhibition then please make sure you get them to me by this coming Thursday 26th November.  Here are the details again.

Here are some photos of this weeks work, for more photos visit our instagram page @leedsartgroup.

See you next week.

Wendy

Hi everyone

This week we took on soft pastels – possibly one of the messiest mediums but worth it!  Monet’s classic “Japanese Footbridge” painting was our inspiration and gave us lots of scope for colour mixing and mark making.  Great work everyone!  Maybe we could even see some more of those pictures in……wait for it……the first EVER Leeds Art Group Virtual Exhibition!

So what if we can’t have a proper exhibition this year?  We can still all get together on Zoom to show our work.

Here are some photos of this weeks work, for more photos visit our instagram page @leedsartgroup.

See you next week.

Wendy

Hi folks

We went monochrome this week!  After last week’s colour bonanza I thought it would be good to see what you can do with just black and white and you did not let me down!  You created these amazing drawings based on Maori patterns using just black pen.  Beautiful drawings everyone, great work.

Here are some photos of this weeks work, for more photos visit our instagram page @leedsartgroup.

See you soon.

Wendy

Hi everyone

This week we had fun cutting and sticking with these collages inspired by Matisse’s Cut Outs.  Plenty of opportunity to unleash your creativity with this one and with some wonderful results!  I love how you’ve all interpreted the same task in your own unique ways and I’ve also loved seeing all those bright colours and bold shapes.  Just what we need when the nights are getting darker – a good splash of colour to cheer us all up!  Fantastic work everyone, well done.

Here are some photos of this weeks work, for more photos visit our instagram page @leedsartgroup.

See you soon.

Wendy

Hi folks

A very colourful week this week.  We looked at the stained glass work of Louis Comfort Tiffany and used his  style to translate our own pictures of flowers into watercolour paintings.  Some really beautiful paintings everyone with such vibrant colours!  Worthy of any Art Nouveau lampshade.  Hope you all enjoyed painting them.

Here are some photos of this weeks work, for more photos visit our instagram page @leedsartgroup.

See you all next week.

Wendy