Resources

Workshops

Our online workshops have proved very popular and are free to members and non members alike. If you were unable to attend, or you did attend and would like to try something again, you can find some of the resources below.

If you are interested in taking part in one of our workshops, please contact us via Facebook, our contact page or

e-mail:

ilkestonartsandcameraclub@gmail.com

A link to the Zoom meeting will be sent to you nearer the time.

We hope you can join us!

Scissor Painting

Stained Glass painting.

*(images within the PDF are sourced from the internet and may be subject to copyright, and are for educational purposes. please do not reproduce).

Demonstrations

Click HERE for Steph's YouTube channel

Steph Coley is a local professional artist who has done demonstrations and workshops with the club for a few years now.

Her knowledge on various media and techniques is amazing and she has produced a number of instructional videos.

This one on abstract art will be particularly useful to those who choose the "abstract" challenge!

There are many more videos on her YouTube channel with more information on her art and teaching on her website here:

http://stephcoley.com/

Painting Process by Carole Knight

Here are some really useful process pictures of a watercolour created by Buxton artist Carole Knight. Carole has kindly given us these images to share so that you might see the process of the painting and recreate these steps yourself in your own work.

It's really useful to see the different stages of a painting and how it comes together and we hope that these will inspire you! We do hope that Carole will be able to demonstrate for us in person once we are back to meeting up again!

You can see more of Carole's work on her website and the website of her business Gallery In A Shed in Buxton.

Carole would like to hear feedback on these step by step photos, and this can be left here:

https://gallery-in-a-shed.business.site/#testimonials

https://www.instagram.com/caroleknightartist/

https://www.facebook.com/GalleryInAShed/

https://www.caroleknightartist.com/

If you're taking part in the "Socially Distanced Portrait" challenge, you may want to get some tips from Jonathan Yeo who did this very same activity over lockdown.

The videos are all available on his YouTube channel and on his own website:

https://www.jonathanyeo.com/page_facetime_portraits

Here's a really useful video by landscape photographer Nigel Danson, who is offering advice here on composition in photos and common mistakes.

More videos and tips can be found on his YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJld-AoXurbT2jDnfM8qiA

Skies

Royalty free images of skies can be found here: https://unsplash.com/s/photos/sky

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/mar/11/10-best-skies-art-in-pictures

https://www.artistsnetwork.com/art-techniques/5-key-factors-for-painting-skies-and-clouds/

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Fishermen at Sea by J. M. W. Turner, oil on canvas

Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh (1889)

Abstract

Abstract art is art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead use shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/abstract-art

https://www.artistsnetwork.com/art-inspiration/what-is-abstract-art/

https://www.thephotoargus.com/abstract-photography-ideas/