ABERDEEN NEWS — Continuing the arts and crafts theme, the Aberdeen Garden and Social Club’s July meeting last week was dedicated to painting with acrylics.
The meeting was hosted by Marianne Meijer, who only took up the hobby herself last September, but since that time she has developed a real passion for the craft. Her original mentor, with whom she paints on a regular basis, has even said that her painting is of such a high standard that she is now teaching him some skills and new ideas!
Most of the members who attended last Thursday’s session had no experience at all, although one or two had obviously dabbled a little beyond the “paint by numbers” stage. About half of the novice painters took inspiration from Marianne’s magnificent winter garden, whilst the others chose to do a traditional Karoo landscape.
Most came with some ideas in their minds, and if necessary, they were given help to draw the initial outline. All received some guidance and advice where necessary from the experienced artists but certainly managed to add their own individual flair and interpretation.
One of the novice painters created a very impressive red hibiscus in the Thursday session, with good use of shading and tones to create depth in the centre of the flower. She was so inspired by her success that she joined the experienced painters on Tuesday, and started an ambitious oil painting of a Karoo scene.
After the painting session on Thursday, all enjoyed some hearty soups and very welcome sherry, to ward off the winter chills.
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