March 2021
Now entries to be sent in by Wednesday 14th April
All Art Club Members' Event
We've extended the deadline by a couple of days to allow the last remaining members to send in their entries.
All you need to do is, paint a new picture or find one you have previously painted that we haven't seen before and email a photo of it to Anne by Wednesday 14th April.
Your painting can be any size, shape or subject. The entries will be displayed on this page for one week from Thursday 15th April and as they will be anonymous a number will be assigned to each painting.
Have a good look at them all, choose the number of your chosen painting and email your
vote to Glenda by Wednesday 21st April. The winner will be announced on Thursday 22nd April. There will be a £20 prize for the
winner.
Let`s go to China!
This month we go to China where we visit the National Art Museum in Beijing. The museum has a wide variety of art works in its collection and we will take a virtual tour of an exhibition featuring oil paintings there. We can also see a collection of fine watercolour and ink paintings some using the traditional brush and ink technique of painting. There is an interesting video on traditional brush painting, showing you how to hold and move the brush as well as how to apply the ink and make brush strokes. Following that is a demo on painting a river village using this method.
The National Art Museum of China, Beijing
A selection of watercolour paintings and brush work paintings in the Museum
To enter the gallery and view a display of oil paintings in the Museum of Art, Beijing
click on the link below.
How to use a Brush and Ink in Chinese Painting
Here is a very informative tutorial on how to hold the brush and make the highly detailed brush strokes when painting in the traditional way. This technique is one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world and is often used by artists working for the royal court or in independent workshops. Ink and wash painting is more freehand and long ago was the an art practiced by gentlemen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsLr38H5VYQ
Painting a Chinese River Village using Brushwork
Landscape painting was regarded as the highest form of art and generally still is. Mountains are painted using strong black
lines, ink wash and sharp dotted brush strokes. Rivers and rolling hills are painted in softer, rubbed brush work. Here is a short video demonstrating this technique when painting a river
village.
A painting by Winston Churchill's goes up for sale
The Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque by Winston Churchill
You may have seen this picture on the news recently. It was painted in oils by Winston Churchill and went for a staggering £7 million at auction in London. The painting had been previously owned by the actress and film maker, Angelina Jolie. A spokesman from Christie reported that this was Churchill's best work and was the only landscape he worked on during the war. After he finished the painting, Churchill gave it to the US President, Franklin Roosevelt.
Radio Times Art Quiz
Can you name this painting?
Test your knowledge of art and artists.
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