November/ December 2021
UPDATE 28 December 2021
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Thursday 2nd December 7pm - 9pm
Watercolour Demonstration by Tim Wilmot
Tim Wilmot gave us a very informative demo on Zoom last Thursday. If you couldn't make it, Glenda's has
emailed everyone a link to access the recording of the demo.
Tim Wilmot
Tim Wilmot is a watercolour artist based in Bristol. He enjoys painting landscapes and seascapes as long as there is some strong light. He says that watercolour loves strong light, areas of high contrast and warm tones against cool tones. Tim is a member of the 1904 Bristol Arts Society and sells his paintings world wide.
For more information on Tim Wilmot go to:
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Let`s go to Finland!
This month we're off to Finland, home to Lapland and Santa Claus! We take a virtual tour of the Gallen- Kallelan Museo.
Gallem - Kallela was one of Finland's finest artist and you can see some of his work below.
Take a tour of the Gallen- Kallelan Museo, Finland
What is great about this tour is that there is an audio guide in English. During the tour, press on the yellow button to hear information in
English. To take the virtual tour, click on the link below.
Akseli Gallen - Kallela (1865-1931)
Akseli Gallen - Kallela was a leading Finnish painter who was best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, an epic Finnish poem. On leaving school, he attended drawing classes at the Finnish Art Society. In 1884, he moved to Paris to study at the Academie Julian. Ten years later he held a joint exhibition with Edvard Munch in Berlin. In his travels he loved to learn about the art of the country he was visiting, studying frescoes in Italy stained glass in London and native art in New Mexico. You can see some of Gallen- Kallela's paintings below.
Paintings by Gallen - Kallelan
Thomas Kinkade and his Christmas cottage painting.
You may have seen some of Thomas Kinkade's Christmas cottage paintings on decorations, snow globes, jigsaw puzzles, jewellery boxes and table centre pieces. He
was known as the painter of light. His style was seen as kitsch and sentimental but had popular appeal especially at Christmas time. A film starring Peter O' Toole was made about the creation
of the Christmas Cottage painting you can see above. You can watch Thomas Kinkade talking about the painting and the film below.
15 of the best Christmas paintings chosen by the Guardian newspaper.
You can click on each picture to enlarge.
How to paint a winter scene - a tutorial
Have you ever struggled to paint snow? Here is a tutorial by Kevin Hill giving you lots of helpful tips on painting trees, branches
and snow drifts.
The Art of Christmas store window displays
What present did Elton John give Rod Stewart one Christmas?
In his autobiography, Rod Stewart tells the story of the friendly rival between him and Elton John when exchanging presents at
Christmas, each one trying to outdo the other with an extravagant gift. Rod Stewart bought Elton a £600 pop up champagne fridge from Harrods. On handing it over, Elton produced his gift..... an
original Rembrandt painting! It now hangs on the wall in the bar of Rod's home in America.
A Funny Story
Who do you think painted this picture?
Believe it or not, this is a very bad painting by Picasso of his pet owl. He was sufficiently embarrassed to not do anything with it. Later on he would do many
better paintings of owls.The sketch was bought by the kind of American investor who had enough money to buy a Picasso but only a very bad one. It was eventually bequeathed to the Emily Mathis Art
Museum in Milwaukee.
It just shows you that even the greatest of artists can have a bad day with a painting!
The Owl by Pablo Picasso 1953
Joan Eardley's first sold painting goes up for auction in Glasgow
It is believed that this is is the first painting Joan Eardley ever sold. It was titled, The Canal Bank' and was sold in 1948. The transaction took place
at the Glasgow School of Art where Joan was a student. The painting goes up for auction this week in Glasgow and is estimated to raise £8,000 to £12,000. Read more about it here.
What kind of an artist are you?
Linear, Painterly, Abstract or Realistic?
Try this fascinating quiz.
Here is a quiz with a difference. Click on the link below and press Enter to start the quiz.
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