The chart below shows the plan for the programme from Sept to Dec 2020. As it is appears more and more unlikely that we can resume Saturday meetings in the autumn, we have planned a number of video sessions, featuring members of the society, to inspire and inform you in a range of different and interesting topics whilst also showing you the painting methods followed by those artists.
Links to the video(s) for each session will be posted on the Art Society web site in the week before the due date and a reminder will be sent out. You should be able to view the videos via You Tube on a computer desk top, lap top, tablet or phone. You can see the new You Tube Channel by clicking the link here: ​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrjNHCfK8BtYsDvOa7X-FzA. 
We hope you will enjoy these videos and be inspired each week to produce your own painting.  We would love to see your work so please submit good photos of your finished paintings to either joannesykes@virginmedia.com or johnsteadmanhas@icloud.com so that they can be put on the Art Society web site, telling us which week the painting was inspired by.  

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Date	Topic	With....	Notes
5th Sept	Introduction to Botanical Art	Jo Sykes	This video covers a basic introduction to botanical art, with a demonstration painting in watercolour.  https://youtu.be/yhZu7ifZUWU
19th Sept	Introducing Glen Williams	Glen Williams	This session is in two parts: the first is showcasing Glen’s pop up gallery in one of the piazza units in Huddersfield town centre, and the second is to inspire you to do your own painting from your family history Click on the links below to launch the video. https://youtu.be/HHWmJ7wRtaI  (part one)   https://youtu.be/tNwgkOcjjoo (part two - challenge)
3rd Oct	Introducing Portrait  Group	Linda Downs	We hope this video, An Evening with Portrait Group, will inspire you to maybe join the portrait group and in your own portraiture work. Perhaps you could do your next portrait in a looser style similar to Maggie O’Keefe. click on the link below to launch the video. https://youtu.be/kLtRAgh3GWY
17th Oct	Mixing Greens	David Whiting	Having attempted to answer the questions ‘why mix?’ and ‘why greens?’ I will present some observations on different greens, then on the range of blues and yellows that can be mixed to make greens.  I will then do a demonstration in watercolour using a photo reference. https://youtu.be/stjznOMGTgApire you to try doing a painting of a similar scene'.
31st Oct	Tools for Composition and Perspective	Jo Sykes, Karen Whitwam, Linda Downs & Shirley Waddington	In this video 4 members of the society share their tips for using tools of composition and perspective in their paintings. We hope you will be inspired when planning your next painting, thinking about some of the tools we mention.   https://youtu.be/ljQ1BhsCNEA   There are also additional videos on You Tube as recommended by Jo that can be found on Jill Poyerd’s channel:    ‘Developing an eye for composition’  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn3X5csfsQs&t=22s   ‘The Art of Reconstructing Compositions’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6__rKadRXe8&t=19s
14th Nov	Painting Trees	Tony Burke	In this video Tony demonstrates painting trees in watercolour. https://youtu.be/WMlyxJl5b2w   Have a go at practicing your own trees in a sketch book!
28th Nov	Using texture paste in paintings	Matt Evans	This demonstration will highlight the versatility of acrylic paint and the different ways in which it can be used both as a fluid or impasto medium straight from the tube. This impasto technique makes the medium particularly suitable for use in creating texture. A selection of mediums can be used with acrylic and I will briefly explain these. Texture paste adds an extra dimension to your work and can be used either as an overall texture or in selected areas to highlight particular details such as flowers or stone work.
12th Dec	Painting with Pastels	David  Whitney ​	This video very briefly reviews the enormous variety of papers, cards and pastels you can chose, before examining something of my own approach to picture-making with pastels. In my excitement I always remember to explore the overall pattern of tones making up the composition, using a test piece; I try to work across the picture as it grows; I try to remember what attracted me to the image in the first place; I try to create afresh and not be constrained by visual reality. We will look at these points and more.