Hugh Sears

It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing away of Hugh Sears who died on Friday 27th August.Hugh had been very ill for some time and Rosa had been his full time care throughout his illness, he together with his wife Rosa have been members of Virginia Water Art Society for many years. Hugh was a very accomplished artist and extremely well liked for his gently and kind manner. As a tribute to Hugh we have published below a selection of his paintings for you to enjoy. A service will be held on Friday 10th September to say goodbye to a very talented and much thought of member of our Society.

examples of Norman Rossiters work

Norman Rossiter Demonstration Mixed Media Animals

Norman Rossiter Demonstrated using Pastels and Acrylics the painting of animals in particular birds, the members present enjoyed his demonstration enormously

John Kay Finish Picture

Received today from John Kay the finished painting along with the original photograph and the sketch he made using the photograph upsidedown thanks John

John Kay Demonstration Painting from Photographs 4.8.10

John Kay was the Demonstrator at the Virginia Water Art Society meeting on 4.8.10 the information John supplied us with along with his demonstrations was extremely useful and gave our members along with the several visitors to the meeting much to digest and experiment with. One of his more unusual suggestions was to sketch from the original photograph whilst it was upside down thus giving a completely new perspective on the subject allowing concentration on shapes and tonal values also sketching from a black and white photograph also helps with the tonal values. After sketching in this way John then discarded the original photograph and re drew from his tonal sketch onto the watercolour paper producing a loose outline of the subject and the proceed to apply washes and blocked out the dark areas gradually building up the overall painting. For further information Johns Web site is www.millrrind.co.uk

Tom Yeandell Mouth and Foot Painter 7.7.10

Today Tom Yeandell came to talk to Virginia Water Art Society members about the Mouth and Foot painters Society he explained how they work and told us of the many stories of people who paint for the Mouth and Foot Painters Society some of the stories were very moving and the paintings produced by the members were of a very high standard and very varied Tom's talk was very interesting and informative giving our members food for thought.

Virginia Water Summer Exhibition 5.6.10

The exhibition held on the green at Virginia Water by the members of the Society proved to be a wonderful day the weather was beautiful sunshine, among the exhibitors of original paintings were crafts including pottery and wood both hand crafted, also photographs of local scenes and hand fashioned jewellery. The exhibition was well attended by the public and some 22 paintings were sold along with many items of craft.