No painting this month. We held a free lunch for all members. Paintings we stuck on the wall to show what we had been doing.

It was fun to see so many people again and the food was good too!

This month we were looking at the work of Lin Fengmian. Lin Fengmian (林凤鸣), was a Chinese painter who is considered to be a pioneer of modern Chinese painting and for blending Chinese and Western styles. He was one of the earliest Chinese painters to study in Europe. He was also an important innovator in the area of Chinese art education and was one of the pioneers of Chinese modern art, who earned the title of “The Four Great Academy Presidents”. His work is created using the colour layering technique – background painted first and then image added onto it using mineral colours to make the work opaque and remain on the surface.

It takes a long time to create one picture as each layer must dry before the next is added. It was challenging – and very different to anything else we have tried – but also a lot of fun.

Lin Fengmian

Lin Fengmian

Sarah Turner

Marion Dearlove