ARUN SOCIETY
Geoff Ackroyd
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Having retired, I decided to learn the basics of watercolour painting as I had always been fascinated by the medium but my attempts up to that point had been pretty grim. I was fortunate in that just down the road from our house in Sheffield, Steve Coates had just set up a studio where he was concentrating on teaching watercolour in a series of classes, which I was lucky enough to join. He opened my eyes to the various techniques and effects possible and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed using the medium ever since.
1 "A Walk Towards Worms Head, Gower". My wife came from South Wales and this is one of our favourite spots.
2 "Pebbles." A subject from the group’s programme in the style of Steve Coates who painted several pictures of pebbles during my time on his course.
3 "Bougainvillea in Greece". Inspired by pictures on Google and from our own holiday.
4 "A Misty Morning at Devil’s Dyke”. An interpretation of a couple of photos of the local spot near Brighton.
5 "Littlehampton Signal Box in the age of Steam”. Based on various photos of the Signal Box which still exists and an image of a Schools Class engine.