Our July meeting saw a return visit by Laura Silburn. The title of her workshop ‘Painting with Reds’. Firstly we identified the brightest reds in our palette, chiefly Scarlet Lake and Winsor Red. Laura said it was almost impossible to mix a colour as vibrant as some of the commercial pre mixed reds, and we tried to mix matching reds to those above and those we had. Next we practised layering different colour reds for the brightest effects, adding other colours to the mix such as Transparent Orange or Yellow brightened the mix. Creating shadows required the addition of a green, or Perylene maroon or Perylene Violet. Many thanks to Laura for a very useful workshop and for providing an array of red material to work from.
Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens – Members of the society will be at the garden on the afternoon of 12th August from 12.30 – 4.30 to lead a drop-in workshop ‘Draw in the Garden’  https://www.castlebromwichhallgardens.org.uk/calendar
The next World Wide Botanical Art Event will be in 2025 on 18th May. Over 21 countries have expressed interest in exhibiting botanical art. The 2025 focus will be on the theme of Crop Diversity. The British Exhibition will be held at the RBSA Gallery in Birmingham. For further information and to register interest go to https:///www.assocbotanicalartists.com/baw-2025