The next Friday evening demo will be held on 14th July in Market Hill Rooms from 8.00 to 10.00pm when John Tookey, whose demo’s have always proved popular, will once again be visiting us. The time his subject will be “A Street Scene in Pastels”.
John trained in Graphic Design and Fine Art at the Sir John Cass School of Art in London and then worked as a graphic artist in a number of advertising agencies before taking up painting full time in 1986.
He works mainly in watercolour, pastel, oil and sometimes acrylic, working mainly in his studio from sketchbooks but also outdoors when possible. His approach to pastels is to overlay them on watercolour under paintings to create a vibrant impression rather than a producing a photographic likeness.
John has exhibited with the numerous Institutes, Academies and Galleries, authored various articles for leading Art magazines, and has won multiple awards for his pastels. His work can be viewed on the websites of the Pastel Society as well as the Mall and Hunter Galleries.
FREE admission for Royston Arts Society members; £3.00 fee for non-members on the door, no pre-booking required.