It has been traditional in recent years to invite a ‘mystery artist’ to entertain us at our December meeting. This year Santa appeared, aka Malcolm Carver, filled that role. Surprisingly enough, Santa turned out to be an adept watercolourist (“I’m not as good as Malcolm”) and announced that he would demonstrate a snow scene, something…
The aim of the workshop is to teach artists to understand special effects using mediums, so they can achieve the effects they want quickly and efficiently. Special Effects will also be applicable to oil, acrylic and watercolour artists. Jane is our Silver Jubilee Winner 2013 and a multiple award winning artist and see her website…
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from an inspiring artist. This workshop will suit students who have been exposed to the medium of watercolour and want to extend their knowledge to the next level, as well as beginners willing to learn the secrets of the medium. If you enjoy the challenge of producing…
Paul has been painting and selling his work for the last 25 years. At the end of 2000 he left the corporate world where he worked in logistics management to paint full time. In those endeavours he has had numerous solo and joint exhibitions both here and overseas, including a joint exhibition in Soho New…
This is an acrylic workshop designed to gain knowledge and experimentation with acrylics and its mediums, to create a landscape with transparency and space. With attention given to composition, major shapes and looking for the rhythm in the landscape. As a child the direct experience of the Australian bush left a lasting impression. Living in…
The portrait workshop will be focusing on developing simple tools for painting or drawing a representational portrait in a gestural, realistic, impressionistic or expressive manner. We will be concentrating on the drawing and tones in order to have a better understanding of portrait painting, while exploring a variety of different pallets and media including charcoal, pastels and oils. About Pamela Pamela’s art…
Artist Studio Tours can be exciting to see how an artist has worked, see their own collection of art, see materials used and see completed and incomplete works. A guided tour by his wife, Kate, of their House which he designed, has been confirmed for Kur-Ing-Gai Art Society Members and friends Artist Studio Tours can…
This is an opportunity to learn Chinese calligraphy from the president of the Australian Oriental Calligraphy Society. 1. Basic understanding of Chinese philosophy Ying+Yang= Universe=Way, 4 Immeasurabl 2. Table of Ying & Yang: Dispersion of Qi=death, synthesis of Qi=life 3. Origins of writing: picture 4. Way of writing: Beautiful writing=calligraphy 5. 5 stages /script of…