Ros Psakis will conduct a workshop in Oils on the 12th September 2015. PAINTING FIGURES IN THE SUNLIGHT. Note: Acrylic painters would gain benefit from this workshop. Workshop Outline Using my easy to understand method of getting the subject onto the board, painting figures and animals are no harder than any other subject. ….. The subject photograph supplied…
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At the St Ives Shopping Village Gallery on the Ramps, St Ives local schools 9 x 5 Project – Artwork Exhibition, on 31st August – 18th September 2015. Year 9 Students from St Ives High School became art teachers guiding and instructing year 5 students from partner schools: St Ives Primary School, St Ives Park…
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A private visit to Dobell House at Wangi Wangi on Lake Macquarie was arranged for Tuesday 25th August Beautiful weather and a happy group made for a very enjoyable excursion on Tuesday 25th August . In the end 36 artists and friends boarded the coach for the journey north to Wangi Wangi. A goody bag of…
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Our Guest Speaker for the KAS September Meeting was Heidi Willis . From our meeting reporter: Australian born, Heidi is an entirely self-taught Natural History watercolour artist, which means she paints any natural subject – including plants, animals or insects in their environment. Her work has been a hugely challenging journey which started when she was…
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The Ku-ring-gai Art Society celebrated its Golden Jubilee with a 50th Anniversary Book. This book on the history of the Society was launched July 2015 at the Golden Jubilee Awards Exhibition. With the generosity of two of our long standing members, Sandra Cadwallader and the late Mary Wood, it was possible to upgrade from a…
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Brandt Lewis conducted a workshop on Pastels at West Lindfield. Following in the technique pioneered by Degas, Brandt Lewis showed us how to start our pastel painting with a tonal charcoal drawing, subsequently adding the pastel colour. He also demonstrated how to make a pastel crayon. We beavered away at our pastel pictures during the day,…
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Our Guest Speaker for the KAS August Meeting was Debbie Mackinnon who presented on “Randomness in my Art Practice”. Debbie energised the KAS Audience with her much varied international career and life of Art. Debbie’s brilliant sense of “situational humour” had us all chuckling or smiling in recognition of similar experiences. Debbie shared her commitment to a…
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What a night! The KAS 50th Anniversary Awards night on the 24th July at the St Ives Shopping Village Gallery on the Ramps had record attendance. Guests dressed formally for the elite occasion enjoyed the beautiful artworks while sipping a cool drink and nibbling gourmet canapes. The formal proceedings were chaired by KAS President Malcolm Carver with…
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