Our Guest Speaker for the KAS October 2017 meeting was Paul Kemp Paul gave us a fascinating talk on his life story as an Artist, and outlined the long, detailed and slow process he employs to complete his artworks. Paul Kemp has studied visual art…
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An amazing workshop for all those who attended! Fiona’s extensive mark making exercises at times stretched our comfort zones, but the results were pleasing if not amazing !! Every KAS Member, no matter what their Creative Discipline, would benefit from this workshop. The day and results in pictures ! …
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Our Guest Speaker for the KAS 5th September 2017 meeting was Tara Winona . Monochromatic watercolour wildlife on canvas Tara energetically presented her “Wildlife – Watercolour on Canvas” technique to the many members that attended this monthly meeting.. Detailed report follows: Website: www.tarawinona.com [space height=”HEIGHT”]
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Our tutor for our August workshop, Paul McCarthy, showed us how to do quick paintings whilst on holidays and travelling, and then took us through how to bring these on to more complete paintings. Bring along your travel photos and sketches. We’ll learn techniques for getting things down quickly in the morning – and then…
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Our Guest Speaker for the KAS 1st August 2017 meeting was Matilda Michell Matilda Michell – Guest speaker at August Meeting Our guest artist at our August general meeting, Matilda Michell, paints in the classical tradition, but in a contemporary and modern context. She loves the famous French still life painter, Chardin, and uses many of his techniques…
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The KAS Awards exhibition was a great success at the St Ives Shopping Village Gallery on the Ramps, July 2017 KAS Awards Exhibit – Artworks Sold Artist Title of Artwork Value Deborah Angus Rain Forest Walk Bobbin Head $800.00 Baith Aynsley-Lewis Middle Harbour $400.00 Robyne Berling Octopus’s Garden $750.00 Ghyslaine Bluett JP Village de…
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The KAS 2017 Awards celebration was conducted in true style, wonderful artworks, great judges, VIP guests, gourmet nibbles, handsome barmen, bubbly, beautiful people, and our “MC extraordinaire”… Charmaine. Congratulations to all the Prize and Awards winners, and to the many volunteers that organised and ran the event, very well done ! …
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A fabulous fun day at this workshop…for many of us a first step into the “Abstract World”…..and ….some even made the big step transition from Watercolour to Acrylics for the day! Jan started the day with a loosen up exercise by having each of us stare into another’s eyes…while drawing a charcoal portrait with the…
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