The KAS Annual General Meeting for 2014 was held on Tuesday 3rd March 2015 at Turramurra. KAS President Malcolm Carver delivered the annual report which outlined the Society’s achievements in 2014 and recognised with appreciation the many members that contributed to that success and to the general running of the Society. A Special Life Member…
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Jody’s opening words… “I’m always excited about drawing” were Jody’s opening words of what proved to be an action-packed demo. Starting with a slide show of her works she told us of her journey from part-time working Mum and very tentative artist, to full-time competent and confident artist. The first major step in her transformation…
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Florals – all media The workshop on the 14th March with Graham Marchant focussed on still life, in both oils and watercolours, including pattern-ed fabric and flowers. Participants can bring along their own chosen objects for a still life, especially fabric and flowers (artificial are good!) and he will help with composition and tonal arrangement. The focus…
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Workshop The workshop focused on drawing as a means of documenting, observing and adding another dimension to all other art mediums. The class studied at the shape and form of objects and how they relate to their surrounds by looking at man-made shapes and natural forms. Patrick Shirvington Patrick Shirvington is a Sydney born…
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The 25th Annual “Art of Sydney” CASS Exhibition held over the Australia Day holiday weekend at the National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour kicked off with a successful opening Awards Night for KAS members. Five awards were made to the 10 KAS members who exhibited this year. Madeleine Szymanski , Winner in Miniatures for ‘French Bread’, and Highly Commended in…
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Our Guest Artist for the December 2014 Christmas Meeting was Patrick Carroll, with his best “Elvis” suit and song. Members enjoyed refreshments and a some were lucky to receive a small gift from the the lucky door prize raffle.
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The CASS Open Studios in Ku-Ring-Gai at Roseville and St Ives were a wonderful experience for all, for the local community, friends and neighbours and for the exhibiting Artists. Each location displayed works from 3 Artists with practical demonstrations of drawing and watercolour for guests throughout the weekend. At the Roseville Studio were Artists – Dee…
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Painting Birds in the Landscape This, our last workshop of the year saw us all painting birds with Guy Troughton. After watching Guy paint a willy wagtail, we had a go. Starting with the eyes and beak, we blocked in the basic colour and then built up tonality, sometimes splay- ing the brush to define…
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