David Fairbairn conducted a one day workshop on Self Portraits on 17th October 2015 Portraiture – “Face To Face” (Drawing & Mixed Media) Workshop Report: Self Portrait David challenged us all and stretched our drawing skills – firstly drawing a self portrait without a mirror but drawing by touch, to capture more depth in…
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Our Guest Speaker for the KAS October Meeting was Melissa Read-Devine . Melissa presented on painting and print making. Melissa started the evening with a slideshow of her vivid impressionistic works of Australian landscape, flora and fauna and her quirky wood engravings and linocuts. By far the majority of her inspiration comes from her own backyard…
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The 2015 CASS Open Studios on the North Shore were held in September at St Ives, Roseville and at Killarney Heights. Each location displayed art works from local Artists. St Ives – Studio 109 The St Ives Open Studio was open Saturday & Sunday 26 & 27 September 2015 from 10am to 3pm at 20 Woodbury Road, St…
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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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