Held at the St Ives Shopping Village Gallery on the Ramps, St Ives High School celebrated its 50th Anniversary with an Art Exhibition of student works. Visual Arts Teacher at St Ives High, Pat Gettens, led the volunteer team, hanging approximately 100 works at the Gallery. Pat welcomed the opportunity of sharing the student artworks…
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This month we were exceedingly privileged to have not only Paul, but also his friend, prominent Artist Greg Warburton at our meeting. Greg is the subject of Paul’s portrait which is in this year’s Archibald Prize (see centre pic below). Paul was ecstatic to finally have his work selected, having tried for over 15 years.…
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Franz took us on a wonderful cultural journey starting with the evolution of Chinese calligraphy. The earliest writing, dating from about 13c BC, was in the form of pictograms which were carved onto the back of turtle shells. Through the use of diagrams Franz showed how these symbolic pictures changed over the centuries to become…
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The workshop will involve producing town and landscapes using a variety of dry and wet media. Working on ½ sheets of watercolour paper Lesley and Joe will use step by step demonstrations to build layers of tone, colour and line. The main structure and design of each piece of work will be the application of…
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From childhood, Graham has always been an artist. According to his father it was the only thing that he could do, so at 17 he went to Art School where he studied painting and printmaking. He graduated with a BA and MA, both with Honours. While his training was very academic, he found the mid…
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Jocelyn Maughan and Robin Norling were very gracious hosts for our studio visit to their Gallery at Patonga. The skies were heavy, but we were lucky to have little rain for our ferry ride from Palm Beach and arrived at the Patonga Wharf to see the fishermen, always a popular subject for Jocelyn to paint.…
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using acrylics and mediums, drawing materials and collage. (No oil paints, please) Have you lost your “Mojo?” For those artists who want to loosen up, experiment with acrylics, mediums and textures, and put energy and fresh ideas into their artwork. Pamela through demonstrating and individual guidance will show you how to develop ideas based on…
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One of the most extraordinarily brave and difficult things to do, in the wonderful world of art, is to paint a portrait of someone live in front of an audience. But our guest this month, Pamela Irving, was more than up for the challenge. After selecting her model, Pamela started her portrait using only two…
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