workshop with Dee Jackson on Saturday July 13th 2013. Learn how to create life-like portraits using photographs or digital images as reference material and using your preferred medium (watercolour, oils, pastel, acrylics, pencil, charcoal etc.). Dee will show you how to look at composition as well as the shadows and shapes that make up a…
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workshop by Mitzi Vardill on Saturday August 17th 2013 Acrylic Painters: Increase Your Knowledge of Your Medium! Love painting with acrylics but the mediums confuse you? Are you getting the best out of your work practice or is it holding you back? How can mediums extend your own painting practice? The aim of this workshop…
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with Susie Murphie on Saturday Sept 14 2013. Susie says “In my workshops I always concentrate on the actual application of the paint. It is so important to be able to control the tonal value of the medium and have an idea what you have on your brush before you commit to paper. To me,…
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workshop with Cindy Goode-Milman on Saturday October 19th. This one day workshop explores Cindy’s unique way of capturing the essence of seascapes, sharing her step by step process that produce the loosely flowing brushstrokes of her impressionist style paintings. She will also be demonstrating how she sees shapes, uses colour and light and tips on…
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– workshop with Liz Steel on Saturday November 16, 2013. We all want to sketch and/or keep a sketchbook journal when we travel – but how does one find the time to stop and set up for a painting? Is at all possible when traveling with others? The goal of this workshop is to prove…
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Our Christmas Party mystery guest was cartoonist Steve Panozzo. With much amusement, we enjoyed his quirky images of politicians and corporate people up on the KAS large screen. He is using the aid of computers more and more with it’s storage of previous work, ability to overlay images, air brush tool, the use of special…
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“Totally Hooked on Watercolour” is how Susie describes herself. She would love to use other mediums but there is simply not enough time. Susie showed a number of her works and explained that her priority is to get the paint to “look good”. Before commencing her demonstration she gave a comprehensive rundown of the key elements she feels is essential to creating a successful…
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Our 2012 Annual Awards Exhibition opened on Sunday 22 July for our first extended period to eleven days thanks to our wonderful hosts in St Ives Shopping Village The exhibition closed on the Ist August and was a great success with 68 paintings sold. Opening night on the 25 July was also well attended with…
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