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Plein Air Summer 2020
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Sep 4, 2020
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Another critique by Rich Williams covered topics such as composition, hard and soft edges, breaking the rules, etc.
Doug Swinton did a workshop on "Setting Yourself Up for Success: The Art of Pre-Painting Preparation."
We learned the essential steps to prepare for a successful painting, from planning composition and selecting colours, to choosing the...
More "Facing the Group" results. This was obviously a popular workshop with the many excellent portraits.
Our monthly critique by Rich Williams had an excellent response of many lovely paintings - some of which needed very little critique.
At the “Facing” the Group workshop led by Diane Williams, we created a 5x7 portrait of a member of our Nanaimo Group of Artists. Several black and white images of selected "vectorized" faces......
(photo edits) were provided and we transferred these to canvas panels that were also provided. We used our powers of observation, our...
Vi, Lynn, Pam and Laurie provided samples of art they had done with Yupo paper along with giving instructions and demonstrations. At another table, Marilyn explained some techniques in using foil.
Rich Williams gave a very instructive and informative critique of a number of members paintings.
We had a second challenge this winter entitled - "New Light, New Life". It was a Draw - due March 14th. There were only 7 entries and Marlene won the draw.
February's workshop was with Joanne Ayley and was titled "Starting an Abstract Landscape on a Black Canvas".
She uses the "You Doodle Pro App" to both help her determine the shapes in her reference material and to help figure out her next steps.
Many members took part in a "self critique" on Friday. The majority of them were pieces that they had worked on in Trudy's translucent layering workshop using foil.
Here are some of the great results of Trudy's "translucent layering" workshop last week.
"Enhancing Your Artwork with Translucent Layering: A Workshop with Trudy Broadley, AFCA."
She demonstrated how to attach copper or gold leaf to our work to let the light pass through. This adds a vibrancy that is captivating! ...
Our Winter Challenge was to capture the mystique of a winter scene in any medium. Marilyn Strongitharm's piece,
voted the winner, managed to simulate the sparkle of fresh snow and mimic the sunlight dancing on ice.
Our fun, year-end Christmas Party was held on Friday.
Liz led us through a variety of creative, physical and mind bending activities before we feasted on our pot luck luncheon. Many...
Christmas Cards Workshop
This week three members, Rich and Diane Williams and Patty McRory demonstrated a variety of cards for us to try. They shared and gave...
Today we had an Art Journal Workshop professionally done by Charlotte and Laurie. They displayed and demonstrated a variety of techniques and ideas. Harald gave us an interesting extra lesson.
The resulting paintings from Dennis Brown's workshop on mix media.
Dennis Brown hosted an excellent mixed media workshop called "Out of the Ordinary".
For our first workshop of the fall season, Sara Robichaud, a GOLDEN Certified Working Artist, gave us an interactive Demo on some of the newest Golden products.
Our summer sketchbook challenge was to:
Include at least one animal portrait encountered during the summer. It could be a wild or farm animal or a domestic pet. Include at least...
Tom and Marie hosted the last plein air of the season at their beautiful home by the ocean. We enjoyed a tasty potluck luncheon to finish it off. Click the slider for more.
Kim kindly opened her garden and home up for our Plein Air held on July 12.
First Time at Top Bridge Park for Plein Air
Harald opened his garden and home to a lovely day of plein air, pot luck lunch and his art gallery interior.
Bowen Park gathering for Plein Air
Plein Air at Marilyn's
The weather held off and we had a great turnout to sketch and socialize in an amazing garden filled with colour and objets d'art. An...
Group Photo at our End of the Year Picnic
Melinda Wilde demonstrated her wet on dry watercolour technique in creating a forest scene, backlit with that lovely electric moss one sees in the spring.
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Another critique by Rich Williams covered topics such as composition, hard and soft edges, breaking the rules, etc.
Doug Swinton did a workshop on "Setting Yourself Up for Success: The Art of Pre-Painting Preparation."
More "Facing the Group" results. This was obviously a popular workshop with the many excellent portraits.
Our monthly critique by Rich Williams had an excellent response of many lovely paintings - some of which needed very little critique.
At the “Facing” the Group workshop led by Diane Williams, we created a 5x7 portrait of a member of our Nanaimo Group of Artists. Several black and white images of selected "vectorized" faces......
Vi, Lynn, Pam and Laurie provided samples of art they had done with Yupo paper along with giving instructions and demonstrations. At another table, Marilyn explained some techniques in using foil.
Rich Williams gave a very instructive and informative critique of a number of members paintings.
We had a second challenge this winter entitled - "New Light, New Life". It was a Draw - due March 14th. There were only 7 entries and Marlene won the draw.
February's workshop was with Joanne Ayley and was titled "Starting an Abstract Landscape on a Black Canvas".
Many members took part in a "self critique" on Friday. The majority of them were pieces that they had worked on in Trudy's translucent layering workshop using foil.
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