Sketching Workshop

Denise’s Sketching Workshop

On 14th February from 10.30 am to 1.30 pm, I am running a sketching workshop.

Venue: Crumbz Craft, 236 Maroondah Highway, Healesville.

Cost: $65.00.

In the first part of this workshop (at Crumbz Craft), I will talk about how you go about getting a drawing started, what to look for, how to simplify what you see.

After that, we will be sketching in the main street of Healesville, stopping here and there to grab a cup of coffee, and finding some interesting subjects to sketch.

The link to book is:

https://www.crumbz.com.au/collections/paint-workshops

Denise Smith

Wanted – 2017 Demonstrators

A small, active Art Society in the Yarra Valley is looking for demonstrators.

Our enthusiastic members appreciate learning about the techniques of artists keen to pass on their talents.

If you enjoy sharing and showing your knowledge and skills, we would love to have you come and demonstrate them at one of our 2017 meetings.

If you are interested, and can help, or want more information about location, dates, fees, etc., please email me at:

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Artists working in any medium are welcome.

The Society generally meets on the 1st Sunday of each month at Coldstream – 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm.

Joy Brown

Arts Co-ordinator

Meeting February 2016

Date – Sunday 7 February 2016
Time – 1:30pm to 4:00 pm
Venue – Coldstream Community Centre, Kelso Street, Coldstream – Melways Map 281 B10

Demonstration – The demonstration this month will be given by Bev Hardidge, who will demonstrate working with mixed media.

Bev is a member of Yarra Valley Open Studios and Mount Evelyn and Yarra Valley Arts Society. She describes herself as “… mainly a self taught artist who has completed several short courses. I enjoy trying different styles of painting and experimenting with mediums and textures to create interest. I am inspired by what I observe on our property and surrounding environment. I also enjoy encouraging others to paint.”

This demonstration will be of interest to both beginners and experienced artists wanting to try the many different forms of mixed media techniques.

Entry Fees – Members – $6 Visitors – $7 (First meeting free)

November 2015 Paintout

Date – Wednesday 25 November, 2015.
Venue – Mont de Lancy – 71 Wellington Road, Wandin North.

Time – 10:30am

Mont de Lancy is a property set in the beautiful Yarra Valley and offers a wide variety of subjects for the artist. The property includes an historic homestead built by Henry Sebire in the early 1880’s using bricks he made on site. The Sebires were a pioneering family, Henry having migrated to Australia in 1849. The property is rich in the history of the Yarra Valley, with the gardens that surround the homestead, and dating from the 1890s, adding to the attraction of this beautiful venue.

The on-site restaurant is not open on Wednesdays, so make sure you BYO food and drinks. Tea and coffee will be available.

Meeting November 2015

Date – Sunday 1 November 2015
Time – 1:30pm to 4:00 pm

Venue – Coldstream Community Centre, Kelso Street, Coldstream – Melways Map 281 B10

Demonstration – The demonstration this month will be given by Alex Holzer, who will demonstrate a variety of Hydrocryl acrylic paints. He will be supported in the demonstration by one of our own experienced members, Pamela Gordon.

Alex is a manager at Hydrocryl Pty. Ltd., which markets a wide range of professional quality acrylic paints. The paints are environmentally friendly and non-toxic.

This demonstration will be of interest to both beginners and experienced artists wanting to improve their acrylic painting techniques.

Entry Fees – Members – $6 Visitors – $7 (First meeting free)

Meeting October 2015

Date – Sunday 4 October 2015
Time – 1:30pm to 4:00 pm

Venue – Coldstream Community Centre, Kelso Street, Coldstream – Melways Map 281 B10

Demonstration – The guest speaker this month will be Pam Vickers, who will talk about her recent overseas trip to the England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Switzerland and Germany.

Pam is an experienced photographer, who uses many of her photos as subjects for her paintings. She will focus on a small selection of photos that will be of particular interest to artists.

This demonstration will be of interest to both beginners and experienced artists wanting to explore new and interesting subjects for their paintings.

Entry Fees – Members – $6 Visitors – $7 (First meeting free)

Meeting September 2015

Date – Sunday 13 September 2015 – instead of Fathers’ Day
Time – 1:30pm to 4:00 pm

Venue – Coldstream Community Centre, Kelso Street, Coldstream – Melways Map 281 B10

Demonstration – The demonstration this month will be given by Kevin Boucher, who will demonstrate a variety techniques for painting with oils.

Kevin is a local artist, and operates the Kevin Boucher School of Fine Arts in Mount Evelyn in the Yarra Ranges.

Kevin paints on location throughout Victoria. Using the ‘Atelier Primer Technique’ (acrylic under oil paint), Kevin takes home dry underpaintings which he then finishes in the studio. He particularly enjoys working in the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, along the coastline and into the High Country.

This demonstration will be of interest to both beginners and experienced artists wanting to improve their oil painting techniques.

Entry Fees – Members – $6 Visitors – $7 (First meeting free)

Meeting August 2015

Date – Sunday 2 August 2015
Time – 1:30pm to 4:00 pm

Venue – Coldstream Community Centre, Kelso Street, Coldstream – Melways Map 281 B10

Demonstration – The demonstration this month will be given by Lia Williams, who will demonstrate a range  of watercolour and pen and wash techniques.

Lia is a local artist based in Mount Evelyn in the Yarra Ranges.

As well as an artist specialising in watercolours and oils, Lia has a wealth of experience as an art teacher. Many aspiring artists have been encouraged to pursue their passion through her skill in passing on new approaches to painting.

She is currently a member of AGRA (Australian Guild of Realist Artists).

This demonstration will be of special interest to those wanting to improve their watercolour or pen and wash techniques.

Entry Fees – Members – $6 Visitors – $7 (First meeting free)

Meeting July 2015

Date – Sunday 5 July 2015
Time – 1:30pm to 4:00 pm

Venue – Coldstream Community Centre, Kelso Street, Coldstream – Melways Map 281 B10

Demonstration – The demonstration this month will be given by Lynette Orzlowski. She will demonstrate a range  of pastel techniques.

Since early childhood, living in rural Victoria, Lynette’s passion for art and nature was very apparent. As a child she loved to collect books about animals and horses and spent most of her time out riding with her beloved Anglo Arab.

Lynette has experimented with a variety of mediums and styles with most of her recent work being created with a mixture of both brush, airbrush and now pastel.

She enjoys painting a wide variety of wildlife subjects. However, wild, candid and or posed, equine subjects are the ones that hold a special meaning in her heart and they have been a reoccurring theme in her art since childhood.

Through her depictions of the natural beauty found around us, Lynette hopes to inspire the world.

She is currently a member of AGRA (Australian Guild of Realist Artists), WASA (Wildlife Artist Society Australasia), IA (Illustrators Australia), YRPS (Yarra Ranges Photographic Society) & PSVA (Pastel Society of Victoria, Australia Inc).

This demonstration will be of special interest to those wanting to improve their pastel techniques.

Entry Fees – Members – $6 Visitors – $7 (First meeting free)

Meeting June 2015

Date – Sunday 14 June 2015
Time – 1:30pm to 4:00 pm

Venue – Coldstream Community Centre, Kelso Street, Coldstream – Melways Map 281 B10

Demonstration – The demonstration this month will be given by Antoinette Blyth. She will demonstrate a diversity of watercolour techniques, with a focus on flowers.

 

Antoinette holds a Bachelor of Education specializing in art, photography and performing arts. Watercolour has always been the medium that has fascinated her. Although she began her painting life in oils, it was always her desire to paint in watercolour.
In October 2005, Antoinette had her first solo Exhibition in watercolour, at Very Special Kids Gallery in Malvern Victoria. Since then, she has won many awards and her works are in collections around Australia and overseas.
As well as the passion for using water and colour to form the magic associated with this medium, Antoinette seeks to convey the emotion and love of what she is painting to the viewer, hence her florals, as she loves her garden and finds tranquility and space working there.

This demonstration is a must for those wanting to improve their watercolour techniques.

Entry Fees – Members – $6 Visitors – $7 (First meeting free)