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Thursday 30th January, Abstract Art with Frances

30/1/2020

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How do you portray an abstract idea, thought, or plan in a 2-dimensional painting or drawing? 
Frances quoted David Hockney: 
“All painting, no matter what you are painting, is abstract in that it's got to be organised.”
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Frances had brought many books to demonstrate her thoughts on her subject.  She first showed us some famous, realistic paintings, pointing out the way the artist had organised his work for greatest effect;  she drew our attention especially to strong vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines, to extremes of light and shade, and to the careful use of colours, the same considerations you might apply to an abstract work.  
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We then looked at more modern works, from Bridget Riley's intertwining circles to Mondrian's rectangular black framing, also some interesting Japanese works by Horoshige.  See examples, left.
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Our first short exercise was to draw interlocking circles and add colour to them.  The second exercise was to use rectangular shapes with considered use of colour.  See below.
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In our longer task the idea was not to draw the three objects we were asked to bring along, but to observe interesting shapes or patterns in them in order to make an abstract picture.  Some of us were rather less successful at this than others!  However, it gave us all food for thought which would apply whatever your style of work.  We appreciated all the thought and effort Frances put into the preparation for her morning session.  Many thanks,, Frances!
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Here are more quotes from Hockney:
" ... art is about sharing: you wouldn't be an artist if you didn't want to share an experience, a thought" and "Anything simple always interests me."

Next week, if you have signed up for it, we have a workshop on pastels with Laina West - all day, so remember to bring some lunch.
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Thursday 23rd January with Sandra

23/1/2020

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Sandra posed for us with the most striking and colourful outfits.  So I must sincerely apologise for omitting to photograph her this time!  (The photos shown are of her from a previous occasion.)  As it happened, however, and no doubt due to the limited time, most of the portraits are in monochrome, but including some excellent work. 

The still life consisted of a variety of interesting objects, and some catkins, flowers and fruit.  The resultant work included plenty of colour and splendid artwork.  As for the one with the answer “No”, I asked what the question was;  it was “Do these colours go together?”  
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Next week Frances is going to be guiding us on abstract art.  Please read her brief in the Message on the website (click here).  If you ever have difficulty in locating the Messages from Members page, click on the tab MORE for more menu choices.

Sally P reminded us that in our green chest at the Bowls Club there are some art boxes with useful objects we can borrow during a session, such as the hair dryer and some fixing (hair?) spray.  Please be sure to return items to their appropriate boxes.
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thursday 16th january, with rachel

16/1/2020

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The promise of lovely spring colour, and interesting objects in the still life choices...
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Rachel relaxing before posing, and then in one of the working poses she gave our artists to work on.
A goodly number gathered today, despite the cold, the wind, and for some of us, having to drive through floods!
It felt very spring-like with Rachel's choices of flowers, and she was dressed for cooking, and gave those who drew her an interesting angle or two to look at.  Together with those who had brought their own interesting work in, we all got thoroughly absorbed in our work and it was a very quiet and studious atmosphere for most of the working morning!
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And finally, apologies to Noreen, in case anyone has wondered why she has taken so long with this today - definitely not her style!  This has been Hannah, and I am afraid I got whisked off to the cinema (to see 1917, which I thoroughly recommend), and so I am late, and then of course my computer decided to act up... Hopefully all will be as it should next week, when it's Sandra's turn.
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9th January, the "wrong Hand" with Sally Procner

9/1/2020

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“Wrong hand”, as Sally explained, means using your non-dominant hand to write or draw.  But Sally had additional tortures for us:  4 different poses, 30 seconds each with the Wrong Hand!  Then the same again with the normal hand.  After that 5-minute poses wrong and right, and a 15-minute pose before the coffee break.  After the break we had just one 45-minute pose to do as we liked.  Whew!  Those doing still life also (mostly) joined in.  
It was interesting to see, or experience, what the differences were - perhaps it freed us up to take a less inhibited approach to the activity?  Just finding out how to hold the drawing tool in the best way was something to contend with.  Here is some of what we did.
​Next week it's Rachel's turn to host.
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Thursday 2nd January with Maggie-Anne

2/1/2020

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A select few members arrived for our first art session of the New Year.  Were the rest still celebrating, I wonder, or recovering from their seasonal jollities? 

​At first I thought Maggie-Anne’s still life set-up might be from Mothercare’s closing down sale, but she had probably raided her grandchildren’s collection.  We had buggies and bicycles and an endearing cuddly toy - the main attraction for one of our painters.  There were also fruits and plant life to choose from.
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​Maggie-Anne was herself our model, sitting very patiently for just two of us.  

Happy New Year to all, and I hope we shall see more of you next week.
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