CHARNWOOD DRAWING & PAINTING CLUB  2011 PROGRAMME

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Workshops

 

Portrait Workshop With Scott Bridgwood

 

Saturday February 18^th 10.00am to 4.00pm

 

To Be Held At Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall Annex

 

Scott Bridgwood is a professional artist who has worked in Rome as a mural painter and portrait artist and also taught at the British Cultural Institute. He is the past chairman of Leicester Society of Artists and teaches portraiture and life drawing at Embrace Arts, Leicester University and Rawlings Community College as well as exhibiting his work widely. For further information and to see examples of his work visit Scott's website at

www.scottbridgwood

 

Scott's methods for portraiture focus on the passage of light across the face which helps to find facial landmarks. This in turn, assists in placing the facial elements and finding their correct proportions. The workshop will be full of interesting exercises leading to a final portrait.

 

Basic materials required

 Plenty of A2 white cartridge paper (10 - 15 sheets) An A2 book form the Works would be fine ,a couple of sheets of buff sugar paper, a drawing board and masking tape.

 Charcoal sticks (not compressed),a rubber to use with charcoal, a set of sketching pencils and a basic set of chalk pastels.

 Paint (media of your choice.(eg; acrylic or oil etc.) bring at least a red, blue, yellow ochre and white and your usual painting equipment.

  A surface for a final painting, e.g. (quality paper or canvas board etc.)

 Ideally, participants would bring an easel or a table easel would suffice.

 

 Numbers ………………… limited to 14. Please book early.

The deadline date is January 20^th.

 Workshop cost…………… £20 which includes tea, coffee and biscuits throughout the day.

 Lunch ……………………….. Please bring your own packed lunch.

 

 

Club Nights 7:00 PM Woodbrook Vale High School Loughborough

2011 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMME

22 November  AGM

Oh yes its here again,…mince pies and all…a round up of the year and what's new for the year ahead….

 

 

28th February     TIM ROSE          Watercolour              Street Scene

27th March         ALAN OLIVER    Pastels

A welcome return of a popular local pastel artist, many of our members have been to his workshops.

24th April   Club night-Paintathon

If you missed this last year it was definitely a highlight, come along and support your team either have a go or just jeer or cheer. We work in teams to create a still life in different mediums...!t will be awash with colour by the time we have finished,itsgreat entertainment so please don't miss it.

22nd May  ERIC WATSON             Pastels                 Wildlife

26th June  TERRY HARRISON      Watercolour        Boats in Polperro

24th   July     JENNI NEALE                    Watercolour             Botanical/flowers

28th  Aug    Club night -CritiqueEvening

Bring your paintings along so we can discuss their merits, its a good way to pick up tips and constructive comment, don't miss it.

25th Sept       RICHARD HOLLAND     Oil                     Waterfalls

23rd  Oct       Brian Stevenson            Acrylic              Café Scene

22nd  Nov       AGM

Oh yes its here again,...mince pies and all… round up of the year and what's new for the year ahead

 

Woodhouse Eaves Morning Painting

Painting takes place every Tuesday in the Village Hall Annexe (behind village hall access from car park) between 10 am and 12 noon. Please contact Pam Hull (01509 551415) if you would like any further information

  

Indoor Painting

 Burleigh Community College Loughborough, 07:00PM Room S106 ( first floor, block opposite reception)

This year these will be 1st and 3rd Monday (where possible) of the month excluding Bank Holidays 

 

MONDAY  5 SEPTEMBER                             How to do SEASCAPES

MONDAY 19 SEPTEMBER                            GREAT CENTRAL GROUP MURAL

MONDAY 3 OCTOBER                                    How to do FLOWERS

WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER                         How to doSNOW

MONDAY 7 NOVEMBER                                 PORTRAIT-LIFEDRAWING

MONDAY   21 NOVEMBER                           How to make GREETINGS CARDS

MONDAY 5 DECEMBER                       How to do - REFLECT1ONS IN WATER

MONDAY  19 DECEMBER                                   CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

  7 pm to 9pm, Room S16 (ground floor),

cost approx. £2.50

 

 Outdoor painting Walk and Draw autum 2011

 Tues 4th Oct          CROPSTON,THEBADGERS SET.

 Tues 11th Oct        WYMESWOLD, THE THREE CROWNS

 Tues 18th Oct        BEACON, TOPCARPARK

Tues 1st Nov           RAIL/ BUS STATION 

Tues 8th Nov          MOUNTSORREL, MONUMENT.

 Tues 15th Nov       WHITWICK, WARRENFIILLS, BULLSHEAD.

 Tues 29th Nov       CENTRAL RD. MOORS LANE,

                                 WALK ALONG THE CANAL

 Tues 6th Dec           LOUGHBOROUGH, SOCKMAN.

 The above meeting points, other than Rail / Bus Station days, are simply starting places for a 2hr walk with stops of approximately 5 mins to draw or photograph the area.

Rail / Bus Station. Meet at lOam for a destination yet to be decided. These trips may be more than 2hrs but the intention is to return before 5pm.

 Previous events

25 January              CHARLES EVANS                Oils             Landscape

 

 

22 February            JAN FREEMAN       Watercolour           Figures

Jan is comfortable using any medium and particularly tries to capture mood in her work and likes to incorporate people into her paintings. Figures can bring paintings to life we will learn a lot from this demo.

22 March                 IAN RISELY                           Pastels                      Animals

A welcome return of a popular local pastel artist, many of our members have been to his workshops. Ian specialises in animals and will explain the techniques and materials he uses to create his pictures. 

26 April                    Club night - Paintathon

Bring your paints along and have a go… in teams we will try to work together to create a scene…I am sure it will be awash with colour by the time we have finished….if you don't want to paint come and watch it will be good for a laugh!

 

The oil groups painting

 

24 May CHARLES BEZZIN Acrylics Expedition Art

Charles has travelled widely and has recently been artist in residence in the Museum ofUpernarvikin Greenland, this experience has given his work a wild and exciting dimension. Get wrapped up for this one it could be chilly!

 

28 June FIONA PEARTWatercolourBig Bold Flowers

Fiona's love ofcolourand light is sure to capture our imagination with her demo of big bold flowers. Fiona is a regular writer for Leisure Painter and demonstrator at Patchings and other art shows and has produced many DVD's and books.

26 July PAUL DYSON Painting in the wilderness

Inspired by wilderness areas, Paul strives to capture the atmosphere of the environment and the beauty of wildlife, his show includes slides of many of his adventures in the Wild . He demonstrates from sketches and photographs how he creates his stunning finished paintings

23 August Club night -Critique Evening

Bring your paintings for what promises to be a constructive, amusing and interesting evening. It is a great session to get to know other members and discuss techniques. So please don't be shy, join us.

27 September CAROL HILLWatercolourLandscape - wet into wet

Carol gets her inspirationby living in the Derbyshire Dales where the beautiful rolling landscape is all around. In May 2009 at the Society of Women's Artists Exhibition she was awarded the HRH Princess Michael of Kent'sWatercolourAward for the most outstandingwatercolour.