RINGWOOD ART SOCIETY
EVENTS
Workshop with Ali Lindley
Touch of Gold Saturday 26th November 2011
A fun and inspiring workshop was well attended and enjoyed by members. Ali demonstrated using gold pigments in acrylic inks, watercolour and oil pastels with gold/iridescent powders and gold leaf.
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Club Night March 2011
Demonstration by Steve Hall of Boats and Harbours in Watercolour
The Society has a club night each month (excepting August when our Annual Summer Exhibition is in full swing and December when we have our festive Christmas party instead). Club nights are held on the third Monday of the month, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, these are included in members' subscriptions and visitors are welcome at a small fee of £5.
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Our cameraman Richard Jeffries setting up before the demonstration begins |
Artist Steve Hall and the Society's President Pam Mason-Smith |
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Steve with his demonstration painting |
Painting Afternoon with Frances Mason
Mono Printing - Wednesday 30 March 2011
A popular painting afternoon with something a little different for our members.
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Member Beryl Richards preparing her print roller |
Drawing the print image |
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Member Suzan Houching working from her sketchbook |
Watching the demonstration by Frances |
Workshop with local artist Peter Gilbert
Contemporary Landscape - Saturday 26 June 2010
On one of the hottest days of the year, Pete Gilbert's workshop for "Contemporary Landscape" was well attended. Everyone had fun and enjoyed the results of Peter's instruction, see for yourself below:
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Greyfriars 40th Anniversary Celebration Day - Saturday 21 June 2008
Ringwood Art Society joined many of the other clubs who use Greyfriars Community Centre and took the opportunity to show everyone what we do. Greyfriars are raising funds at the moment to renovate Ebeneezer Hall and Ringwood Art Society wanted to help, so members were asked to donate paintings of Ringwood and the local area which could be sold. All the money raised is to go towards the renovation fund. We had 24 paintings donated and those not sold on the day will be on sale at Greyfriars over the coming months. Thank you to all the artists who gave so generously.
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Ann Squire, our Exhibition Secretary, and Pam Mason-Smith, our President, were in attendance all day and had lots of interest from visitors in both the club and the paintings. We also had a visit from the Mayor and his wife who will be opening our Summer Exhibition at Greyfriars on Wednesday 6th August.
Club Night Monday 18 February 2008
A fascinating demonstration by Penny Wilton of Silk Painting was enjoyed by members at February's club night. This was a refreshingly different and informative evening on how to produce pictures, silk scarves, greetings cards etc. Penny explained that for painting on silk, specific silk paints must be used as they are "fixable" by ironing. The silk may be bought by the metre or in ready to use shapes, it must be stretched on a frame and secured by special (3 pronged) silk pins. All materials are readily available from art and hobby shops. The frame may be an old, empty picture frame turned over, and Penny recommended using Chinese paint brushes as they hold a lot of paint and form a good point at the tip. Various techniques may be employed, from wet-in-wet, to outlining, to tying and/or folding silk and dipping it into the pigments - leaving to dry and unwrapping to reveal unique patterns.
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 Silk painting may be approached in a similar way to watercolour on paper. Here a wet-in-wet technique has been used allowing colours to mix and find their own way on the silk. Salt can also be added to soak up colour and produce different effects when dry and removed. |
| Penny with a selection of work showing vivid colours and different techniques. |  |
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| Here, Penny has used wet-in-wet again, producing an actual picture. | Another method, is to use "guttering", this involves using "Gutter Paint" to outline shapes. This is allowed to dry completely and then silk paint is carefully dropped within the guidelines. Penny has produced Christmas cards in this way. |
January's workshop with Tony proved to be very popular. Why not come along to our next one!
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Club Night Monday 21 January 2008
Our first club night of 2008 in our new home, the large Greyfriars Hall at Greyfriars Community Centre, was a fantastic success. Even with the extra space, members filled the hall to capacity to watch and listen to our demonstrator of the month, Joe Francis-Dowden. Joe has produced several books and videos demonstrating his watercolour techniques. The topic for this evening was "Painting Water in Watercolour". Joe is known for his realistic watercolours using a "splatter" technique that was fascinating to watch. However, for novices of this method we suggest a mac, wellies and plastic sheeting for a 50' radius - at least! Click on the demonstration pictures to enlarge.
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| Joe at tea-break, although, he was so in demand for questions and tips, we're not sure he even managed to drink his tea! | Demonstration Tips Stage One |
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| Demonstration Tips Stage Two - For best results with the "splattering" technique only use non-synthetic brushes with a good point. - Technique works best with strong watercolour paper such as Arches, Fabriano or similar. - Ensure each layer is perfectly dry before adding more paint. |
Demonstration Tips Final Stage - Use larger splatters of paint for foreground to give distance and texture. - For the water, use wet in wet, with similar colours as before. - Keep marks vertical and blurred. - Work loosely and fast. - Reflections should be lighter and looser in the foreground. |
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Christmas Party 2007
Another festive, fun evening was had by all at the RAS Christmas Party with delicious food, good company and hilarious games! Have a look at the pictures of the "rubbish" game where revellers had to make some attire from the "pass the parcel" debris, plus some of the entries for the "guess the celebrity" paintings and drawings! Click here for photos!
Club Night Thursday 12 July 2007
Mike Bragg, well known by many of our members who have attended his local classes, came along and showed us a printing technique with which he has recently begun experimenting.
| Using a sketch previously drawn from life, Mike placed some glass over the drawing. Then, directly on the glass, using a roller and ink, marked out the dark tones of the figure working in the negative, he then placed paper over the ink and "printed" the image. From this, 2 or 3 copies were made whilst the ink remained wet on the glass. Mike went on to apply paint to each print and made different pictures from the same source drawing. |  |
Club Night Thursday 10 May 2007
Soraya French inspires RAS with colour on a dark and rainy May evening!
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| An enthralled audience watches the picture emerge! | Soraya with her painting almost done. |
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Adding the finishing touches! |
The finished work - soft pastels on a background of vivid acrylic inks. |
Club Night Thursday 12 April 2007
Artist Wendy Jelbert - Demonstrating Acrylics with a Farmyard Scene.
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Wendy explaining about focal points in paintings |
Revealing highlights from under the masking fluid! |
Austin 7 Painting Day 14 July 2004
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