Next week at Dunmow Art Group will be our last session with Leon Barnes using oils. Your homework is to prepare your canvas (example below) with black acrylic paint. Let this dry and then add masking tape across the middle and paint in the trees, remembering to mirror image each one, again using acrylics. To create the lines on the trees, flick black acrylic and scrape horizontally across the trees. We will then be using oils in the session to finish this painting off. The session will be from 12pm to 3pm in Foakes Hall, Great Dunmow. (£1 for members and £5 for non members) List of equipment to follow 🎨

 

Our third week with Leon Barnes who is the most patient art teacher! 👨🏻‍🎨 We learnt several techniques for working with oils and painted the following gallery in just 3 hours. Enjoy our sunsets below 🌅

 

Week Three on Monday with Leon Barnes using Oils. (All classes with Leon will be for 3 hours) Monday 14th July 3 hour class - 12pm - 3pm Foakes Hall, Dunmow, CM6 1DG (£1 for members and non members are welcome to join us for £5) Leon Barnes has provided the following recommended list below for Monday's class: A4 Canvas or canvas board white gesso primed 2-3 days before Colour list .. Windsor & Newton or bob ross landscape paint or any thick oil paint ! Alizarin crimson Bright red or cad red Cad Yellow Indian yellow (optional) or a different yellow or orange is ok but optional Burnt umber Ultramarine blue Titanium white Liquid white … or liquin original & titanium white … or refined linseed oil & titanium white If you have liquin fine detail we can use that too this week but don’t buy Bob Ross no.5 pallet knife or similar Hog hair fan brush or bob ross no.3 1” brush .. bob ross or large flat filbert brush Don't forget to bring along your own mug for a cuppa! ☕️

 

A very enjoyable afternoon spent at Dunmow Art Group with the lovely Leon Barnes Leon Barnes Treasures. Enjoy our slideshow which shows how the tutorial progressed with our works in progress included. 🎨 Some members brought their own work with them which is included in the photos.

 

Dunmow Art Group Recently, we shared some exciting news with you all regarding our ‘Stronger Starts’ application being accepted by Tesco. We are now one of the three groups you can vote for when you shop in store. Voting for Dunmow Art Group began on the 1st July and runs all the way through to the 30th September. The stores taking part are: 2574 Great Dunmow Superstore CM6 1SF & 4815 Takeley Express CM6 1HE To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value. You will receive one token per transaction and it's not necessary to purchase a carrier bag in order to receive a token. Dunmow Art Group (Foakes Hall, Great Dunmow) provides like-minded local people, and the wider community, the opportunity to meet weekly for painting and craft workshops with membership open to all. We really hope you will support us during these three months - just pick up that little blue disc and vote for Dunmow Art Group! Thank you! 🙏🏼

 

🎨 Week Two on Monday with Leon Barnes using Oils. (All classes with Leon will be for 3 hours) Monday 7th July 3 hour class - 12pm - 3pm Foakes Hall, Dunmow, CM6 1DG Leon Barnes has provided the following recommended list to bring along to Monday's class: Leon recommends having: A4 Canvas or canvas board white gesso primed 2-3 days before Brushes are Hog or natural Hair (not synthetic) 1” brush preferably a bob Ross type or artsudio 1” is ok 1x script liner or rigger 1x pallet knife bob ross size 5or 10 1x fanbrush bristle size 6 1x fan brush bristle size 3 1x flat or round filbert Flat pallet (tear off sheets £2-3 from “the Works”) Paper towel roll Baby wipes (not water type) gets oil paint off everything Stiff oil Paint like Windsor & Newton or Bob Ross landscape burnt umber ultra marine blue Alizarin crimson Sap green Yellow ochre Cad Yellow Titanium white Liquid clear Bob Ross (alternatives : gambling clear gel or liquin original or liquin refined linseed oil ) Don't forget to bring along your own mug for a cuppa! ☕️

 

Dunmow Art Group enjoyed learning how to paint with oils with the lovely Leon Barnes (Leon Barnes Treasures). Enjoy our gallery of work in progress! 🎨

 

On Monday 30th June, Leon Barnes will be joining Dunmow Art Group to teach us how to use oils. The classes with Leon run for a total of 4 weeks. Please note that all 4 weeks will be 3 hour sessions between 12pm and 3pm and will be held in Foakes Hall, Dunmow, CM6 1DG. Leon has provided the following recommended list to bring with you: Canvas or canvas board (white gesso primed 2-3 days before) 1” brush preferably a bob Ross type or artstudio 1” is ok 1x script liner 1x pallet knife 1x fanbrush bristle size 6 1x fan brush bristle size 3 1x flat or round filbert Paper towel roll Liquin original Stiff Paint like Windsor & Newton or bob ross Ross landscape Black (or burnt umber & ultra marine blue to make black) Alizarin crimson Titanium white Liquid white bob ross (or mix liquin original & titanium white) Don't forget to bring along your own mug for a cuppa! ☕️ The classes are open to all and are charged at just £1 for members and £5 for non members. 🎨

 

Our final week with Eleanor from Wee Bothy Art (weebothyart • Printmaker) at Dunmow Art Group - thank you so much for the past four weeks of fun, learning to Lino cut and create original pieces using the reduction technique. Great advice given every step of the way. 🧑‍🎨 👨🏻‍🎨 Enjoy our latest creations and prints 😊

 

Week 3 Lino Printing

Our third week of lino printing with Eleanor Mullinder from Wee Bothy Art.  Still refining some lino cuts, making more and moving on to making some prints with some frustration and some elation. Whilst others are doing their own splendid things.

Dunmow Art Group We have exciting news to share with you all! Tesco have accepted our ‘Stronger Starts’ application to be one of the three groups you can vote for when you shop in store. Voting for Dunmow Art Group begins on the 1st July and runs all the way through to the 30th September. The stores taking part are: 2574 Great Dunmow Superstore CM6 1SF & 4815 Takeley Express CM6 1HE To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value. You will receive one token per transaction and it’s not necessary to purchase a carrier bag in order to receive a token. Dunmow Art Group (Foakes Hall, Great Dunmow) provides like-minded local people, and the wider community, the opportunity to meet weekly for painting and craft workshops with membership open to all. We really hope you will support us during these three months - just pick up that little blue disc and vote for Dunmow Art Group! Thank you! 🙏🏼

 

They say time flies when you’re having fun…well that was very true today at Dunmow Art Group (Foakes Hall) when we were joined by Eleanor Mullinder from Wee Bothy Art. (weebothyart • Printmaker) The following photos show our Lino cutting designs as works in progress. Some members brought their own work to do. Enjoy our gallery! 🎨

 

On Monday 2nd June, Dunmow Art Group are inviting interested artists to join a four week class of Lino cutting with Eleanor Mullinder. Classes take place on the following Mondays: 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd of June, between 1pm and 3pm in The Talberd Room in Foakes Hall, Great Dunmow. The cost for all four weeks is £12 which is in addition to the normal entrance fee (£1 for members and £5 for non members) Spaces are limited to just 20 artists, so if you are interested in taking part, please email : dunmowartgroup@gmail.com If you do not wish to take part in the Lino Painting, but would like to come along and do your own thing at the back of the class, this is also welcome, at the usual entry fee. Please remember to bring your own mug if you want to enjoy a cuppa! ☕️