An afternoon of two halves today! Firstly, we carried on with our pastel portraits and then created some abstract watercolours aka Neurographic Art - letting our minds run freely and not controlling anything at first! Enjoy the gallery! 🎨 #dunmowartgroup #dunmow #art #pastelart #portraits #neurographicart

 

On Monday, to start with, we'll finish the pastel pencil drawing we started last week, then for the next hour we'll do some relaxing and therapeutic abstract work. We'll need a black sharpie pen (fine tip) a white sheet of watercolour paper, watercolour paints, a medium size brush and masking tape.

 

A lesson in pastel portraits with Fabienne today - a gallery of our work in progress 🖼️ 🎨

 

Here are the details for the class on Monday 15th April with the lovely Fabienne. Fabienne will be using pastel pencils (pastels for those who don't have pencils) to work on skin tones in portrait. Fabienne has chosen this picture of a young woman which is quite standard and where there is contrast in value, but not too much. The colours you will need are: -Grey for sketching -White -Crimson or cadmium red -Olive green -Ultramarine -Lemon yellow -Black for details. Fabienne has said that you can bring a putty rubber, but personally she doesn’t use them.

 

Fabulous fun with Holly Casey today learning how to gel print. Some very creative results were achieved as you can see from our gallery below. Thank you Holly 😃👍🏼🧑‍🎨🎨 If you think you would like to join Dunmow Art Group, please take a look at our blog page for more information: https://dunmowartgroup.blogspot.com

 

🧑‍🎨🎨 We are now fully booked for the session with artist Holly Casey on printing, using and applying gel mould for Monday 25th March. However, for anyone who would still like to come along and do their own work, you are still very welcome to do this. 🧑‍🎨🎨

 

Dunmow Art Group would like to say a big thank you to Michelle Parsons for her demonstration last night! It was thoroughly enjoyed by all! 🧑‍🎨🎨

 

We shall be hosting a painting demonstration by UK-based oil painter Michelle Parsons at Foakes Hall, Great Dunmow, on Wednesday 20th March from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. Suffolk-based Michelle will demonstrate how she paints lobsters in oil paints Michelle specialises in organic-based paintings and commissions. Her artwork is often based on drawing marine creatures, such as lobsters, fish and crabs, although she has also branched out to abstract artwork and portraits. Michelle’s art has been displayed in galleries throughout Essex, Sussex and London, and she sells her work across the world to private clients, interior designers and restaurants. Michelle is influenced by painters like Gerhard Richter and John Piper and her art brings together loose brushstrokes, striking impasto marks, bold colours and texture to create vivid and tactile pieces. After graduating in 1989 with a BA in Fine Art from Northumbria University, she worked in Israel creating community art and murals, before returning to her native UK in 1992. Michelle then become an art teacher and later Head of Art at Brentwood School in Essex, before deciding to retire in 2016 to focus on painting full time. The demonstration is £1 for members of Dunmow Art Group and £5 for non-members. Michelle’s work can be found on her website at www.easelandcanvas.co.uk

 

Today’s gallery with thanks to Sheila Martin 😄

 

Thank you to Sheila Martin for four weeks of fun! We have learnt how to let go of our inhibitions and try a much more free style of painting. We have used new media types and created quite the gallery using your techniques. 😃🧑‍🎨 🎨

 

The final week today with Sheila Martin - Monday 18th March. Sheila has asked if you could bring glue and anything you want to stick to the picture or use for decoupage, Dried flowers, petals, leaves, string etc...

Thank you to everyone who visited the Dunmow Art Group Spring Exhibition this weekend - we really appreciate your support. Hopefully, you managed to meet the artists, peruse the craft stalls and partake in the refreshments and raffle.

 

After your Sunday lunch, why not pop down and meet the artists at the Dunmow Art Group Spring Exhibition! A great variety of art to enjoy as well as a range of craft stalls, refreshments 🍰 🧁 🍰! Plus it is nice and dry in here! 😉