A Coastline in Watercolour

From today's class 

Owen Lennox Classes Cancelled

We are sorry to say that portrait artist Owen Lennox has cancelled the workshop he was due to run in January due to rising Covid numbers and the fact that he is in the vulnerable group.

We will do what we can to find a replacement - but it may not be for the whole six weeks. We will also aim to reschedule some classes with Owen when circumstances allow. We'll keep you posted.

Owen Lennox classes 10 January

 

Dunmow Art Group is delighted to welcome acclaimed portrait artist Owen Lennox to lead a series of six workshops starting in January.

Owen will focus on teaching portraits in oils to members and non-members of the Dunmow Art Group, which meets weekly at Foakes Hall in Great Dunmow.

Dunmow Art Group has a long history of supporting artists and art lovers in Dunmow and the surrounding area and has a regular programme of weekly art meetings and monthly visiting artists.

Born in Sunderland in 1950, Owen graduated from Sheffield in 1978 in Fine Art and History of Art before training as an art teacher. After being head of art in several London schools, he established himself as a painter specialising in portraits in oils.

Now based in Braintree, Owen’s work has included some notable commissions from the world of politics, arts and the media including Baroness Thatcher, Gerald Ford – the 38th president of the USA – The Earl and Countess of Wessex, Sir Tom Stoppard, Dame Barbara Cartland, Lord Archer, Alan Johnson MP, John Hurt and Samuel Becket. Owen has also painted portraits of sporting celebrities including Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Geoff Hurst and Joe Calzaghe amongst others.

Owen has had many solo and group shows in the UK and abroad, including exhibiting with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

His work is predominantly painted from life, but more recently this has increasingly been accomplished through the use of photographs. His inspiration comes from Carravagio, Velazquez, Rembrandt and Edwardian artists like Philip de Lazlo, John Singer Sargent and William Orpen.

As well as offering workshops for members and non-members, Dunmow Art Group runs a programme of visits to art exhibitions and holds an annual exhibition, on 22nd and 23rd April 2022.

The six weekly portrait workshops will start on Monday, 10 January 2022 at 1pm at the Talberd Room in Foakes Hall, Great Dunmow. The lessons will run for two hours at £5 per session (free for members).

Those interested in coming along are asked to bring their own materials.

For further information on the portrait workshops in January or how to join Dunmow Art Group please contact dunmowartgroup@gmail.com.

Paul Alcock- Oils and The Thames Estuary

Many thanks thanks to Paul Alcock for an entertaining and informative demonstration on oil painting at Dunmow Art Group last night. 

A Sketchbook Gem

By Brenda Webb, one of our members. Already claimed by her granddaughter. 

Abstract Flowers

From Monday's class with Mandy Whittick some Abstract watercolour flowers. 

Wednesday Evening Meetings Are Back

We had a really fun and interesting talk and two demonstrations yesterday evening from the hugely talented Pauline Hazelwood Artist

Pauline is an award-winning artist having exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists and the Mall Galleries. She paints in oils and watercolours and illustrates and writes her own children’s books on steam engines.

Having also worked in a framers she shared her tips on how to frame your work, styles galleries are currently looking for and how to cut mounts.

We were also able to see her beautiful sketchbooks which are filled with pen and watercolour sketches of people on the Tube, faces and places. Pauline encouraged us to sketch every day to improve our observation skills and our fluidity.

After a tea break Pauline completed two paintings of people moving - a man pushing a wheelbarrow and a girl on a swing - with an emphasis on showing the stresses of the material to emphasise movement and using loose brush strokes with a big brush.

Thank you Pauline for a very entertaining evening and for Sydney Smith for organising. We are taking a two week break now due to half term but will be back on Monday 8th November, 1pm-3pm, with DAG member Mandy Whittick doing a demonstration of abstract flowers in watercolour and pen.

This will be followed on the evening of Wednesday 17th November with an oil demonstration from Paul Alcock Artist who this week won the Supporting All Artists Award at The SAA Exhibition in Nottingham. Congratulations!

Thanks to all who came last night

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Wednesday Evenings Resume with Framing by Pauline Hazelwood

Just a reminder to let you know that artist Pauline Hazlewood will be kicking off the first of our three talks and demonstrations that we had planned for Wednesday evenings during our Winter Programme for Dunmow Art Group.

Pauline will be talking about framing and mounting your artwork next Wednesday 20th October at 8pm in the Talberd Room in the Foakes Hall.

Pauline worked as an illustrator for more than 20 years before turning to fine art and private commissions. 

Her paintings have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, The Royal Society of British Artists, The Society of Women Artists, The Guild of Railway Artists, The Guild of Aviation Artists and the Mall Galleries in London. She also writes, illustrates and publishes her own children's books on steam engines.

You can find out more about her at:

www.paulinehazelwood.com 

And see more of her work at:

http://www.artprofile.co.uk/artist.asp?artist=Pauline%20Hazelwood&alpha=Hazelwood,%20Pauline

http://www.thompsonsgallery.co.uk/artist.php/Pauline-Hazelwood-888/

These talks and demonstrations are free to members, but you can bring friends along at a charge of £5 per guest

Acrylics week 2

The 2nd week of an autumnal landscape in acrylics 

Acrylics week 1

This week the classes have moved on to acrylics. Likely to take 2-3 weeks to complete,  this is our progress so far. 

Return of Classes

It was great to be back. This week it was watercolour meadow. Amazing how they all turn out so different. 

 

Dunmow Art Group (DAG) is pleased to announce a new programme of activity. Like many other organisations, the group has been unable to meet for much of the last 18 months. This, combined with a big change of committee in 2019, means that the programme for the last 2 years has been much reduced. With restrictions eased and some renewed enthusiasm, an autumn programme of talks and demonstrations has been arranged on the 3^rd Wednesday of the month at 8pm in the Talberd Room at Foakes Hall. The new season will start with an AGM and small social evening on 15 September with an opportunity for members to share some of the artwork they have been doing during the enforced break and a small bring and buy.  It will continue as below:

On 20 October there will be a talk on Framing and mounting your artwork by Pauline Hazelwood

On 17 November Paul Alcock will give a demonstration of oils - Essex and the Thames Estuary

The classes/painting and drawing sessions on a Monday afternoon from 1pm - 3pm during term time will continue. These will start on 6 September with a meadow watercolour.

There will be the occasional Tuesday afternoon workshop from 2-4pm, the first of which will be on 23 November a workshop on collage by Ailsa Lyn

New members and visitors interested in fine art are always welcome whatever their level. 

 

Open House in Aid of Charity

One of our members is holding an Open House today in aid of Addenbrookes Oncology, where some of her art will be on sale