2023 First Meeting

Our first meeting of 2023. It was good to get back to creating and to welcome some new members. Here's a sample of today's works in progress. 

Works in Progress

Today was the last Dunmow Art Group meeting of the year.  No tutor today,  so everyone was working with different mediums.  Below is a selection of the works in progress. 

Why not make a New Year's resolution to join us. Details of our 2023 programme will be available soon.

Annual Competition

 

Yesterday evening’s Christmas Social and AGM was a great evening, with a tremendous variety of submissions for the competition, this year on the theme of buildings.

It’s particularly enjoyable to get together with a group of like-minded, enthusiastic people to enjoy a friendly evening with discussions about art.

We offer a range of classes, demonstrations and events throughout the year and are always looking for new members - please feel free to come along! 

Drawing with Bruce Ronaldson Week 3

This week we were drawing group scenes and faces from imagination. To go with the season the subject became the nativity. 

AGM

The email with details of the meeting next Wednesday has been sent out, but due to IT problems may have missed some. Please check your spam folders and pass on details. 

It includes AGM papers and a request to bring a plate of finger food to share, DAG will supply the wine. Please bring items for the bring and buy plus money/card for buying raffle ticket.

Also, your entry for the competition Buildings aplogies if you picked up a programme at the Autumn Exhibition and it said snowscape.

Week 2 Drawing with Bruce Ronaldson

For the second week of drawing with Bruce Ronaldson we drew ephemera and then moved on to faces.  Trying for more freedom of movement. 

A Wonderful Evening with Graham Webber

A wonderfully entertaining and informative evening with Graham Webber last night. Giving us an insight into his method of painting a seascape with oils. Seeing the painting evolve from a few scratchy marks to an atmospheric seaside scene was quite lovely. 

Week 1 Drawing with Bruce Ronaldson

Some sketches from today's class with Bruce Ronaldson. The first of 4 classes continuing after a long break for the pandemic. 

Graham Webber- Seascapes in Oil Paint Wednesday 23 November

Award-winning landscape oil painter Graham Webber will be doing a painting demo for us on the evening of Wednesday 23rd November, 7.30pm-9.30pm. It will be at the Dourdan Pavilion, in Dunmow at the rec, NOT the Foakes Hall. The cost is £1 for members and £5 for non-members. All welcome. Email dunmowartgroup@gmail.com for further information. 

Graham Webber ROI IEA is a professional artists from North East Essex and a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Institute of East Anglian Artists. 

Most of Graham’s paintings are influenced by changing atmosphere and appreciation of the landscape itself whether at home in East Anglia or further afield. 

He will be painting a seascape for us and we’re really looking forward to meeting him and watching his demonstration.

Welcome Back Bruce Ronaldson

We are pleased to welcome back Bruce Ronaldson, who will be teaching a four-week drawing class starting next Monday 21st November from 1-3pm at the Talberd Room in the Foakes Hall. 

Bruce started a drawing class with us before Covid hit, so some of you may remember drawing with him, chairs, self-portraits and upside down drawings. 

This of course requires quite a lot of introspection about how you go about things. There are three main areas that Bruce hopes to cover. They are: acute observation, manual dexterity and reflection on what you are doing. If you think about it for a moment, this would be an essential requirement for any craft-based creativity; this not about ‘correctness' but about the creative process. 

You will require various materials and to begin with. The basic items are these: 

A pencil [2B or softer]

A pen and ink

A rubber 

A pad of A5 paper[ [not too flimsy: 300g.s.m./140lb]. Cartridge or a fairly smooth watercolour paper. Bockingford is good.

Some rough sketching paper and something with which to sharpen your pencils. A blade is better than a sharpener.

A ruler/straight edge/set square 

A drawing board of some kind: a tray , a chopping board or a sheet of hardboard may suffice. Also tape, Blu-tack or drawing pins.

You will need subject matter:

A cloth to stand things on…anything is better than a Melamine table!

Some pieces of fruit. Maybe more pieces of one or two kinds, rather than one piece of each.

Some chaotic pieces from the garden, such as twigs, stones, dried flowers, or a bird’s nest if you are lucky!

Some photographs of landscapes, preferably not too arty or composed, enlarged to A4 on a photo-copier.

Watercolour Wreaths with Louise Man

We did some lovely festive holly and ivy wreaths with watercolours today with Louise Man Art her last workshop for this year. Tricky getting the right shades of green!

Starting Monday 21st November, artist Bruce Ronaldson will be back to resume a course interrupted by lockdown, teaching a drawing workshop, helping us to look and observe, manual dexterity and precision and clear, reactive thinking. He’ll also show us how to access the creative side of our brains! Tea and biscuits will be there to help Bruce’s drawing course will run for four weeks. Please bring a sketch pad, pencils and rubber.

Watercolour Figure Sketching

A selection of sketches from today's session with Louise Man. Using pen and watercolour to sketch figures. 

Watercolour Figure Sketching With Louise Man

Classes are back (Mon 1-3pm). This time having a go at figure sketching with Louise Man. It’s a fun way to sketch using pencils or pens and then adding washes of colour afterwards. We will sketch each other and experiment with washes and shading.