Interesting Insight with Edward Gildea

Many thanks to Edward Gildea for such an interesting and insightful talk this Evening.  We shall be looking at artworks in a very different light in future,  and try to spot the elephant in the painting. 

Week 3 with Nicky Gayle

We would like to say a huge thank you to Nicky Gayle for 3 weeks of challenging and informative sessions on abstract acrylics. 

For the final week we painted a view of some beach huts at the far edge of Frinton.

Dunmow Art Group would like to say a huge thank you to the late John Grimshaw's relative, Susan for kindly making a donation to our group for an award in his name. John loved painting horses and to honour John's memory, we have had a trophy engraved; this seemed a fitting choice. The trophy will be awarded to the winner of our annual competition (this year's theme is 'birds'). In future, this will be known as the John Grimshaw Award. The competition winner will look after the trophy for the year before passing it on to the next winner. 🏆

 

Just three weeks until the Dunmow Art Group 2024 Autumn Exhibition. The show will take place in St Mary’s Church in Great Dunmow on Saturday 5th October, 10am to 4pm and Sunday 6th October, 1pm to 4pm. There will be a variety of styles of artwork for sale: original oil paintings, acrylics, watercolours, abstract, collages, mixed media, ceramics, prints, textiles and cards. We also have a local photography club joining us with a small sample of their work. Lots to see - why not pop the date in your diary and we will see you in just three weeks! 👩‍🎨

 

Week 2 with Nicky Gayle

This week we finished off (or in some cases started) the abstract trees . Those who finished started some abstract waves.

Dunmow Art Group Autumn Exhibition

Delighted to announce that we are exhibiting again in St Mary’s Church, Great Dunmow on the first weekend of October. 

The show will take place on Saturday 5th October 10am to 4pm and Sunday 6th October 1pm to 4pm.

There will be a range of artwork for sàle in a variety of styles from original oil paintings, acrylics and watercolours to collages, mixed-media, çeramics, prints, textiles and cards.

We will also have a small sample of work from the local photography club.

Abstract Acrylics with Nicky Gayle

An exciting 1st week with Nicky Gayle working in acrylics to make an abstract painting of trees.  These are works in progress to be completed next week. 

Nicky Gayle Monday 2 September

We are excited that Artist Nicky Gayle will be our tutor for three weeks. Do look her work up online, it is very colourful and vibrant! 

Monday 2nd, 9th and 16th of September 2024.

Times from 12.00 to 3.00pm

Nicky has provided a photo of some trees taken in the woods in Danbury which will be used for the composition.

Nicky will be starting with the background and build up on Monday and see how far you get on day 1.

Resource list:

Nicky is intending to use acrylic paint. So Acrylic paper…A3 is probably the smallest size she would recommend for this project.

Or a similar sized (pre-gessod) canvas if preferred.

Brushes

Large, medium and small flat

Medium and small round

Rigger

And an old brush for stippling and texture or a sponge.

Palette knife is optional, but Nicky will be using in week 2. If not, the flat brushes will be fine.

 

Acrylics 

Ultramarine blue

Burnt Sienna

Raw umber

White

Cerulean blue

Yellow ochre

Magenta

Primary yellow and red

Paynes grey and indigo

Rayne Station

The last of our summer plein air sessions took place at Rayne Station. Time for drawing trees, the old station building and the wandering Flitch Way.

A smaller group than usual due to the change of day, but a pleasant time was had.

Last week with Leon Barnes and Oil

What an inspiring 4 weeks with Leon Barnes.  This week was a sunset over mountains. Even I who doesn't really like oils found this easy to follow.  Sadly our last session, although we are arranging a second visit by Leon next year.  Here's a sample of today's artworks. 

What a fabulous afternoon we have had with the amazing Leon Barnes - Landscape Artist. Thank you for being such a good mentor, helping and reassuring us as we recreated the beautiful sunset in oils. Some of us hadn’t used oils before or not for a long time but your class was enjoyed by all…we definitely learnt a lot! 🎨 Enjoy our gallery!

 

Dunmow Art Group would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who took the time to visit the 21 artists during their OPEN STUDIOS event. We hope you enjoyed meeting them in their own studios, finding out about their processes and maybe even treating yourself to some of their work. Your support means the world to us!

 

Today is the FINAL day of the Dunmow Art Group OPEN STUDIOS! It is a trail to visit 15 artists in their own studios and 6 artists in the Dourdan Pavilian (Studio E) in Great Dunmow. There are 18 artists open today: Anne Oates (Studio B) 10 - 4 Linda Morris (Studio C) 12 - 6 Peter Morris (Studio C) 12 - 6 Christian Runacres (Studio D) 10 - 4 Rosamond Ulph (Studio D) 10 - 4 The Late John Grimshaw (Studio E) 10 - 4 Fabienne Hanley (Studio E) 10 - 4 David Pullen (Studio E) 10 - 4 Carole Pullen (Studio E) 10 - 4 Mandy Whittick (Studio E) 10 - 4 Daniel Hurst (Studio E) 10 - 4 Audrey Bowling (Studio F) 12 - 6 Liz Parker (Studio G) 10 - 4 Debbie Goodman (Studio G) 10 - 4 Tracey Ingram (Studio I) 10 - 4 Douglas Payne (Studio K) 10 - 4 Jo Mayo (Studio L) 12 - 6 Deb Hart (Studio M) 10 - 4 Check out the photos, maps and opening times of each artist by following this link: https://dunmowartgroup.blogspot.com/p/open-studios.html