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

2021 Outdoor Painting Session 1

 A sample of artwork by Sydney Smith from last week's outdoor painting session at Brockholds Farm.  With thanks to Simon Whitehead for allowing this and Jeanie Wiseman for organising. May the weather be kind and allow more of these sessions.

 Another session of sketching/painting before the watercolour classes with Louise Man start next Monday.  Here are the works in progress

 A second week of drawing/painting.  Here are some works in progress from this week's session.

Good to get back to meeting other arty folk.  Here's a sample of some of the work produced today.

Classes Return

We're very excited to let you know that we are able to come together again as Dunmow Art Group from Monday 24th May at the Talberd Room in the Foakes Hall.

For the first few weeks the session on Mondays, from 1pm-3pm, will be on a 'let's paint together' basis. There won't be a teacher, but it will be a chance for people to come together and paint after such a long absence.

These painting sessions will be free for members of the Dunmow Art Group and £5 for non-members. We can only have a maximum of 20 people in the Talberd Room, so it will be on a first come first serve basis.

We will also have plenty of ventilation, with windows and doors open, so please be mindful that it might be a bit chilly. You will also need to bring your own refreshments as we won't be able to use the kitchen, and you'll need to bring your own water for painting, if you need it.

Hope to see you on Monday!

PS: an email and a letter have been sent to members with a questionnaire for you to return.  If you have moved since 2019 and not received the email, but still want to keep in touch with DAG, please check your spam folder or contact dunmowartgroup@gmail.com 

Volunteers Needed

The last 18 months have been a little unusual to say the least. It was great to meet up outside last September and should weather permit, we can do the same again soon. Saling Village Hall was a great space for the few weeks we could meet indoors when Foakes Hall was not open.

As you may be aware, Foakes Hall is undergoing building works later this year, so we will not be able to meet there whilst those works are happening. They have no exact dates as yet.

The Dunmow Art Group started many years ago when a group of like-minded people with an interest in art decided to get together to draw and paint, to invite speakers to give talks and demonstrations, and to put on an annual exhibition.

Until 2018, the group held monthly Wednesday evening meetings from September to March with talks, demos and occasional workshops during an afternoon. There were occasional meet and draw/paint sessions outside in the summer and the Annual Exhibition in the spring, with occasional extra shows in the autumn.

A few years ago the committee, as it was, underwent a big change due to a combination of family and health issues. As there was nobody willing to undertake key roles, the club was in danger of folding. Whilst we had a healthy bank balance, Chris Runacres volunteered to arrange classes to use up the money. This had the bonus of attracting new members and Chris managed to co-opt some of the new members to help with communication and finance (Louise and Helen respectively). Audrey continued to take the lead on the exhibition and took on the website. Chris now needs to step back and whilst the rest of those involved in running of the group are willing to continue as they have, this means that more help is needed.

Whilst the constitution has been updated to allow for a minimal committee of an organiser and a treasurer,  if people still want speakers/demos/classes, then we need volunteers to arrange these. This will involve booking the venue,  sourcing and booking speakers/tutors and marketing these to members and non-members.

Whilst a number of options to show work have been put forward, interest has not been high. Therefore, the next exhibition will not take place until next spring.

In normal circumstances, there would be an AGM held annually at which the organiser and treasurer would be elected. However, circumstances have not been normal and an AGM will not happen until we can safely book a venue. In the meantime, please could anyone willing to take on organising meetings, classes,  speakers, etc please