Rest of the year..

We've had some more suggestions of artists to look at for inspiration each week. The idea is not to copy an artist's work but to look at their styles, subjects, techniques and use this to inspire a piece of your own work. If you're not keen on the suggested artist, study the work of other artists of the same era or movement, facts about the artist's life or just something that crops up when you search for information!

16 Oct. Antoni Gaudi

23 Oct. Kate Lycett www.katelycett.co.uk

30 Oct. Joan Eardley (http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/joan-kathleen-harding-eardley)

6 Nov. Workshop – Painting on glass, with Josie. Competition week.

13 Nov. Charis Tservis www.tsevis.com

27 Nov. El Greco (http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/el-greco)

4 Dec. Quentin Blake. www.quentinblake.com. Competition week

18 Dec   Christmas Open evening. 

Painting a Portrait

This is a very informative video - Stan Miller demonstrating painting a colourful portrait from a black and white photograph using tonal values.

Painting on glass

6^th Nov - art session at Arlington Village Hall, 7-9pm

Painting on glass workshop with Josie. £5 (£2.50 with active AAG loyalty card)

• Bring a piece of glass (from an old frame is OK, but must be washed clean both sides)– to protect your hands you can keep the frame around the edge or wrap the sharp edges in masking tape;
• a piece of sketching paper the same size as the glass;
• a picture to work from (a portrait perhaps or a landscape...);
• black permanent or acrylic ink or a thin PERMANENT pen that will take on glass;
• Acrylic paints or gouache/watercolour and some washing up liquid;
• something sharp to scratch with - could be a pin, scalpel, palette knife, corner of credit card.
• Brushes including a fine one/ rigger.

Hello all

I am now compiling the art group calendar and sourcing quotes. The probable size will be A3 with the image on the top half and the calendar on the bottom half of each page. Let me know if you will want to purchase one or more so I can manage numbers.

I didn't keep a written note of the winner each month so please can you let me know if your picture is missing or if you remember another winner. 

January - Winter woodland scene by Jan

February - Valentine by Sophia Saxby

March - Thurne Mill by Richard Brown 

April - Bluebell Wood by Angie Poole

May - Swan by Sue Groom

June - Strawberries by Jill Church

July - Garden scene by Richard Brown

August - Firle Beacon by Robert Bell

September - Bottles by Paul Vincent

October - Spaniel by Helen Gander

November - Owl by Angie Poole

December - Robin by Camilla Pennant

We will also have the winning entry of the Paint me a Farm Animal competition featured in the calendar by Anne-claude Downs.

Apologies if I've missed anyone's picture out but PLEASE let me know NOW so it doesn't get missed off the calendar!!

Thank you

Josie

Workshop with William de Wilde

http://williamdewilde.org/

Flowers in Pastel and/or acrylic. 

Working large, bring your own flowers or a plant as reference.

Bring a canvas 'with bite' (gesso/primer), not too fine; and or pastel paper; and or watercolour paper if 300grams.

Bring acrylic paints and brushes ( a selection of sizes) and or chalk pastels.

William will give a demonstration then you can have a go! 

Thursday 11th September, 7 til 9pm (you may continue until 9.30 pm if you need to finish)

£5 per person. (£2.50 AAG members with 4 points on loyalty card)

Non members very welcome but please let us know you are coming so we can allow enough tables.

01323 485153 / EMAIL

August / September

Art sessions at Arlington Village Hall, Thursdays 7-9pm. £5 per person (£2.50 AAG members). Untutored, informal. Bring your own materials and project.

28 Aug  - regular session plus Competition to choose the calendar image for both SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER. Bring along a completed work on any subject, any size, any medium (preferably unframed).

4 Sept - regular session

11 sept - DEMONSTRATION and WORKSHOP with William de Wilde. See the website for full details of what materials to bring. £5 per person (£2.50 with 4 points on an AAG loyalty card). Part of Hailsham Festival of Arts & Culture

18 Sept - NO SESSION

25 Sept - Competition to choose the calendar image for NOVEMBER.

Spencer Binks at Gallery North, 70 High St, Hailsham

Exhibition of paintings by Tony Spencer and Binks. Open until 12 Sept, Tues - Sat 10am til 4pm. Free entry. www.artgallerynorth.co.uk

Day ART WORKSHOP at Pickhams in Wilmington

Thursday 11 Sept - Still life in Watercolour with Josie Tipler. Advance booking essential. 10am - 4pm, £30. Bring materials and lunch. Part of Hailsham Festival of Arts & Culture

Art Exhibition at Pickhams with 12 local artists

Open 13/14/20/21 Sept, 10.30 - 5. Free entry. Art, crafts, poetry, pottery, jewellery. Refreshments in aid of Beachy Head Chaplaincy Team. Pickhams, Hayreed Lane, Wilmington, Polegate, BN26 6RR. At the end of Hayreed Lane, which is a no through Road off Bayleys Lane (north of the A27). Part of Hailsham Festival of Arts & Culture Art Trail

Wilmington Art Group exhibition at the Wishing Well Tea Rooms.

10 - 21 Sept. Wilmington Tearooms, Lewes Road, Wilmington, Polegate, BN26 5SG.
Opposite Crossways Hotel on the A27 at Wilmington. Open 10am - 5pm everyday except Mondays. Part of Hailsham Festival of Arts & Culture Art Trail

 
Free Arty evenings at Gallery North, Hailsham
Tuesday 16 Sept, 21 Oct, 11 Nov. 7-9pm. Drop in FREE Arty Evenings - informal and untutored,  donation to gallery for refreshments or any materials used if you want to create or just look at the exhibition and enjoy company of other arty folk.


Hailsham Festival of Arts & Culture
10th to 21st sept. Various venues in and around Hailsham. Events include the Art Trail, Poetry Competition and film Competition (deadlines 29th August), Hailsham Bake Off, Hailsham Theatres present Terence Rattigan's Flare Path, Jazz, Battle of the Pianos, Lady of Letters, Herstmonceux Jazz and Rock Choir, Barn Dance, Bhangra and Bollywood at the Hailsham Pavilion, craft workshops, kids events and much much more! Pick up a programme from many local venues or go online www.hailshamartsfestival.co.uk

The next art session dates and SUGGESTED inspirations are:

7 Aug -  John Nash

14 Aug - Vanessa Bell

21 Aug - Hubert L. Wellington

28 Aug  - SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER - Competition : Calendar image

Workshop with Ben Ecclestone

Seascapes in Mixed Media with Ben Ecclestone. 

Thursday 31st July, 7pm.

Arlington Village Hall

£5 each (£2.50 with 4 points on AAG loyalty card)

We have some chalk pastels and a few gouache paints that people can use but bring your own if you already have them. We have a few sheets of the watercolour paper to buy but try to get your own if you can as there may not be enough to go around.

Ben has specified the following:

 1. Paper - for this particular exercise you need to get Saunders Waterford watercolour paper 90lbs NOT. Bockingford could be a substitute but not so good. It needs to have a high  cotton content. Half Imperial size is fine and you can get it through the SAA or a supplier like Jackson. I also think that Hobbycraft in Lottbridge Drive stock it. Other substitutes just do not work and you will be dissappointed.

2. Paints - must be Gouache. Don't have to get a big range of colours just those suitable for the subject.

Watercolour or Acrylic is not suitable.  

3. Pastels - must be soft pastels. Not oil pastels, chalk or cheap substitutes.

4. Good size water bowls are needed.

5. Brushes - whatever you have but also bring some synthetic 'washing-up' sponges, small oblong kind available for about £1 for 12.

6. Kitchen roll.

Please bring newspaper AND plastic sheets if you have them to protect the tables.

Please arrive promptly to start at 7.

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Arlington Gets Cajun

Arlington Gets Cajun
Get your tickets now for the 4th Arlington gets Cajun event on 19th July 2014.

Art sessions

FREE art session - Pop into Gallery North on the evening of 27th May between 7pm and 9pm, get inspired by the beautiful selection of Equestrian artworks on show then have a play with some of the art materials to hand – donation to gallery funds.
OFFER: Members of Hailsham Art Group can buy annual season ticket to Herstmonceux Castle grounds for £10. 


The next Thursday evening AAG art session on 29 May (at Arlington Village Hall, 7-9pm) is on the theme of Gordon Beningfield - be inspired by his life, work, subject, medium or style - & it's our monthly Competition : bring along any work on any theme and we will choose one to be our Calendar image for June 2015. £5 / £2.50 members.http://www.redbourn.org.uk/Redbourn/GordonBeningfield 
http://www.burlington.co.uk/paintings-by-artist/gordon-beningfield.html

Art Out! at the Wish Tower, 26th May.

hosted by Tania Long

Bank Holiday Monday

Arrive 11.30. Meet at Wish Tower Gardens, Eastbourne.

Distribute ourselves around the place and start making art.
The idea is to celebrate the Wish Tower and surrounding gardens, so use it as your inspiration:
Themes/ideas
Draw/paint/design a postcard or series of postcards
Sketch/photo details of architecture,use as inspiration for pattern design or abstract picture
Take rubbings, make a collage
(Tania will be making leaf prints)
Write poem/prose/atmosphere of the place
Write short sketch or story set in the Tower or surrounds
Knitters,how about some 'yarn bombing?
Fabric artists,jewellery makers, how about using textures and patterns in a piece of art?

Or how ever and in whatever way you feel inspired to make art today, its all about having fun,
celebrating the pier,and engaging the public interest in art.

* VERY IMPORTANT!*
Art Outs are NOT a selling event
As long as we are not: selling stuff,'obstructing the highway', 'making a nuisance (?) of ourselves' or 'being a fire hazard' (the mind boggles) its fine,
we're just 'busking'.

Come and have some creative fun in the sun!