The Artists Society of Canberra is holding the annual Summer Art Experience with great workshops over the summer holidays.
Second Annual General Meeting
The second AGM will be held at 4pm on 17 October at Tootsie Fine Art and Design.
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Watch this space – An Artistic Garden
Steph Goss watercolour botanical painting workshop
Steph Goss tutored an enthusiastic group of watercolour painters in a two day botanical workshop on the 6th and 7th of July.
“Steph Goss teaches botanical art in water colour, mainly fruit and flowers.
The group learnt so much, especially about layering on the paint and building up the colours slowly.
The quince was a very good fruit to paint with lots of nooks and crannies, light and shade.
A really enjoyable 2 days, with Canberra artists joining VASY members.
Steph is a great tutor and we would love to have her back!” — Barb Sainsbery
Weaving a willow pheasant
By popular demand, Penny Kerr ran a workshop teaching participants to weave a pheasant using willow branches, on June 16.
Weaving a garden cloche
We had another great workshop with Penny Kerr, weaving a garden cloche from willow. For a while it looked like chaos, with willow cuttings all over the floor, but we all ended up with unique and useful cloches to put a plantpot or hanging basket in.
Some of the workshop participants with their finished cloche
VASY art exhibition
INVITATION TO MEMBERS & FRIENDS OF VASY
to join with us in our very first art exhibition and sale
on March 17 & 18, 2018
from 10am – 4pm each day
on the lawns of Clementine, 104 Meehan St, Yass
Art works, along with great coffee and cake for sale
This is a great opportunity to enjoy art by local artists & friends
For artists it is a great opportunity, in the company of like minded
people, to share examples of the visual art you love doing.
Entry form for artists
Cooma Cottage en plein air
Last Saturday on a surprisingly warm spring day in very blustery conditions, a number of VASY members painted and drew en plein air at Cooma Cottage. Susan Bell, Chair of Cooma Cottage National Trust, on behalf of the Committee, invited the VASY group, and volunteers Bimbi Turner and Kay Clayton made us feel welcome with devonshire teas and introduced us to the new National Trust stock in the shop!
So, with oils, canvases and drawing books in hand we spent the afternoon taking in the scenery the scenery, horses, and buildings of beautiful Cooma Cottage. It is planned to exhibit the finished works at Cooma Cottage and we look forward to future outings to Cooma Cottage and elsewhere.
Please let us know if you are interested in painting/drawing en plein air and we can start organising.
Jude McColl
Penny Kerr’s Willow Sculpture Workshop
A very successful and well organised Willow Sculpture Workshop was held by VASY on Saturday September 9.
Penny Kerr must be admired for her creativity, generously sharing her knowledge with the group and supplying us all the willow!
The afternoon was a fun time, learning the secrets to create a sculpture and some patience was required.
The group of eight all achieved a wonderful ‘take home’ piece to admire and enjoy.
Participating in the workshop was rewarding and after a creative afternoon a glass of bubbles was enjoyed by all
Maureen Watts