Aquarelle Tuesday 14 May 2013 with Cathie van der Stel

...working in serene concentration during Watercolour Tuesday...

You can almost hear Adèle in the background ☺

 

Last week's Aquarelle session was hosted by Cathie van der Stel - and as always she has done a great job bringing out everyones talent and enthusiasm - just look at the results of the day! Lots of work in progress, lots of work for our Casablu exhibition, roses, rusty keys and last but not least, the inspiring Subject Du Jour  'the artist palette' (paint the tools that artists use in watercolours... )

 

Liz' Artist palette - using a Trevanian style for the background

 

Christiane's work in progress...

 

Above and below Anna-Karin's subtle flowers  

Agnès' Bubble Boy

The roses in the Hangar are starting to bloom - more inspiration there! Edith and Sandra painted them, both absolutely stunning!

Edith's passionate rose

 

Sandra's three stages of (a rose's) life

Also by Sandra: 'Rusty Keys'

More Rusty Keys: by Sue

Sue is an amazing dog painter! Consistent quality - love this pup!

 

Wendy started with a challenge, this painting of the famous Church of Valbonne.

Work in progress - a great start and I can't wait to see the final aquarelle!!



Pre-Announcement Watercolour Exhibition!

 

From 3 – 10 June, the Aquarellistas of Centre des Arts ‘Le Hangar’  will show their fabulous, colourful paintings in Casablu in Valbonne.
The exhibition has an attractive concept:
All paintings have the same size and the same price.
For only 50€ you can be the owner of a beautifully framed (20x20cm) painting - by a very
talented artist.
Open from 10am - 6pm, don't hesitate to drop by...

More info about several parties, to be held during the exhibition, will follow shortly!

Yet another productive Friday at the Atelier Libre

It's incredible how fast time flies when the weather is good. There is so much to do in the garden - and most of us have friends visiting. Still, some of us find time to go up to the Hangar for the Friday Atelier Libre.

Christie is trying out a new mix for outdoor sculptures. Here you see a little man in progress - he will now stay outdoors in the wind and rain to see how he stands up.

Is this a slug, a sea urchin or a sea anenome ? Time will show.

Anne at work

Tatiana and a model of her dog

Celina worked on her large abstract

Last week John made the metal framework for his bird in flight. This week the sculpture is beginning to take shape.

And of course we enjoyed a lovely outdoor summer lunch.

If you would like to come along to an atelier libre, you are more than welcome. Send an email to info@hangarart.org to let us know that you are coming.

A very productive Friday

As you all know, Fridays have for the time being set a side for anyone who wants to work on their own. For only Eur 5 - you can work all day at the Hangar on any project you like. Those of us there today worked on a variety of projects. Just to mention some of the work: Celina finished one of here totem pole elements. John is going to try out a new product for making outdoor sculptures and was working on the wire frames. Christie was finishing off one of her sculptures.

Today was also the day when the grass was trimmed (thanks John) - so now there is absolutely no reason not to park on the upper parking space.

And lastly - and most important - today we fired our new kiln for the first time. It was really exciting. Christie, John and Celina loaded the kiln during the sculpture class on Thursday. Today we had help from Maurice (one of our members very experienced in working kilns) and did our first firing.

The Portrait Workshop on Thursday Mornings

On Thursday 18 April we had the last part of the portrait workshop... which ended with the creation of a second self-portrait. The first morning a self portrait was created too, and Cathie van der Stel and myself are proud to present the results -and the différences between

"Before" and "After"

*Click on the pictures to enlarge

Starting Thursday 2 May we will consolidate all the theory by drawing a portrait of a live model for at least 5 mornings!

NB: I am so sorry but somehow I didn't have all the before/after pictures... I will try to get them and post about them another time!

Aquarelle Tuesdays, 2 - 4.30pm with Marina Kulik

Spring is in the air!

Below a couple of paintings created last Tuesday...
My computer urgently needs a doctor but these pictures make me so proud, I wanted to post them first !
They are full of character, style - and spring...

 

 

 

Aquarellista Bibi Isaksson (now living in Sweden) visited and worked with us - we all agreed it was fantastic to see her again, she hadn't changed one bit and she is still a very good painter!

 

 

 

 

Monday Evening Abstract Class with Pim

Half the group has now embarked on a new project (the other half is still finishing off the last project). The new project is really fun:

• work on small formats - 2 -3 - 4 canvases in a series
• fill the canvas with gesso mixed with plaster - or user modelling paste
• build up an interesting background with a lot of structure
• in the wet background put in bits of pre-painted canvas, jute, pre-painted paper or similar
• when dry paint over using few extra colours
• 
  

And here are some nearly finished projects:

Sylvia's work

Michele's work

Celina's work

Imme's work

Karin's work

And some that are still in progress:

Irene's work

Merete's work