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Our members enjoyed a brilliant demonstration and workshop of Gel Plate printing under the watchful eye of fellow Art Group member Isabel. Tools and techniques included brayers, masks, stencils, stamps, magazine image transfers, botanicals and sundry household items. Members were shown the principles of pulling off images, including ghost images all using acrylic paints and transparent mediums. A lot of fun and some stunning results in this gallery of prints. Very many thanks to Isabel for all her hard work putting this together. Thanks for sharing your knowhow and your words of encouragement, everyone had a great time. Here are a selection of the images from the workshop:
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There will be a demonstration and workshop on March 21st (10am to 3.30pm) in Binham Memorial Village Hall. The process involves rolling acrylic paint to the gel plate using stencils, silhouettes, flora, textured paper etc and then transferring images (eg magazine photos or laser jet prints) onto paper. It's a very creative activity and requires little or no drawing skills, so it's not intimidating. The results are delightful and colourful. There are a limited number of places for this event but if demand is high we will rerun the demonstration on a future occasion.
On November 15th there was a very good turn out of art groups members and guests who were treated to an impressive demonstration of charcoal Portrait Painting by renowned artist Crispin Robjent (crispinrobjent.co.uk). Crispin began his artistic career after training in an Italian Art School specialising in portraiture. He paints both in oils and charcoal which was the subject of his demonstration. Using an oil painting as his reference picture he demonstrated his technique with pure charcoal. His preferred brand was Nitram which he sharpens on sandpaper. These charcoal sticks are wax free. Crispin’s preferred paper is handmade Fabriano Roma. Occasionally using a putty eraser hand moulded to selectively lift charcoal from the paper Crispin created contrast and details. His only other accessory was a fan brush which he gently dry brushed over the charcoal background for blending. After our coffee break Crispin gave a useful demonstration of his technique on how to start the portrait. An important feature of Crispin’s approach was that he repeatedly stood back from his work after making just a few marks. This coupled with everything set at eye level provided the right conditions to build the portrait. Very few in the art group paint portraits, or in fact, use charcoal as a medium so this was an insightful demonstration and provided lots of learning opportunities. The group truly appreciated having such a talented artist to share their skills and tips with the group. Thank you again Crispin. Here are some of the photos from the session Carolyn Raymond's watercolour picture of members of the Art Group was Octobers Picture of the Month as voted by the art group members. Entitled 'Anne's basket - Binham Art Group' it is a delicate study of our group at work on a Tuesday morning. Well done Carolyn and the picture is currently on display The Gallery@The Chequers. It is framed and available to purchase at £65.  Again sorry for the delay in posting this news item. Our Picture of the Month winner for October 2022 was won by Sandra Copas's painting of The Florists Shop. A gorgeous street scene in Acrylic. Well done Sandra and the picture was displayed in The Chequers throughout October. Sandra is now painting a companion picture to hang in her Kitchen.  Sorry again for the delay in posting this news item -Our Picture of the Month for August 2022 was won by Brenda Scott with her Acylic painting of Flying Home - which at this time is a scene we would all recognise in Binham now the Geese have returned. Well done Brenda. The picture was displayed in The Chequers pub throughout September and now forms part of the current display in The Gallery @The Chequers .  Sorry for the late report but on 20th September Liz Hawkins, assisted by her husband Ian, gave the group an excellent introduction into the world of lino cutting. A whole new terminology - relief printing, Pfeil and Flexcut cutting tools, lino vs vinyl vs soft cut, chine- collé, baron and soft rollers and so on. Most of the audience had only previous done lino cutting at school so it was an enjoyable refresh to this fascinating subject. Liz, a former tutor, was an excellent teacher and guided the group through the whole process. Several members of the group had a go and produced some creditable results. It requires a whole new mind set as images and lettering are reversed - quite challenging at times. Anyway here's some photos of the process and results. Once again thank you Liz and Ian for the inspiration and sharing your knowledge.        Binham Art Group and Arthur Hundleby’s family were pleased to support the Civitas Ensemble audio/visual ‘Images’ event in Binham Priory on 16th August. (Arthur was Church Warden at Binham Priory for 30 years and particularly cherished the building). The display of pictures are: Lionel Wilde ~ Acrylic ~ Holkham Bay Lionel Wilde ~ Acrylic ~ Walsingham Stream Brenda Scott ~ Acrylic/Gold ~ Ancient Fayum Portrait Brenda Scott ~ Oil ~ Norfolk Wetlands Robin Townend ~ Acrylic ~ Pink Floyd Play The Priory Robin Townend ~ Acrylic ~ Botticelli’s Venus Carolyn Raymond ~ Watercolour ~ Daisies In May, Binham Priory Arthur Hundleby ~ Watercolour ~ Corpusty Church Arthur Hundleby ~ Watercolour ~ Binham Priory Distant View Arthur Hundleby ~ Watercolour ~ Binham Priory West Front    The 2022 Binham Art Group Annual Exhibition was a roaring success. A big thank you to everyone that visited the Exhibition. There was a record attendance on the Friday evening Preview Night, a record submissions entry from our Artists (135 paintings), a record number of sales - 42 paintings, which allowing for the Not For Sale entries represents over a third of all exhibits were sold by 19 different Artists - another record. It may be the hot sunny weather, the draw of the new local Parlour Cafe, visitors to The Chequers Inn, the freedom from lockdown or just higher quality work - either way we appreciate the support. A big thank you too to our Artists and helpers in putting on this event. The feedback and comments we have had are also appreciated and will be taken on board for next years event.     The Art Group have been busy over the recent past painting Postcards to decorate the Binham Memorial Village Hall as part of the celebrations for the 4 day commemorative event. These Postcards along with a collection of paintings, on the Royal theme, were enjoyed by the villagers during the tea party and cricket match. Congratulations and thank you Ma'am was the order of the day. Proceeds from the sale of the Postcards will go towards the new Commemorative bench for the village green. Well done to Matilda (aged 9) for joining in and sending her postcard to The Queen at Windsor Castle and getting an acknowledgement -a great achievement. |
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