President’s Report
Thoughts about Life Drawing
We called our 29th Life Drawing
Exhibition Body and Soul. Our
philosopher friends say the soul is close to the personality. We all have original personalities and
if we demand originality in Art we love new personalities in ourselves, and
others. In Christian terms it is a
call to make al things new.
But this new personality, the drawing,
in life drawing is not a novel one.
Each woman wants their child to be a new personality but not a novel one
with three arms. So life drawing
keeps us on track in this way. If
we want a Kali with many arms we must leave drawing from life and paint a more
psychic world with its particular reality. Picasso did not do much life drawing, Matisse did. Matisse was asked once why he drew
models that if you met them in the street (the drawings of the models) you
would run a mile. He said I draw
from a model to leave her, if I did not have a model I would not be able to
leave her: in other words, to form a new personality from the model. Art is usually learnt from Art, so we
learn from the masters.
To empathise from the model we usually
need to free ones hand and to love originality we need to bypass the
controlling and planning mind to celebrate an aspect of what is. Come to our Life
Drawing group and be surprised.
Different drawers will give you help if you asked, before and after
class. We need to keep our centre
at the centre.
Richard
Blurb
The Life Drawing Group held its 2012
Annual Body and Soul Exhibition at Glenbrook Theatre, with the Official Opening
on Friday 31st August and over the following weekend, the 1st and 2nd of
September.
Wow! Was the comment from one visitor
and this sentiment was repeated by many over the weekend. Ten artists exhibited
their works which included drawings, paintings and individual portfolios. The
variety of expression in the drawings and paintings added to the visual
smorgasbord. You not only enjoyed
the art for its own sake but were also able to learn something about the
artists’ motivation. Strong and/or
subtle lines, colour and/or monotone, composition etc., all told a story.
Red wine and tasty nibbles plus
wonderful company made the opening a warming experience. Thank you to Richard especially for his
work in ensuring that the exhibition was manned throughout and for those who helped
with setting up and taking down the display.
Overall, the success of the exhibition
was in enjoying the diversity in art on display and in bringing together like
minded people. The Life Drawing Annual Exhibition was a positive experience for
all and a wonderful way to promote the BMCAC as a central point for creative
people in the Lower Blue Mountains. The artists’ enthusiasm for creativity is
the real measure of success.
Liz
Class Co-ordinator’s Report
The new timetable for term 4 is
out. Enrolment day is on Saturday
13th October form 10 till 2pm.
Anyone intending on returning next term is asked to please re-enrol
early to ensure that classes run.
Joanna Jensen is offering a class in
children’s art on Tuesday afternoons, and Torben will be offering woodcarving
on Monday nights. Welcome back
Joanna and Torben, hopefully we get the numbers for your classes to run. Also
new this term will be a photography class on offer on Wednesday evenings from
6:30 to 9:30. Check the website
for details. In line with the committee decision, the children’s classes will
be $120 per term – a small rise, but necessary to cover increasing costs.
Ingrid
Workshop Report
Peter Gonzalez will hold a watercolour
painting workshop at the centre on Saturday 13th of October. Peter has
extensive experience using watercolour throughout his career. Watercolour gives a transparency that
is not achieved with other mediums and this is an excellent opportunity to
learn the basics of using this technique. The workshop will include an
introduction to using this medium and demonstrations with each participant
creating their own artwork by the end of the day. A few art materials are
needed to get started including paper, brushes, paint, an art board and cotton
rags. The workshop will run from 10am-4pm with a lunch break throughout the
day, costing $80 per person. Please contact me with any queries and to book
your place.
Lauren
Life Drawing Group Report
It was such a delight for me at our
hanging last Friday. All
exhibitors were there helping one another to do their best for the benefit of
all. I’d like to especially
mention Richard who was in charge of the hall key and virtually manned the
exhibition most of the time with help from some others. It’s so rewarding to see synergy happen
in a group. I will hopefully have two models on Friday 5th October. We’ve had good intentions recently,
which is also encouraging.
Congratulations to each of those 12 people who exhibited their works for
our 29th annual event, we’re going from strength to strength. Well done.
Joy
Events
September 16th- October 21st
Richard Cutler painting and drawing
exhibition, 349 King St
Newtown
September 29th
Lise Edwards, wood fired pots from the
new kiln exhibition, Potters Needs, Oberon
October 13th-14th
BMCAC Potters Annual Exhibition
at
October 13th
BMCAC Watercolour workshop with Peter
Gonzalez, 10am-4pm
Term 4 enrolment day 10am-2pm
October 14th-
November 18th
Contained, ceramics by Keiko Matsue, Sturt
Gallery Mittagong
October 17th
Grant writing in
practice workshop at Penrith Library
October 20th
BMCAC Rotary Market stall at Glenbrook
Infants School
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