November 2018 ART ESSENCE NEWSLETTER

Wide Bay Gallery 228 ADELAIDE STREET,

MARYBOROUGH 4650

ABN 81 409 856 484

PH 07 41221858.

widebaygallery.qld@gmail.com

www.artmaterialsupplies.com

Want to be a Member of our Art

Essence Club?? Cost is $15 per year. You receive a discount loyalty card that entitles you to 10% discount on products

and framing (unless already marked down)

Plus MEMBERS ONLY in-store specials. (please keep an eye on your membership

renewal dates)

This month sees the beginning

of the Christmas Hampers

campaign where members can go into the draw to win one of several hampers brimming with art materials. For every $100 spent in one purchase between now and the Draw Date: Thursday 20 Dec.2018, qualifies for a free entry into the draw. Membership must be current to participate. The treasure chest will be on display in store from November.

OUR FAMOUS

IN-HOUSE HANDS ON

DEMONSTRATIONS

Demonstrations are held at the Wide Bay Gallery each week on a Wednesday afternoon and repeated again on a Thursday afternoon to cater for numbers. Afternoon tea is provided. Please bring along an apron and your art journal for notes and working in. All other materials supplied.

Where: Wide Bay Gallery

228 Adelaide Street,

Maryborough

Cost: $25.00 per person (unless otherwise specified)

Payable on arrival.

A maximum of 10 students per class

– so book early.

Bookings essential: 07 4122 1858

or

widebaygallery.qld@gmail.com

A discount of 15% is applicable on products

demonstrated and purchased on the day.

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Wednesday 7

&Thursday 8

Acrylic ink insights

1.00-3.00pm

Using Rorschach’s inkblot test we

will explore your subconscious

mind to develop a contemporary

colourful ink painting

Wednesday 14

&Thursday 15

CRETACOLOR FIGURATIVES

1.00-3.00pm

Testing the new Cretacolor

drawing sticks with figurative

drawings

Wednesday 21

&Thursday 22

MIXED MEDIA NYMPHS

1.00-3.00pm

Using a multitude of mediums we

will play around with creating

whimsical characters

Wednesday 28

&Thursday 29

POURING MEDIUM USING

MOLTEN METALLICS FROM

CHROMA

1.00-3.00pm

Cost: $30.00

We will be testing the “new” Molten

Metallics paint from Chroma in our

popular pouring medium

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Wide Bay Gallery’s FEATURED ARTIST FOR

SPRING

Michelle was born in Cessnock 1965

and is a proud aboriginal woman from

the Wonnarua people. She is a

dedicated story teller using art as her

platform keeping many traditional

stories alive. Working with acrylics on

canvas, Mitch (as she is affectionately

known) has an obvious passion for her

heritage and her country. This is

exceptionally evident in her carefully

articulated paintings. Each painting

draws you into a legend that has a

comprehensive story to tell. An

international artist, Mitch’s artworks

are continuing to sell worldwide and

her works are always in a high demand.

We invite you to come and view them

for yourself.

Wide Bay Gallery is proud to present

her latest works for Spring, 2018.

CAN’T GET TO OUR WEEKLY CLASSES?

Saturday Morning Journaling Classes:

SATURDAY Nov 3rd

& 17th

. We are

getting together again for our Saturday

morning Journaling workshop. Cost is

$25.00 (payable on the day) plus bring

your own quality, hard-cover, A4’ish

journal. Bookings taken through WBG.

Saturday Morning Watercolour Class with

Mary Argall. Next Classes Saturday:

Nov 10th & 24th Mary has taught and attended for many

years at Toowoomba’s McGregor

School of Arts. Cost $35.00 each

Saturday plus a materials list (available

in store). Bookings through WBG.

*Seats available*. Please advise asap if

you are booked and unable to come

along.

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Matisse Inks

Matisse Inks are acrylic

based inks that come in a

stunning 22 intermixable

colours, including metallics

and iridescents! They have

bright, intense colours and

are heavily pigmented for

use in many applications.

Perfect for calligraphy, pen

and wash, technical

drawing and airbrushing as

well as watercolour

techniques on paper and painting on

prepared canvas. In store SOON!

Watch the inks video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJIawQiQ5bQ

5 NEW ATELIER INTERACTIVE

MEDIUMS 250ML

Heavy Gel (Satin)

Holding Medium

Thin Painting Medium

Middle Painting Medium

Thick Painting Medium

All at a very special Introductory Price of

$8.90 each.

Come and check them out for yourself.

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS5xINxnu_g

Stillman & Birn

Papers.

• A unique Mixed Media paper program giving artists a choice of paper weight, shade and surface/tooth • Internal and surface sizing: wet strength that supports both dry and wet media • “Drawing-friendly” surfaces suitable for a combination of drawing and painting techniques. Paper in each series supports:

– drawing with all lead types with fluid, unbroken strokes – repeated erasures without damaging surface – wide range of inking techniques without feathering – blending and layering with coloured pencils and pastels – art projects from concept sketch to full art rendering using multi-media layering techniques

• Supports advanced wet media techniques including wet-in-wet, glazing, lifting, stretching, masking • Archival quality (conforms to ISO 9706 standard for permanent paper), acid-free, chloride free, lignin-free

Extra Heavyweight: 270GSM

Shade: White

Surface: Cold Press

Media: Dry & Wet Media, Watercolour,

Ink

Watch the video review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spYbdNxTzXo

Extra Heavyweight: 270GSM

Shade: White

Surface: Smooth

Media: Dry & Wet Media, Watercolour,

Ink *Also available in journal format Staff note: ideal surface for detail

drawings.

Watch the video reviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiIt0-H-yK0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn25JQl7

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THIS MONTH’S SPECIAL

50% OFF Winsor & Newton Oils

UNTIL SOLD OUT. We are discontinuing the in-store supply of Winsor & Newton artist grade Oils. So if you want to cash

in on this ridiculous special,

BE QUICK!!

“OLD LABLE SALE”!

Any Winton or Daler Rowney Georgian

student oils

40% off any specially marked

labels!! That’s a HUGE SAVING!

.............

As many of our regulars

here at Wide Bay Gallery

know, we are big

advocates of using your

Art Journals or Visual

Diaries; preferably every

day. Here we would like

to keep you motivated

and find inspiration to

keep you on track.

So stay tuned as we help guide you with

websites, videos, inspiring artists and

online courses to give your creativity and

self-expression a kick into high gear!

I will be scouring the internet to help find you the inspiration and projects you need to get you working in your sketchbooks, journals and visual diaries. This is

where your creativity and your unique ideas

will come from. It will also help you gain the

skills and confidence to take it to the next

level – onto a bigger canvas, board or even a

wall!

Now, everyone will have a different

inspiration trigger, so I hope to find yours!

Our aim is to get you back into your

art and be as excited about it as we

are.

Let’s get started!

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This month I will keep it simple and just

get you sketching - hopefully every day.

I came across a few ideas that I think

might help with this...

Life Drawing.

hether

you’re into

drawing the

figure or not this is a

staple for all artists.

How it helps:

1. Learning to draw what you see, not

what you think you see.

2. Keeping line work simple and

suggestive rather than exact.

3. Learning to find your own style.

4. Almost any medium is suitable and

often will give you different effects

if you mix it up.

5. Stops you from over-thinking your

mark making. You don’t have time!

6. Understanding light, shadow and

reflective light.

7. Practice tonal value ranges in

monotone.

8. Go to a live class – this helps to get

you motivated and around like

minded people (trust me – this

works). We have well attended Life Drawing classes in

both Maryborough: http://www.ourfrasercoast.com.au/Events/EventId/

2403/e/gatakers-artspace-life-drawing-group

and Hervey Bay: https://www.facebook.com/events/24022185600036

08/

If you are not comfortable going to

see/draw the real thing or simply cannot

make it: there are plenty of online classes

that you can conveniently pause or change

depending on what you want to work on.

GET STRAIGHT INTO IT HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sio9KRgRUSY OR SELECT PREFERRED MODELS TO SUIT

YOUR NEEDS HERE:

https://line-of-action.com/practice-tools/figure-

drawing/

GET OUTSIDE!!! Obviously you do not need to head on over to a class or sit in your studio to draw. Take your sketch pad, your charcoal, pencils, inks, gouache, pens or whatever you prefer and grab yourself a coffee and a muffin at your local busy café, market place or park. These are always full of life and interesting characters and this also means you have to sketch quickly as you have no idea as to how long your models will hang around! Also a good excuse to check out some of our great cafes, parks and markets in our area!

Youtube video to get you inspired:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-3EvCt3e5k

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Catherine Jenna Hendry

CJ Hendry was born in South Africa raised in Brisbane, Australia. She attended architecture at Queensland University of Technology and Finance at University of Queensland in Australia, before dropping out to pursue an art career in 2013. Hendry lived and practiced in Brisbane prior to moving to New York in 2015.

Hendry's practice started as a hobby. She has no formal art training and considers herself "not very creative. Her works are primarily hyper-realistic, large scale ink drawings of luxury objects that sometimes take 200 hours to complete. Working with ink on paper her pieces are achieved through layers of what she refers to as scribbles. She uses photographs with edited saturated lighting, a ruler and a pen as a guide for their placement. Hendry credits her fame to social media attributing her first sale in 2014, a depiction of RM Williams boots that sold for $10,000, to Instagram.

In 2016 Hendry expanded her practice with the launch of a collaboration with fashion house Christian Louboutin. The resulting exhibition, held in the Anita Chan Lia-ling Gallery at the Fringe Club in Hong Kong as part of the 2017 Art Basel marked Hendry's first time working with colour and wax pencil. The difference, the artist explains, is that "colour is very difficult, because you've got to use multiple different colours to create one.

To view CJ’s work pop onto her facebook page through the following link:

https://www.face.com/search/str/cj+hendry+art

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CLASSES, COMPETITIONS

AND EXHIBITIONS

PASTEL CLASSES with

VICKI ARMSTRONG Friday mornings at

Wide Bay Gallery

from 9.30 – 11.30am.

Suitable for all skill levels.

Ring Vicki on 0409 647 380 for further

information and bookings.

SUE’S ART ANTICS: Every Friday

Morning @ Aldershot Hall. A great

bunch of artists get together under the

tutorage of Sue Crickitt. Bookings 0429

968817. $12.00 per class. Bring your

project and your paints.

BRETT A. JONES FREEHAND DRAWING WORKSHOPS The next six-week courses will be running from 10:00am to 1:00pm, every Sunday from 20th January to 24th February, 2019 at Gallery 5 (H.B.A.S), 5 Sandy St. Urangan, Hervey Bay. or... every Monday from 21st January to 25th February, 2019 at Blue Shades Motel (conference room), 35 Ferry St. Maryborough. Cost for course including all materials and equipment is $180. For more details and examples of past students work go to www.seaofpain.com Or contact Brett (07)41 287682 or 0401 543327 or email art@seaofpain.com

What’s on @

Gatakers Art Space: Stand for What We Stand On - Elizabeth Hersey, David Probyn, Gina Davey, Sue Sheppard For all of Australia's natural beauty, sadly it leads the world on extinction. The artists' shared passion for the natural world seeks to not only show its beauty but to also highlight the need to protect the places and animals we love, through the media of paint, sculpture and typography. http://www.ourfrasercoast.com.au/Gatakers/Whats-On

Barbara Bajc Watercolour Exhibition:

Opening Night 2 November 2018 –

25 November 2018

SCULPTURE CENTRAL

Alpha Plantation Road Sunday 2nd December 10.00-4.00pm Voucher offer 20% discount on purchases (available from Wide Bay Gallery)

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ONLINE

COMPETITIONS: FOLLOW THE LINKS TO ENTER AND TO

FIND OUT MORE (N.B. some online competitions require a high

resolution digital image only and others require a physical delivery and collection of

your artwork – check the fine print!)

Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing

The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing is a $25,000 acquisitive art award among the most significant of its kind in the country. Inaugurated in 2006, the Prize is generously supported by the Parents and Friends’ Association of PLC Sydney. Named in honour of respected painter, printmaker and draughtswoman, Miss Adelaide Elizabeth Perry who taught Art at PLC Sydney from 1930 to 1962, the Prize attracts submissions from around the country. Entries for the 2019 competition are now open. https://www.plc.nsw.edu.au/microsites/adelaide-perry-gallery/adelaide-perry-prize-for-drawing/the-2019--perry-prize/the-2019-perry-prize

Contemporary Art Awards 2019

Entries close Wednesday November 28, 2018 Winner’s prize, $5,510 worth of cash and prizes, plus additional prizes for finalists.

Apply online, or through the supplied hardcopy application form. Visit the website for details.

https://www.contemporaryartawards.com/

Sculpture at Scenic World 2019

Entries close Monday November 12, 2018. Entries are invited for the eighth annual outdoor sculpture exhibition in the ancient Blue Mountains rainforest in 2019. Opportunities for artists include the Major prize of $20,000 and the $5,000 Environmental Award. Visit website for details and entry form https://www.sculptureatscenicworld.com.au/

What’s on at Gallery Five: November - Miniatures & Small Paintings

http://herveybayartsociety.org.au/

Artist Question: Why Are Sketchbooks

Important?

1. Sketchbooks are raw, convenient and quick thought provokers.

2. Your first idea is rarely the best but you won’t know this until you explore others - so sketch it out!

3. Sketching helps separate concepts from details

4. Sketching is fun & can reduce stress! When you stop worrying and allow your ideas to evolve, you will discover how enjoyable it is to sketch

5. In case you prefer hard evidence… ever heard of Walt Disney, Lewis & Clark, Steve Jobs, Charles Darwin, Charlotte Bronte, President George Washington, J.k. Rowling or John Lasseter? They’re just a sampling of people who kept/keep regular sketchbooks, and well, have done some pretty amazingly-creative things!

6. You also cannot help but develop your own style in your sketchbook. This is where you will develop your own unique artistic style – and that is always exciting!

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Cheers from the staff:

Ernie –

Official Shop Mascot/Knee-Licker and Meet & Greet Committee, Ex-con (bailed from Pound, twice)

*Update: I had to

have an eye removed due to a nasty cancer, so I am accepting Schmacko treats to make me feel better.

Vet’s Orders (honest)

Sue Crickitt – Customer Service,

Brush Guru, Tutor & Folk Art

Specialist, Mum to

Nathaniel.

Ewalina Powell – Bachelor of Arts,

Oil and Calligraphy Specialist,

Tutor and Customer Care

Nanny to Alex Apprentice boatie (2nd

mate)

Tammy Martin – Pastel & Acrylic Specialist, The best we have in I.T. Cos-player, Tutor & Co-Pilot, Equine, Dragon & Elf Expert Owner of aforementioned escapee

Bette Phillips – Drawing and Pastel

Specialist, Owner, Framer and

Bean Counter Nanna to Kade

George

*Final note:

Congratulations to our dear Bette for being

presented with “People’s Choice Award” for

her stunning artwork at the recent Gympie

Rush Art Festival with this amazing artwork!