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Art course 2022 Confidence with colour 12th & 26th March – 10am – 12pm

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For anyone, of any ability, who wants to build upon their colour skills.

A practical course over two Saturday mornings investigating effective colour mixing, colour bias, optical mixing and colour relationships. No more unintentional muddy colours.

Bring any paints and equipment that you want to use, but if possible should include white, two yellows, two reds, two blues. Paper, brushes, palette knife, (if using acrylic), palettes/plates and water jars, will also be necessary.

Additional materials will be supplied to help you achieve. 

Fee £15.00 each session. Pay on the day. Car parking available. Doors open 9.30am.

Mundon Village (Victory) Hall, Main Road, Mundon, Essex CM9 6PB

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Beginnings
    Today's Mundon life drawing with Model Ian Griffiths Life drawing 19/5/23 9.30am Mundon CM9 6PB An untutored drawing session. Good company. Good model. See you there. Thanks to Tim Stoat life model at todays life drawing session Mundon https://www.instagram.com/p/CrQoaWDorON/ Mundon life drawing @dandblifemodelling Mundon life drawing, another very enjoyable session thanks to @dandblifemodelling Town Mayor of Maldon, Andrew Lay yesterday visited exhibition Between friends (a conversation).Artists Jenny Hill and Jenny Newman. Maeldune Heritage Centre, Maldon. #maldonessex ,#art exhibition #visitessex#visitmaldon #linocut #abstractart Viewpoint Deep water, linocut print. Exhibition,Between friends (a conversation). Maeldune Heritage Centre Maldon. Until 2nd July. Open Tuesday to Saturday 11am-4pm.

    Curious? There is story to tell.

    Burnham Art & Rail Community

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    Burnham Art & Rail Community

    The mostly disused station building, (apart from a nice cafe and a part time ticket office), is almost derelict. The windows have been boarded up with chipboard and the peeling paint tells you how long they have been there. It was a sad state of a building and when travelling by rail, is the first impression arriving in Burnham on Crouch, Essex. Beyond the platform and out to the car park and Station Road, are thriving gardens, planted and developed by volunteers who have already made this a more beautiful place.

    The 10th anniversary of the Burnham Art Trail and 125 years of the railway to the town, became a celebratory community art project and refurbishment of the station.
    Young people age 6-18 were asked to put forward a design they would like to see on the boarded windows on the theme of Travel – past, present and future. Winning designs could be painted by the designer or if very young, the painting was done by a volunteer artist.
    I painted this board from a design drawn by a six year old girl. The expressions on the faces were a delight and I was conscious not to change essential elements so it could remain as close as possible to her original idea.
    If you would like to see more images of painted window boards visit http://www.burnhamarttrail.co.uk

    Burnham Art Trail 2014

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    Burnham Art Trail 2014

    Burnham Art Trail 2014 Venue no.32. The trail map can be seen at http://www.burnhamarttrail.co.uk
    Jacaranda in Station Road, is my allocated venue for this years art trail. It is a beautiful florist shop created and run by Sam Adams who generously gave up window space for the art trail week 21st June – 29th June.
    If you would like to see what has been happening and upcoming events please visit
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Burnham-Art-Trail

    Art exhibition ‘Creative Flow’ at Farleigh Hospice 7/1/14 – 27/2/14

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    Art exhibition 'Creative Flow' at Farleigh Hospice 7/1/14 - 27/2/14

    Art exhibition ‘Creative Flow’ at Farleigh Hospice Gallery 7/1/14 – 27/2/14. Art work supplied by Activate artists.

    The Hospice welcomes visitors to view artwork in the gallery during Lantern Suite opening hours, (Monday-Friday 9.00am – 4.00pm).

    Activate is an independent voluntary group set up in 1999 to bring together and offer support to professional artists living in and around Chelmsford, Essex.

    We have a pro-active membership whose work covers a broad spectrum of disciplines including Painters, Printmakers, Ceramicists, Sculptors, Textile Artists, Digital Artists and Community, Public and Environmental Artists, and always welcome new faces and new ideas.

    Activate meets at the United Brethren Pub, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 OLF; 7pm -9pm on the second Monday or Wednesday of each month for discussion on personal and group projects as well as an opportunity to share skills and knowledge and to get involved with current activities.

    More information about Activate Arts is available on http://www.activatechelmsford.org.uk

    Information on visiting Farleigh Hospice can be found on their website http://www.farleighhospice.org

    Field Bird’s Nest fungi – ink – Jenny Hill

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    Field Bird's Nest fungi - ink - Jenny Hill

    Thumbnail size fungi, (depending on the size of your thumb), in wood chip mulch at RHS Hyde Hall Garden, Rettendon, Essex. At first I saw only the silvery empty cups and wondered what they were. Then on closer inspection I could see more but with ‘eggs’ that had not been dispersed. A fungi hunt in autumn led by an expert mycologist opened my eyes to the range of common fungi, but I still wonder how I have not noticed these until this year. Field Bird’s Nest – Cyathus olla.
    I used silver acrylic ink for one thin wash before adding more layers of orange and blue. Silver ink can give a grey tinge but it worked well for this subject giving a subtle metallic sheen.

    Venice – Window shutters – Jenny Hill

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    Venice - Window shutters - Jenny Hill

    Layered posters on the window shutters of a shop in Venice.
    Control of this outside exhibition space was with the shop owner as it looked like the shutters could only be easily accessed from inside the shop, or by a person standing on a box or a ladder in a boat in the narrow canal.
    The overlaid posters appear to be carefully placed, allowing the older images to be seen, (or for the faces to look through to the viewer).

    Pumpkin Marina di Chioggia – Oil pastel – Jenny Hill

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    Pumpkin Marina di Chioggia - Oil pastel - Jenny Hill

    Marina di Chioggia fantastic pumpkin, fleshy folds of dense nutty sweet orange flesh, originates from Chioggia, Italy. I use it for coconut and pumpkin soup or oven baked vegetables for pasta or rice.
    Initially I added this to the list of regulars grown in the vegetable garden because of the connection to Italy and memories of a good holiday in Venice but I now know the value of the fruit and it is there on merit. (Just as I wrote ‘fruit’, I had to check to see if it was fruit or vegetable).
    Definitions of fruit and vegetables –
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10129729/Do-you-know-your-fruit-from-your-vegetables.html
    This is an oil pastel sketch for development into an ink painting or print.