Coochie Art Group is looking forward to the first class of 2019, with our Exhibition mentor, Jenny MacNamara-Furlong, on Tuesday, 5/2/19. Should be a lot of fun and serious learning! Visitors are welcome, as long as space permits. Contact Jan Cox, janno47@gmail.com for further details.

WHAT TO BRING to the first workshop

Photos / Ideas of what Simple Treasures means to you
HB & 2B pencil
Any other art materials they currently use; brushes, selection of paint, pastels, coloured pencil 5 sheets A3 water colour paper 300gsm ( any one you like)
2 Magazines
Water container

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Beryl and Jan have just finished hanging a new display of some of their paintings at Victoria Point branch of Bendigo Bank. Thank you Bendigo Bank for the chance to share our paintings!

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Vicki’s class yesterday was full of revelations for us – from the use of masking fluid with water!, building a beautiful painting from splattered blobs of colour, easy backgrounds, a sample of the miracle material, Frisket, painting white flowers, a brilliant demonstration of refraction and diffraction among many other gems.

Vicki splattered blobs and sprays of masking fluid on dry paper, immediately sprayed it with a very fine spray of water and left it to dry. When dry, she laid a glaze of yellow over and let it dry. When completely dry, she removed the masking with a crepe eraser, never her finger in this instance, and revealed the wonderful softened edges in the photos shown below.

The refraction/diffraction was clearly illustrated by pencils in glass of different thicknesses. Accurate observation showed clearly the enlargement, the refraction, the reflection of colour at the pencil end etc, as seen in the photos below. Vicki’s top tip for this was absolutely accurate observation. Paint what you see, not what you think it should be!

Vicki also demonstrated how to build a successful painting from the splattered pigments, how to enhance by negative painting and scraping w/c pencil into a wet “flower” centre, among many other techniques and tips.

What a wonderfully generous tutor, who turned certain long-standing “rules” on their heads with her beautiful, thorough Tutelage? Thank you Vicki from Coochie Art Group for a fabulous term!

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Vicki’s 4th Class 27th November 2018.docx
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Our tutor, Vicki Whalan, has been teaching Coochie Group more about colour temperature, the subtleties needed for flowers, and so much more. The handouts are so useful to accurately remember each step of the way.

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Photos below show Vicki demonstrating a fabulous way of stretching watercolour paper over a canvas stretcher frame and how to avoid the pitfalls! Vicki also taught the manner in which the painting can be preserved archivally, without the need for expensive framing. Wow! What a revelation!

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Coochie Art Group members today hung a fabulous display of prize-winning paintings in the Redland Art Gallery’s Red Box in Shop 48 Bloomfield on the Arcade corner opposite Browns Bakery. ( Great coffee thank you!) Do call in, all welcome, no entry fee. Most paintings are for sale. The display is only for a week, until Monday 15th October. >

Coochie Art Group will be hanging a superb display in the Redland Art Gallery’s Red Box, inside the shop at 48 Bloomfield Street, Cleveland, on the other side of the Arcade from Brown’s Bakery. Yum! The display will be hung on Monday, 8th October and will be dismounted on Monday 15th October. Members may be sketching, drawing or painting whilst on duty, so call in and have a look around. All welcome, no entry fee!

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Materials List for Vicki Whalan’s Classes for Term 4. Please read carefully as the list is extensive and there is some requirement for stretching your paper before classes start.
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Below are some examples of Vicki Whalan’s paintings, illustrating some of the refraction/reflection/ water techniques Members will be learning in Term 4. Should be lots of fun! We love our watercolours!