Travelling with a sketch book - John Strickland

On the evening of July 22nd, John gave a very fascinating account of his travels with pictures and sketches. His wife, Jen, was present also and she ably filled in many a gap in the itinerary and narrative.

John showed us his lovely sketchbooks which were made by Di Breeze, another talented FHAS member, and the little painting and drawing kit that he travels with.

John gave a few tips and some words of encouragement to anyone thinking of recording their travels in this way.  

The couple travelled  through Jordan, Israel and Egypt with many tales of customs, climate and food (Note John's headgear!).

  

John's sketches of Petra were extremely interesting and the little comic 5-minute sketches of people they saw on their travels were very amusing. 

They are planning to visit Russia in August so we look forward to more sketches in due course.

The evening was enjoyed by 16 members and seven guests who stayed for tea and a chat afterwards.

Photos courtesy of Rob McAlpine.

SCULPTING FUN

It was a great workshop - everyone agreed! And an excellent turnout: 16 members and nine guests attended Peter Ford's informative afternoon.

Peter supplied the armatures and we all were challenged to make a sculpture of our fancy.  He set a few models around for inspiration but it was up to our own imagination to make something. 

It was really great fun, very different from many other workshops and much enjoyed by all taking part.

In a few weeks time we will have a collective firing of our efforts and we will be able to judge our 'oeuvre'.

Photos taken by member Alex Johnston (how did she get the one of herself working on the clay??!)

Peter Jander visits

Talented artist Peter Jander entertained and informed the 18 members and three guests who braved the rather inclement weather to enjoy an evening with this artist.  His personality, charming impressionistic paintings, sound advice and sometime quirky suggestions, had everyone enthralled and enthused.

Remember some of the key suggestions:

set goals and work towards them

try out things even if you are hesitant

experiment with ideas and techniques

Don't let failure stand in the way of your enthusiasm

He suggested painting with music even singing along is good for encouraging the artistic spirit. 

Thank you Peter. A great evening!

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

	WORKSHOPS	PAINTOUTS	EVENING EVENTS
July	14th Peter Ford Sculpture	21st 1 Fynbos Rise Off Pass rd.,FH	22nd John Strickland’s Travel with a paintbrush
August	11th Setting up of still life +composition Val Parry	18th Noordhoek farm village	26th Hugh Murdoch competition Theme – Still Life

                                                

Looking back to May/June

Dear Members

A warm welcome to our three new members: Terence O’hara, Bonita Ramage and M.Spinks

PAST EVENTS

Workshops: In May Sonia Jacka guided us through a suberb workshop. She was so organised and brought casts  and lighting. Our portraits are bound  to improve !

                 

Sonia Jacka at work                                               One of the casts

            In June, our Chairman ( John Strickland) hosted an interesting

           color mixing workshop.

                     

Paintouts :   Kirstenbosch was our destination for the paintout in May with 8 members

                    braving  the wintry weather.

                    Due to the public holiday in June, we had a break.

Evenings:     The  graphite drawing competition in May drew much talent. Many and interesting art pieces were exhibited. Congratulations to the winner -Ian Hardie .The second prize went to Christine Verne and third prize to Maya McCormack.

In June, Peter Jander joined us with his delightful personality and charming impressionistic paintings .

                      

FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS

Please check the events calender for what “ tools” to bring along for the next two months.

	WORKSHOPS	PAINTOUTS	EVENING EVENTS
July	14th Peter Ford Sculpture	21st 1 Fynbos Rise Off Pass rd.,FH	22nd John Strickland’s Travel with a paintbrush
August	11th Setting up of still life +composition Val Parry	18th Noordhoek farm village	26th Hugh Murdoch competition Theme – Still Life

from the DRAWING COMPETITION

Well done FHAS! Some brilliant drawings.



Getting down to see those details: John Strickland, chairman.

Ian Hardie won the competition with his fabulous locomotive. Second prize went to Christine Verne. and the third, to Maya McCormack

Photos by member Robert McAlpine.