A weekend workshop over 2 sessions.
Explore with Graeme the impact of using light to render fabric over the form as an important part of your subject.
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The highly anticipated and wildly successful Spring Salon group exhibition of current members’ artwork returns.
Held in the Studio and Performance Spaces in the Basement of the Hawthorn Arts Centr. A strictly limited run over one weekend.
The Gala Opening Night will be held in the Studio from 6pm on Friday 22 November, to which all HAS members, family and friends are welcome.
Held at the Kilburn Hotel (in the Whisky Room), 348 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn at 6pm on Tuesday 12th November 2024. We will not be in the studio.
Every financial member of the Society is welcome, has a right to attend and to vote. A member may appoint any other member as his or her proxy to vote and speak on his or her behalf. A form appointing a proxy must be given to the Chairperson of the meeting before or at the commencement of the meeting. A form sent by post or electronically must be received no later than 24 hours before the commencement of the meeting.
This is a repeat of the workshop from the weekend before.
Godwin brings his substantial photographic background to bear with his distinctive modes of drawing, referencing primitive, classical and contemporary aesthetics of many cultures and disciplines.
Godwin’s work is included in the collections of the Australian National Gallery, the National Gallery of Victoria, The Art Gallery of NSW and many other prestigious international collections.
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The 2 session workshop will make use of Godwin’s extensive teaching experience.
Session one will be based around a life drawing session with short and long poses including anatomy, historic context, linear and tonal practice, analysis and demonstration.
Session two will focus the study themes on the head, with two life models sitting in the studio.
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Great for beginners and experienced painters and non painters, keen to extend their range into more abstract compositions and develop skills in new areas.
3 Saturday sessions 1.30pm - 4.30pm in the studio BOOK HERE
Come to our regular, last Sunday of the month en plein air event, to be held in the stepped, paved open space, just outside the HAS studio. Close to a variety of food options, plus tea, coffee, and cleanup facilities in the studio. Handy!
This event will be part of our Open House Melbourne activities. Come along and enjoy the company and the vistas of this versatile location.
Tours of the Hawthorn Arts Centre building, will now include a tour of our studio. Visitors will be invited to come in and observe art sessions in progress, meet Society members, and discover more about their artistic endeavours.Portrait group with Wayne Aubrey in the Studio
Saturday
10 - 12:30pm Tutored life drawing group with Bill Wood in the Performance Space
10 - 12:30pm
Portrait group with Ken Williamson in the Studio
1 - 4pm
Abstract art group with Ken Wight in the HAS Studio
Sunday
10 - 12:30pm Portrait group with Eliza in the Studio
1 - 4pm
Portrait group with Eliza in the Studio
This fundraiser will lend a helping hand to one of Melbourne's hardest working models for over 25 years. Life drawing marathon - come to one, come to all, 3 sessions $70 or $30 per session.
En plein air painting workshop
Sunday 7 April, Sunday 14 April and Sunday 21 April 2024, 10am - 2pm.
Rippon Lea Estate is situated at 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick.
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Workshop one:
Saturday 6 April, Sunday 7 April, 1.30 - 4.30pm 2024
Workshop two:
Saturday 13 April, Sunday 14 April, 1.30 - 4.30pm 2024
In both workshops Lewis will demonstrate and talk through the process he follows developing a portrait. Students will learn tips on colour modelling shade and light in oil paint, from this highly awarded Archibald Prize winning artist.
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Great for beginners and for artists wanting to learn some extra skills and techniques in carving and printing linocuts.
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Two-day workshop
Sunday 3 & Sunday 10 December, 2022. 1.30pm - 5.30pm
Over the two sessions you will join Erica Wagner and discover the joy of creating new compositions, using your own discarded works on paper and other collage elements. Being prepared to destroy in order to create, can liberate the artist and add depth and interest to your work.
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The Annual General Meeting of the Hawthorn Artist Society to be held 7.30pm on Wednesday 8th November 2023. We will be in the Performance Space next to the studio, Basement 360 Burwood Rd Hawthorn. ENTER VIA THE GLASS DOORS we will not be in the regular studio, as there is a class on.
Every financial member of the Society is welcome, has a right to attend and to vote.
In an enlightening talk in the Performance Space, delving into the captivating lives and extraordinary work of eight remarkable female artists.
Group exhibition, opening Thursday 26 October 6 pm.
Malvern Artist Society 1297 - 99 High Street
Malvern
The HAS Spring Salon Exhibition 2023 will be held in the Studio and Performance Spaces in the Basement of the Hawthorn Arts Centre, and will have a strictly limited run over the weekend of Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 September.
The Gala Opening Night will be held in the Studio from 6pm on Friday 15 September, to which all HAS members, family and friends are welcome.
The Gala Opening Night will be held in the Studio from 6pm on Friday 15 September, to which all HAS members, family and friends are welcome.
Event rescheduled to the later date of Wednesday 30 August. Art thinking explores the transition from mid century abstraction into the conceptual and the radical changes in art tuition that were involved to bring this about. A FREE event. Details and RSVP here.
WORKSHOP ONE Sunday 2 July, Saturday 8 July and Sunday 9 July 1.30 - 4.30pm.
WORKSHOP TWO Sunday 6 August, Saturday 12 August and Sunday 13 August 1.30 - 4.30pm.
Book for this complete course of three outstanding sessions in our Hawthorn studio. Book here
Your entry must be completed and submitted before midnight Sunday 27 August 2023.
Terms and Conditions apply, however, so please make sure you read and follow them or your submission may not make it into the exhibition.
We hope you can join us and look forward to celebrating our HAS art together!
This event is SOLD OUT.
In sessions over two consecutive Sundays, Graeme will help you explore ways to hone observational skills of direct and intense observation. His enthusiasm for capturing portrait subjects in several hours will be illustrated with examples of previous work and a demonstration painting using his colour palette, colour mixing, roughing in and rich paint stroke finish.
This event is SOLD OUT
The Annual General Meeting of the Hawthorn Artists Society to be held at the Kilburn Hotel, 348 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn at 7.30pm on Wednesday 9th November 2022. We will not be in the studio.
Every financial member of the Society is welcome, has a right to attend and to vote
En plein air painting workshop (oil painting). Sunday 6, 13, 20 November 2022, 10am - 2pm.
Themes of memory, the human condition, political history, and identity.
Glen Eira Gallery
Opening 6pm, Thursday 27 October.
Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield.
Runs until 20 November,
10am-5pm weekdays, 1-4pm weekends.
A family's story of loss and rebuilding told through paintings and original artifacts.
Opening night Thursday 10 November 7.30pm
Guest speaker Gillian Essex of Grandmothers for Refugees
Live music The Max Raz-Liebman Trio
Montsalvat, Eltham. The Long Gallery.
Includes 14 works from the GRID Project - a monumental collaborative effort during the 2020 Lockdown. Plus other collaborations and recent work from Terry Griffin. Also African and Venetian necklaces from a private collection gathered in Ethiopia.
October 8 & 9, 15 & 16 from 2 - 5pm Mid-week viewings can be arranged.
Describing ourselves
Figure drawing workshop 1.30 - 5.30pm over one weekend.
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Over the two sessions you will join Erica Wagner and discover the joy of creating new compositions, using your own discarded works on paper and other collage elements. Being prepared to destroy in order to create, can liberate the artist and add depth and interest to your work. Book the workshop
