The Central Coast Watercolour Society Springtime Exhibition is being held at The Community Gallery Gosford Regional Gallery, Webb Street, East Gosford.
We will be open daily 10am to 4pm from Friday 28th September Closing 4 pm on Sunday 7th October.
For more details click on this link: Springtime Exhibition Sep 2018
We have lots of artistic things happening this month at CCWS! Join us for our monthly general meeting on Wed 11th July from 9.30 to midday. This month John Dwyer from Canson will give a presentation on watercolour products.
Also we will critique the entries for this month’s challenge: “Insects”, we are expecting lots of creepy, crawlies for this challenge!
Don’t forget to bring in your booking form to travel with us to Taronga Zoo, Sydney on Wednesday 19th Sept. $42 for members, $62 for non-members (this is a great price including cost of the bus and entry to the zoo. We plan to sketch and take reference photos of the animals.
Rob Candy is holding a two day workshop on Sat 21st & Sun 22nd of July & Cheryl Sun is holding a one day workshop on Sat 28th July. See full details of both these workshops at this link: Workshops.
Also the Introduction to Watercolour I classes have commenced on 7th July and continue throughout this month. For more details click on this link: Introduction to Watercolour Workshops.
Don’t forget our intermediate level watercolour workshop being tutored by Krista Brennan. The dates for this 2 day workshop are the 19th and 20th May and will be held at the Community Rooms, The Entrance. Plenty of places left for this refresher course! See below for entry forms.
Goin’ Fishing
This workshop is a great refresher course for all members. For all information on this course and enrolment forms, please click on the link below, or ring Lyn on 0400245730.
CCWS April meeting was well attended, with members being given a lecture by Jocelyn Maughan on all facets of drawing. Jocelyn is a very distinguished artist from the Gosford area, who achieved a Diploma of Fine Arts at the National Art School, Sydney, which was followed by a career as an Art Educator.
Jocelyn also critiqued the monthly challenge of Mineral where members brought in their paintings of all things Mineral.
Coming up in April the CCWS has the general meeting this Wednesday the 11th from 9.30 am to 12.00pm in the Community Centre, The Entrance. This month’s meeting features a demonstration by Jocelyn Maughan – distinguished, well known, central coast artist – on the subject of Drawing. Bring along your notebooks as Jocelyn is bound to share some interesting facets of drawing. Also at this month’s meeting our Painting Challenge is “Mineral”, so there will be heaps of subjects that can fit that criteria ie a solid, naturally occurring, inorganic substance. Anything not animal or vegetable. Get the paint brushes and the brain cells working!
Earl Hingston will be giving a two day workshop on the 14th & 15th of this month. Earl is focussing on landscapes, old buildings and perhaps boats. Places still available – click here for workshop forms Workshop Booking Form.
The mentor program continues this morning, click here for details Mentor Program.
Our Easter Showcase exhibition continues at the Gosford Community Gallery, we have had 895 viewers through the gallery to date. Click here for details Easter Showcase Watercolour Exhibition
The Central Coast Watercolour Society Easter Showcase Exhibition is proving very popular over the holiday period. Six framed paintings have already been sold, with quite a few unframed paintings and cards going to new homes as well! The exhibition continues daily from 10am to 4pm daily until the 11th April, at the Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Webb St, East Gosford. The exhibition is free and we have a major raffle prize of a painting (pictured above) which has been donated by our feature artist – Lorraine Best.
The Central Coast Watercolour Society’s Easter Showcase Exhibition will be held at The Community Gallery, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Webb Street, East Gosford with the wonderful paintings of our local artists for sale.
Running daily from 10 am to 4 pm from Thursday 29th March to Wednesday 11th April 2018 (closed Good Friday). The featured artist for the exhibition is the society’s own Lorraine Best.
Lorraine was inspired to paint at an early age because of her father’s interest in art.
Over the years, during formal education days and during the years of motherhood, she attended art classes in Sydney and Melbourne.
Inspiration comes from the Australian landscape and her daily experiences.
She loves to work with other artists, exchanging inspiration and motivation with them, as well as their friendship.Lorraine’s first art award was gained in 1983 at the Geelong Art Show. She has won many awards since, including the Hornsby Art Award on two occasions. These paintings now form part of the Hornsby Shire Council art collection.
Lorraine is continuing to develop her artistic styles and is now exploring the potentials of yupo paper, a synthetic paper, waterproof, stain-resistant, and extremely strong and durable.
Lorraine has paintings in private collections, both in Australia and overseas.For further details regarding this exhibition, contact Marlene on 0409 666 709 or Susie on 0401 566 379 for details.
Or visit our web site: http://centralcoastwatercolour.com.au
Or Facebook site: Central Coast Watercolour Society
What a fabulous 2 day workshop we had with Rob Candy – Watercolourist! Rob was very generous with his extensive knowledge of watercolour and all the attendees had a great time. See some photos taken at the workshop below. Click here to see all the details for CCWS upcoming Workshops. You can see more of Rob’s work at his website: https://www.robcandy.com
