Our last “First Tuesday of the Month” for 2018

Painting barbed wire

Joy Jones will be sharing this beautiful technique of painting barbed wire using watercolour and gouache.

byo heavy watercolour paper with  low tooth/ smooth surface and paints.

MASH does have some watercolours.

(Joy does have gouache to share if needed).

Please email Lorri Lambert if you have (or can get) some actual barbed wire (rusty preferred)

Sorry I have been a bit slow posting .. got a bit sidetracked with Facebook, setting up my art therapy business and of course painting!

Below is a bit of a selection of images from workshops we have held over the past few months.  First Tuesday of the Month in July we did monochrome work, followed by collage in August and Pastels in September.

The pastels were inspired by the Ross Paterson workshop held a week earlier.  Members brought along their work and we shared ideas and techniques.

The annual General meeting was held Tuesday 18th September.

President: Judy Brawn  Secretary: Lorri Lambert  Treasurer: Sue McGrath

Membership is still $25 per year.

This was held our  planned workshop for the 1st Tuesday in June (actually was held on the 2nd Tuesday as Lorri was ill)

We had a lot of fun experimenting with oil pastels which were painted over with acrylic paint, and then scratched back to reveal a drawing or to create one.  Below are some of the works by our group!

MASH members enjoyed an informative and fun linocut workshop with Judy Holding and Kerryn Finch this week with some surprising and beautiful results.

Pictured are members with Judy and their lovely prints.

The second workshop will be held Tuesday May 22nd 10am – noon at Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery.  We will further develop our prints and add colour using a variety of techniques.

A selection of prints made today

The Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery is running FREE workshops with visiting professional artist, Judy Holding to create “The biggest print”. Make the most of this wonderful opportunity to work with a mature artist who shares our passion for making art and have your work featured in an amazing wall of prints.

May 1st 10am – noon

Some great photos were taken by Pamela Blackman for The Guardian at our exhibition opening in February 2017.

Click HERE to see them all.

To read the press release with a photo of the group hard at work click HERE

Paint Pouring (in house)
with Lorri Lambert and Helen Porteus

This was a fun and very expressive way to share our creativity.

Lorri and Helen shared their skills and techniques including recipes to take home and experiment with.  Members were able to create between 2 and 4 small pieces each learning about basic pours, the swipe and a dirty pour.

Different mediums were trialled including PVA & water, Floetrol and paint plus some combinations of the above.  Silicone oil was added to some colours and there was much excitement as “cells” began to appear.

For a .pdf copy of the notes please email Lorri.

Expressive Art Workshop with Paul Oswin

Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th March.
Art & Soul Gallery, Chapman St Swan Hill.
10am to 3pm each day (approx finish time)

Members $90 Non Members $110.

email Lorri for a full list of materials.

Portraits with Marion Frost

1st Tuesday in April at the Murray River Motel.

(details to come)