On a recent walk to Brunswick Heads we enjoyed watching the sculptors installing their works, creating a walk of surprises around the town.
 Join a small group to refresh you art practice or enjoy laying some foundations as a beginner in art. This is a six week course, introducing ways of seeing, and introducing foundations in drawing, composition, colour and texture. For those who wish to develop their creative ability or build their art experience further. Work at your own level of experience.
For more info phone Byron Community College: 02 66843374 For our first class we took a walk around the colourful town of Mullumbimby, to take photos and collect found objects for drawing. We had great fun exploring, finding new viewpoints for a subject, and building a base of research material for future paintings. Today I tidied and cleaned the studio. Taking a moment to appreciate this light-filled space and the inspiring ever-changing views.
It was a treat to be a part of this amazing event at Lennox Head Community Centre. A day to celebrate the beauty of girls, there were discussion forums on the use of social media, singing and expression workshops, makeup and hair and face painting tents, a healing tent for parents and girls, perfumed body creams to make, yummy food from the Belle General, and the beading table, shown above. Beading is not just for girls! The girls and boys had so much fun designing and stringing their beads to make bracelets and necklaces.
I downloaded the brushes app after visiting the David Hockney exhibition in Melbourne. He is 79 years old and totally enjoying and applying new technology to his repetoire, inspiring! Here are my first baby steps on iPad. Eight of us enjoyed five days on North Stradbroke Island to write and edit for the website: www.joyofageing.com
Early morning sunrises and exercises, walking, sharing cooking and delicious meals, buying fresh fish from the fishermen who had caught the fish that morning, sitting at the large table writing, discussing, editing, it was amazing to feel how together and harmonious we were. It was marvellous! Thank you all. Here are the first drawings from our introductory exercise on perspective. I love how everyone makes the exercise their own, industrial, european, moody skies and pedestrians and cars added to a basic framework.
Today we learned more about the flexibility and scope of watercolours. Using apples and capsicums as our chosen objects we looked at how to observe light and shadows, how to build colours from light to dark using layers, and how different mediums will dictate the look and quality of the finished drawing. We used watercolours for the first drawing, then watercolour pencils for the second drawing. Love the vibrancy of these interpretations! |
From my studioIn the early morning you will find me at my desk with a cup of tea, making notes about a possible new painting, the next workshop, or the next article or blog to write. In the evening you will find me walking the beach, or along the lane from the house, looking closely at pebbles or footprints in sand, or gazing into the distance at clouds and horizons. In between - all manner of adventures, interactions, creative projects being developed. Bernadette Curtin lives in the Byron Bay hinterland, in Northern New South Wales.
She has a wealth of experience as an artist, art educator and mentor, having worked with young artists at secondary and tertiary levels, at Ruyton Girls School, the NGV and RMIT, Melbourne. She has helped adults prepare folios for tertiary courses, and conducted art workshops from her studio. She has led field trips to the outback and runs on-line tutorials in creative expression. In her words: "Painting and drawing were natural ways to express as a child. I loved playing with watercolours, coloured pencils and paint. Making art has been a constant practice in my life, and the best way I know to respond to the beauty of nature. I have enjoyed teaching art for many years, and I would love to share the joy and playfulness of your natural expression with you." Archives
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