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1 N ewsletter N o.125 M arch 2013 W ant to see this Newsletter in colour/larger print? T hen d ownload it from our website: http: // w ww.ringwoodartsociety.org C hairman s By D avid Lowe Chat The New Year has heralded in a new look website which has been created by o ur webmaster Michael C lare and what a beauti- f ul looking site it is full of colour and s hine! M ichael has incorporated all of our wish list and more! Read his report on p age 7. A nn Squire s Salisbury Exhibition R eport i s on Page 3. Ann is also remind- ing us of the new intake of members p aintings for the B oston Tea Party on p age 4. Start uploading your entries n ow a ny problems contact Michael. E ileen Palmer has her Manet Trip Re- p ort o n p age 5 a nd is now taking b ookings for her next trip: S OCIETY FOR ALL ARTISTS (SAA). IT S ALL ABOUT ART F RIDAY 26 JULY 2013 B USINESS DESIGN CENTRE, ISLINGTON, LONDON O ur Xmas Party is now on Thursday 4th December 2013, s tarting at 6.00 pm I report on the super demo entitled Textured A crylics b y L yndsey Cole on p age 2 On page 7, M argaret Plant relates the s tory so far, of our journey with our new, very successful, P ottery Workshops. D uring March i s our C lub Night with Roy Lang - S eascapes i n oils, & on 23rd our W orkshop with R oger Dellar - Using L ight - in Oils - S ee you there! RE-D ESIGNED WEBSITE As you know our re- designed website is up and running. It's easy to use, interesting to look at and has all our information at a click of a button. This is a great opportunity for you to get your pictures in for the 'Boston Tea Party', and as we are coming into the Spring/Summer period, there s hould be more people viewing our work. We realise that there are some members without computers, but feel sure another member, friend or neighbour could help in this area. You never know, once they have seen our website, they may even like join u s! L oraine Halsey R AS Publicity Following a successful hand- over, we are pleased to announce, with immediate effect, t hat Elvira (Elvie) O Hanlon has been co- o pted to take over as Membership Secretary from Jean Baylis and wish her an easy j ourney. Please help Elvie by paying your subs on- t ime. A big thank you to Jean! We still URGENTLY need a co- op volunteer to take over as PROGRAMME S ECRETARY from Margaret Plant. Help will be given during the hand- o ver. Please contact a Committee M ember if you can help. It is with sadness that we recently learnt of t he death of our long term RAS Member Jennifer Pretty. Our heartfelt condolences to h er family on their sad loss RAS UK. All Rights Reserved. Established 196: Extend knowledge: exhibit: stimulate. Page 1 of

2 W ORKSHOP L indsey 1 Cole Feb 13 T extured Acrylics Lyndsey gave us a Master Class in the use and application of texture to painting using modelling paste, marble dust and common sand m ixed with an acrylic paint base. After explaining the many techniques and processes involved, she took us through the various stages in creating a seascape step-by- step, finishing with a f inished work. I for one, having just purchased a couple of pots of texture base (although Lyndsey also had a selection of items for sale) was enthused to have a go w hen I got home. Her method involved applying the medium with a stepped trowel and loaded paints building up the required textured finish ready for over- painting, in this case, with acrylics. Her method involved dry brushing to get the required effect (rather than diluted paint which gives a smeared effect). Her advice was to have available a selection of long haired low cost fibre brushes as they would undergo considerable abrasion of the bristles in the p rocess. A few strikes of pastel colour were introduced into the rock crevices to mimic natural discolouration. The finalé was the use of the old standby in the form of a toothbrush to add the white spray against the rocks. Overall a thoroughly competent and i nstructive demonstration. P rogramme Times Monthly Meetings for 7:30pm - 3 rd Monday in month. P ottery A fternoons pm pm Activity Centre W orkshops am pm Ann Rose Hall 2013 RAS UK. All Rights Reserved. Established 196: Extend knowledge: exhibit: stimulate. Page 2 of

3 Salisbury Exhibition R eport 2013 I am pleased to report that the cold wet weather of recent times didn't deter people from entering our Salisbury h ospital exhibition. The exhibition was spread out over different locations within the Hospital. Staff, patients and visitors had plenty of opportunity to enjoy the pictures at d ifferent times and in different places. 74 paintings were entered although only 70 made it to the exhibition; I think two people forgot the hand- in. In total paintings sold with a possibility of two more. Congratulation to those members w ho sold. Once again we held a competition for visitors to vote for their favourite painting. It came as a complete surprise to find my painting of a baby d onkey entitled " Inquisitive" had the most votes and the runner up was Jill Leigh's beautiful painting of P olperro. I would like to thank everyone who took part in the exhibition, because it is always held just after Christmas when people don't really feel like going out. It is so nice that so many of you made the extra effort needed to take part in the exhibition. I know that it is always really appreciated by all at Salisbury H ospital. T hank you once again. A nn Squire, E xhibition Secretary " Inquisitive" " Polperro" by Ann Squire by Jill Leigh 2013 RAS UK. All Rights Reserved. Established 196: Extend knowledge: exhibit: stimulate. Page 3 of

4 The Next Exhibition to be held at Boston Tea Party will be from the 16th April - 15th July inclusive. Paintings will be selected between the 3-5th April b y BTP. Hand in will be th April 10am. Please upload images as soon as p ossible for inclusion in the next exhibition. Maximum of 4 paintings per artist. All painting will be exhibited on the Ringwood Art Society website, BTP Gallery, in batches in date order. Even if your painting is not selected for this exhibition it may be selected for the next one. Only paintings chosen for exhibition will be deleted from the website once the e xhibition they are currently in has finished. I mportant : P lease contact our webmaster M ike Clare at w ebmaster@ringwoodartsociety.org if you need help to upload your pictures: also advise him if your painting is no longer available for selection a nd he will remove it from the gallery. Ann Squire, E xhibition Secretary P ROPOSED TRIP S OCIETY FOR ALL ARTISTS (SAA). IT S ALL ABOUT ART O UR NEXT TRIP F RIDAY 26 JULY 2013 B USINESS DESIGN CENTRE, ISLINGTON, LONDON H ere one can take part in interactive workshops and demonstrations which are designed to help us discover top tips and techniques from the country's leading artists. All materials are included FREE, including some of the l atest on the market. The cost would be: - G roup entry Seater Coach Non refundable total We would leave Fordingbridge Post Office and Bickton Cross at.15 hrs and Meeting House Lane, Ringwood at.30. hrs returning to Ringwood at approximately hrs. There are plenty of eating places either inside the Centre or outside, and I understand that Cass Art (with discounted art supplies) is also within easy walking d istance. W e will be dropped off and picked up o utside the Centre. I am advised by the SAA to purchase tickets as and when bookings plus m oney are received as they have already c ommenced taking bookings, and I hope t hat as many as possible will kindly s upport this trip. The return coach trip only is available at (non- r efundable). 7 persons have already booked and closing date for this trip will be 5 July C ontact for booking: M rs E Palmer ( RAS Trips) 71 Salisbury Road F ordingbridge H ampshire, SP6 1EP T el: E mail: Palmer.b.d@btinternet.com Please note that I will not be available 20 March 31 March inclusive, but would be pleased to hear from anyone a t any other time. E ileen 2013 RAS UK. All Rights Reserved. Established 196: Extend knowledge: exhibit: stimulate. Page 4 of

5 T rip M anet Report Exhibition T uesday 19 February 13 M anet exhibition at the R oyal Academy entitled Portraying Life We were all picked up bright and early at our various stops by the 53 seater Herringtons Coach, and even our friends from Art Groups to the east and west of Ringwood were on t ime and waiting. THANK YOU everyone for your promptness t hroughout the trip you really do make a rranging trips a pleasure. We arrived outside the Royal Academy i n Piccadilly a pproximately where we dispersed to go our own ways a nd to find some l unch. Brian and I d ined at Richoux's, a very pleasant restaurant almost o pposite the Academy with a good, varied menu a nd excellent food. In the afternoon our Group, with tickets timed and hrs, entered the main galleries of the Academy and stepped into the w orld of Manet. W e saw exquisitely painted portraits o f his artistic friends and family whom he preferred to paint, and the most varied array of blacks imaginable, i.e. used in the clothes o f his various friends, who were willing to s tand and sit for him h ats, suits, dresses, g loves etc i t a ppeared to be the m ost fashionable c olour of his time! At the end of the 170's when Manet became ill, he turned to painting in pastels which seemed an e asier option for him t han oils and hanging i n probably, the 7th gallery, is the loveliest p ortrait of Suzette Lemaire, the teenage d aughter of one of his friends. So soft and f ascinating! I do wonder if someone from our Art Society or from an Art Club within easy distance from us might one day fill the main Galleries of the Royal Academy w ith their very own Exhibition!! All in all thought it to be an excellent exhibition, after which we met outside Fortnum and Masons for our return to Ringwood. As you will see, our very own paparazzi in the form of David, has again been at work taking our best sides, and who a lso doubled up as quiz master. David kindly read out the answers to his quizzes at our comfort stop at Winchester Services, but time did not allow for a result to b e announced. However, on scanning some of the answers given, David said that there were some very bright sparks on the coach!! I am sorry that I had to jump coach on our r eturn, caused by reverse drop off in view of the unfortunate pile- up on the A31, but do h ope that everyone had a good day and a safe journey home. Thank you for cards etc., and f or supporting this trip. E ileen Palmer, ( Trips) 2013 RAS UK. All Rights Reserved. Established 196: Extend knowledge: exhibit: stimulate. Page 5 of

6 The A snip of our NEW RAS Website Home page. centre panel has a slideshow of the winning entries S ummer Exhibition. D o you have any other good ideas? in our 2013 RAS UK. All Rights Reserved. Established 196: Extend knowledge: exhibit: stimulate. Page 6 of

7 Ringwood Art S ociety Redesigned W ebsite The Society s website has now been completely re- designed with the focus on the front page being the winning paintings from the summer exhibition. This puts the focus of the website on the quality of our members work. The gallery pages could do with some updating of the paintings displayed. If you have a picture you would like to showcase on the gallery pages please it to w ebmaster@ringwoodartsociety.org together with the picture title and medium. For those who are using touch screen devices to browse the site the drop- down Gallery menu will not function properly so to compensate there are in- text links on the home page to each of the galleries. Also, on the Boston Tea Party page, although the form submission should work, the image upload function may not. As well as submitting pictures for the gallery pages each member now has the option of their own page to showcase their work. There are 17 members who have their own page with a link from their pictures on the gallery pages. If you would like your own page please send a short biography, together with selection of your paintings to: w ebmaster@ringwoodartsociety.org. Michael Clare, R AS Webmaster If anyone has any ideas or has noticed any glitches in our new w ebsite please let Mike know. R AS P ottery Workshops Many of our members had long felt that it would be great to have a ceramic section in our Exhibitions; - the fact that we thought we had no potters in the club w as a slight problem however. All that changed when Janice Fry joined up, - Janice was a tutor of ceramics at Eastleigh College for many years, and she readily agreed to advise us on the nitty gritty of displaying three dimensional work. Members will remember her gorgeous pieces at last year s preview, when we nearly sold out of pots; - hasty replacements bought in t he following morning saved the day. It was following this great success, both in terms of sales and visitor appreciation that the idea of a pottery workshop was b orne. So, on a cold afternoon in January our new Pottery group got off to a flying start with total beginners and past potters (who had somehow emerged from the woodwork ). We have no wheel or kiln, so only hand building, coiling and slab work is possible and Janice kindly fires o ur pieces at home in her own kiln. Since then we have had a further session of glazing our (now) biscuit fired works of art and a great time was had by all. The final results of this have yet to be seen, but hopefully all potters will produce at least a few items good enough to put in the next exhibition, or at least to solve t heir Christmas gift problem? Hopefully, these sessions will become a permanent part of our programme, so anyone wishing to join at a later date s hould contact Margaret Plant as usual. M argaret Plant, Co-o pted Programme Secretary 2013 RAS UK. All Rights Reserved. Established 196: Extend knowledge: exhibit: stimulate. Page 7 of

8 C LUB NIGHTS / DEMOS Shown in RED R ev 09 WORKSHOPS shown in B LUE Note: Club night times include 30minutes set up time for the artist and member check- i n, Raffle tickets etc. P lease note that the Demos start promptly at 7:30pm M onthly Meetings rd 7.00pm on 3 M onday of each month G reyfriars Hall, Greyfriars ~ ooo~ J anuary 11 Jan 3 Feb Salisbury Exhibition Hand-In Salisbury Exhibition 12md Committee meeting Club Night Sharon Hurst Fantasy w/colours Workshop Dave White Animal Portraits 29 Pottery afternoon pm F ebruary 5 Hand-Out Salisbury Exhibition 12md Committee meeting Club night Lyndsey Cole textured acrylics W orkshop Sharon Hurst Fantasy W/colours Pottery afternoon pm M arch N ewsletter on Website by Club Night 11 Committee meeting Club Night Roy Lang seascape oils Workshop Roger Dellar Oils U sing Light Pottery afternoon pm A pril Committee meeting Club Night - Liaison Ringwood Camera Club Water critique Workshop Roy Lang seascapes in oils Pottery afternoon pm M ay 13 Committee meeting Club Night Robin Gray Graphite artist N o workshop (Bank Holiday) 2 Pottery afternoon pm P ottery Afternoons 1-4 pm Activity Centre, Greyfriars P ainting Afternoons 1-3 pm Ann Rose Hall, Greyfriars W orkshops 10.10am pm Ann Rose Hall, Greyfriars J une - N ewsletter on Website by Club Night 10 Committee meeting Club night Mike Skidmore Portraits acrylic Pottery afternoon pm 29 Workshop Robin Gray Graphite dwg J uly Committee meeting Club Night Critique with John Butterworth TBA 30 Pottery afternoon pm (Greyfriars Hall) 4 th A ugust 26 5 S ummer Exhibition 5 Committee meeting Hand In - S ummer Exhibition 10 11:30 7 Preview Evening S ummer Exhibition 27 Hand Out - S ummer Exhibition 10 11:30 S eptember N ewsletter on Website by Club Night 9 Committee meeting Club Night Penny Wilton semi abstract techniques Pottery afternoon pm 2 Workshop Lyndsey Cole acrylic textured painting O ctober 14 Committee meeting Club Night Colin Courtice Pastels Workshop Penny Wilton semi abstract paintings Pottery afternoon pm N ovember 11 and 25 Committee meeting pm start. AGM P AYMENT OF MEMBERSHIPSUBSCRIPTIONS 26 Pottery afternoon pm 30 Workshop Colin Courtice pastels D ecember N ewsletter on Website 4 X mas Party 6 :00pm Quiz theme TBA. A re you a member of our thriving Society? No? To join membership@ringwoodartsociety.org or come along to one of our Club Nights. Membership is just 12 per year which includes our monthly Art D emonstrations, to members of the Greyfriars Community Centre. To have a taster of what the Society can offer guests are always very w elcome to come along to our demonstrations for a small charge of 5 All our meetings are held in Greyfriars, Ringwood. Monthly Club meetings at 7.00pm on the third Monday of each month in Greyfriars Hall; Workshops 10am - 4 pm in the Rose Hall RAS UK. All Rights Reserved. Established 196: Extend knowledge: exhibit: stimulate. Page of