Come and see Lacock Art Group's next exhibition and art saleOriginal art work, prints and cards by more than 30 locally based amateur and semi-professional artists on display. Where: Lacock Village Hall When: Saturday 4 June and Sunday 5 June 2022. Doors open at 10.00am daily and close at 5.00pm. Free entry. Everyone's welcome - adults, children and pets! Image credit: Zebra by Karen McGreevy, a Lacock Art Group member
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Come along to Lacock Art Group's next demonstrationTo find out about demonstrations and exhibitions coming up please look at our events page.
Members' newsletterOur recent exhibition over the weekend 19-20 February in Lacock Village Hall coincided with very bad, stormy weather, which we thought may deter people from getting out and about. The quality of the work displayed by our members was outstanding and drew numerous very positive comments from visitors. I must say, the standard of members' work seems to get better and better. In spite of the bad weather we sold 20 pieces of art and 56 cards. Total sales were £1,122 - a fantastic result! The weekend went very smoothly with setting up and taking down of the boards, and stands performed efficiently and safely. Thanks to all those who participated in exhibiting and helping out over the weekend. It was a fun couple of days! Website Our website continues to mature and the galleries are almost completed; it is all taking shape nicely. Please do send in regular updates of work so your gallery remains current. Elspeth, at some point in the near future, will take half an hour on one Thursday evening to explain to members where to find things on the website. Going forward the website will be the main source of club information, dates of demos etc so it is quite important that you visit it regularly. Demonstrations
I know that many members have missed having the chance to learn different techniques through demonstrations by visiting artists over the last couple of years and, now that life is starting to return to normal, I have started looking into some potential options and dates. Watch this space! by Mark Peskett LAG Chair
Dear all, Welcome to our December newsletter. Thank you for your patience while we've been working on our new website platform, which went live in November. Now that the website transition is complete we will resume producing our members' newsletter on a monthly basis. November’s exhibition was a resounding success and, in spite of the reduced foot fall in Lacock resulting largely from COVID, the exhibition paid for itself and generated over £1,000 in revenue for our members. Thank you to everyone in the group who played a part in staging the exhibition, in particular to Ken Baldy and Joy Tickell. It was good to see our new members joining in with the set-up and take-down of the exhibition and selling their artwork too. Demonstrations As you are aware, the demonstration by Soraya French (planned for November) was cancelled due to COVID precautions. Next year’s demonstrations are under consideration currently but we are finding that many artists are adopting a “wait and see” approach in respect of COVID, which makes planning a little awkward at present. However, do keep an eye out on the website for upcoming dates as we issue them. Annual fees For those of you who prefer to pay for their membership each term, the 2022 term dates will be released at the beginning of the year. Unless you are in arrears for previous terms there will be no fees due until March 2022 due to the pause imposed by COVID restrictions. Website plans As mentioned above, in November, Lacock Art Group’s new website went live. I am very pleased with how the process was executed and I believe the site adds a fresh dimension to our Group’s online presence. It is certainly much easier and less laborious to manage behind the scenes than the old platform! And it’s more cost effective too. Four people will be assigned to maintaining the website content; Elspeth is the webmaster and Joy, Karen and Mark are also in the process of training up to perform work on it. You will have or will soon receive an email from one of us, requesting images and short bios for use in the individual members’ galleries. Please respond ASAP to the request, as we have set ourselves a deadline to have all member galleries created and populated by January 6, 2022. As we move into 2022, the site will mature as we add functionality and automate some of the processes that we currently do by email, which will ensure consistency and expand the site’s following. Once again a massive “thank you” to Elspeth who was the focal point for the whole transition of the site. She will also be holding a session at one of the Thursday evening meetings to show people where to find information etc on the new site. Looking ahead
In the meantime, I will look forward to seeing you on the December 16, if you can attend, for our “Christmas frolics”, which is also the last evening meeting of 2021. By popular request we have shortened the “holiday” period in December/January by one week so we will resume evening meetings on Thursday 6 January, 2022. I wish you all a joyous festive break and a happy new year! Cheers, Mark Seascape in oils demonstration
Melissa chose grey as the ‘mother colour’ made from burnt umber, French ultramarine and white. She then mixed blobs of this with various blues, red and yellows to give a cohesive range of colour and tone. Her canvas board had been prepared with a ground of burnt sienna in acrylic. After making a loose sketch on the board in a mid-tone grey with a brush, she then turned to palette knife and started to fill in areas of dark and light from the pre-mixed colours on the palette. The scene really started to come to life at this early stage.
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