Hangar Aquarellistas Top Act during "Route des Arts"

The Route des Arts is an initiative of the 'Pôle Touristique'  in our area, to promote the arts and the artists with all the member-cities and -villages, in several ways - open ateliers, animations, concours and exhibitions of local artists. La Roquette is this years' host village - and the opening ceremony will be in the "Maison des Associations" in La Roquette... And then:

This weekend, on 9 and 10 July, the Aquarellistas of the Hangar (Liz Douglas, Sandra Seymour-Dale, Carol Fischer, Tricia Bennett, Edith Alborni, Brenda Moorhouse, Patience Devas, Sylvie Morlière, Cathie van der Stel and Marina Kulik) fill the Maison des Associations with their very best beautiful watercolours! 

On Saturday from 12.30 and Sunday from 10am we will be delighted to see you and show and explain our work! 

It will be a colourful and interesting combination of styles, with several themes and subjects - but bound visually by that attractive and poetic transparency of the aquarelle paint!

The address:

Place José Thomas
La Roquette sur Siagne

EXHIBITION AQUARELLISTAS IN LA ROQUETTE

You may have heard it on the radio, or read it in Nice Matin: From 3 - 31 August, Eleven Hangar Aquarellistas have a beautiful exhibition of their amazing watercolours in the mairie of La Roquette. The work is selected on quality and beauty, hence the title 'Festin pour les yeux' (or 'eye candy').

Participants are Cathie van der Stel, Sandra Seymour-Dale, Edith Alborni, Agnès McLaughlin, Liz Douglas, Avril Howard, Costanza Rock, Beverly Ellsley, Patience Devas, Brenda Moorhouse and yours truly - Marina Kulik

The exhibition is open every day from 8am - 4pm and there is a vernissage on Friday 7 August from 6.30pm.You can look forward to seeing works like these - and many more...

Aquarelle class of 9 June: tempera and aquarelle with Cathie & Bev!

Another tempera afternoon - without yours truly, but that didn't matter, because Cathie was there, and Bev. They made sure everyone had the zen afternoon they needed. Below some pictures of what was achieved:

Brenda is back! She tried out the tempera and after scrapping back a lot of colour  created this impressive Iris! 

 Sandra worked in aquarelle, on these tulips, with a very interesting masked curtain.   

 Bev worked with tempera to paint these eggs, on a  home-prepared gesso surface. She found it an enjoyable challenge.

 Patience no.1 Using tempera and gouache.    

 Patience no. 2 tempera and gouache

 Patience no 3 - this picture has a story - about a wall between two souls

Lindas came for the very first time and created her first watercolours and to quote Cathie: WOW! How good is this?? Looking forward to working with you Linda!

  Edith started a new watercolour wave.     

And almost finished her panda. 

She used tempera & pigment for the trunk and added a bit stronger green.

Looking very good!! 

Another fabulous still life with brushes by Cathie.

 and always interesting: Linda's exercise in colour mixing.  

And way way far away in England, Agnès was thinking of us and creating a fabulous Renaissance portrait - with a doodle twist:

Cat and Beverly thank you both so very much for being there and taking over when I couldn't be there, so that we could have continuity! I deeply appreciate it and by the look of it the group has loved it too! 

Aquarelle - Tuesday Afternoon from 2 - 4.30pm, with Marina

 Cherries by Agnès - So beautiful

Having been in Italy (to Piemonte with a group of Hangar Artists, to draw and paint - will post about that later!) I had more or less forgotten about the Aquarellistas work of 2 weeks ago, and I was SO happily surprised! What a quality! In alphabetical order, here's some eye candy for you to enjoy... :

 Interesting Abstract work by Anna-Karin

 Anna-Karin's finished blossom. So well-done!!

 Avril is patiently working on a couple of paintings - this one is almost finished.

 Bev is practically done with this gorgeous light-contrast aquarelle, but I had to take a picture with my phone so it doesn't look as good - next week a better version (please bring it Bev!)

 Little Bailey in the pot with gravel and weeds - click to enlarge, too cute and so well done! by Cathie

 Another brush in the making - also by Cathie: the hangar has a lot of inspiration!

Edith's  Lovely Lazy Baby Panda in a tree

 

Liz finished her village, it has become a well-balanced impression in her remarkable style!

Patience is a sculptor, and that is well visible in this volumous watercolour!

Girl in the mirror. Also by Patience...

Abstract with ants! Humor in watercolours, also by Patience

 Fabulous drinking Zebra number two by Sandra

 I so love this Carnival de Venise - impression by Sandra!

Aquarelle- Tuesdays from 2 - 4.30pm with Marina

Agnès finished her lovely beautiful cat-peeping-through-the-branches

We're a very busy group at the moment, preparing for our exhibitions, trying out new techniques, experimenting on subjects and  making a painting together. But we make sure we regularly have verveine tea, cookies, nice music, inspiration and fun so that we can keep calling it our Zen Tuesday Afternoon! And it still works...

We start this post with animals (one of our themes for the all-Hangar exhibition)

 Cathie almost finished her cute puppy. So sweet!!

 Christiane can't be with us so often, but when she comes, she does something really special. Here's her fragile butterfly

 AMAZING seahorse by Edith!! A True watercolour, super spontaneous, done in 5 minutes...

 And also by Edith - a sweet tiny bunny...with character ♥ ♥ ♥

A new version of Sandra's drinking Zebra - looking even more subtle

Liz's village with masking fluid

...and without...

Patience is the group's experimenter, she keeps discovering properties of the aquarelle paint and finding ways to use them, combining with a fineliner this time - with a very interesting and beautiful result!

Sandra created this meaningful and symbolic painting. I see many things in it. You too? 

Zoom in (click) to check it out...

And last but not least... Bev is back! and she started really well, with this painting, not yet finished, of light peeping through an old door into an old building. Gonna be stunning, mark my words!