Although the Hangar remains closed for the coming time, there are some activities here and there. As you could read in the latest Newsletter, there are online classes, by
This post is showing some results of the online Life Drawing Challenge we have every other week.
Peinture, créé par René, qui s'est laissé inspirer par tous les modèles nous avons travaillé avec lors des sessions précédentes. Pour moi, c'est Picasso et Chagall réunis. Bien fait!
The challenge runs entirely by email (Eng and Fra) and if you want to join you can subscribe to it via this email link, subject:"Life drawing Challenge" -
Le défi se déroule entièrement par e-mail (en anglais et français) et
si vous souhaitez vous inscrire, vous pouvez vous y abonner via ce lien e-mail, objet: "Life Drawing Challenge"
The only thing you have to do is choose one of the pictures of nudes that
are attached to the mails and create a drawing of that nude
La seule chose que vous devez faire est de choisir l'une des photos de nus qui sont attachées aux courriers et de créer un dessin de ce nu
You will keep training your eye-hand coordination, and
your drawing(s) will be published in the next mail to the group. And of
course they are photo's, they sit very very still which is slightly
easier!
Vous continuerez à entrainer votre coordination œil-main, et vos dessins seront publiés dans le prochain mail adressé au groupe. Et naturellement ils sont des photos, immobiles, donc un peu plus facile!
The challenge is for everyone, and you get free advice about your drawings if you like.
Le défi est pour tout le monde, et vous obtenez des conseils gratuits sur vos dessins si vous le souhaitez.
It only stops when we can go back to the Hangar and draw 'Live'
Cela ne s'arrête que lorsque nous pouvons retourner au hangar et dessiner 'Live'
Again, if you are interested in participating, mailto the Hangar Address and we will put you on the mailinglist! Looking forward to it... Donc - si vous êtes intéressés à participer, envoyez un email à l'adresse du Hangar et nous vous mettrons sur la liste de diffusion! Dans l'attente ...
Today I went to Le Relais in Les Adrets to deliver a couple of Aquarellista Cookbooks and pick up some yummy takeaway (scroll down for menu and link, really recommended!!!)
Of course the restaurant is closed, but when you order a meal you can wait inside - and when looked at the walls I saw work of... PIm!!
It is a modest collection, but it looks really good on their walls. I only took some pictures as proof, I know you 'll want to see it for real, so give the owners Rob & Mark a call and order some of their fab food. (For the dutchees: they have kroketjes!) They can use our support in these difficult times...
The restaurant is in the centre of Les Adrets, less than a half hour drive from the Hangar!
Address: 4 rue Grande, 83600 Les Adrets de l'Esterel, Phone: +33 4 94 53 50 92
Here's the take away menu -with family discount- for this week:
As we could not have an exhibition this period, the Aquarellistas decided to showcase their watercolours in a book.
A heavy, beautiful illustrated recipe book. It has 110 pages with
fantastic recipes, mains, starters, desserts and also cocktails! Most of
the recipes are personal favourites of the artists. You can count on
tasty comfort food and the best paintings!
Comme
nous ne pouvions pas avoir un exposition à cette période, les
Aquarellistes ont décidé de présenter leurs aquarelles dans un livre. Un
beau livre de recettes illustré. Il a 110 pages avec des recettes
fantastiques, des plats principaux, des entrées, des desserts et aussi
des cocktails! La plupart des recettes sont les favoris personnels des
artistes. Vous pouvez compter sur des plats réconfortants savoureux et
les meilleures aquarelles!
A small preview of the Aquarellista Cookbook
The
book is in high-quality print and spectacular! (Note that I might be
slightly biased 😍) with illustrations of all those Talented Watercolour
People *)!!
Available in gorgeous hard cover, and in (less heavy) softcover.
Le livre est en impression de haute qualité et spectaculaire! (Notez que je pourrais être légèrement biaisé 😍) avec des illustrations de tous ces Aquarellistes talentueux *) !!
Disponible en superbe couverture rigide et en couverture souple (moins lourde).
Les recettes sont en français et en anglais! The recipes are in French and in English!
In the meantime, there have been 132.913 visitors, and this is the 852nd post!!
And the Hangar has changed, the 4 teachers mentioned in that first post, have now doubled in numbers!
Today
we have Pim for Drawing and Acrylics (abstract and figurative), Nelly
for Oils (atelier libre), Josie for Printmaking and Childrens' workshops,
Francesca for Art Therapy, Marina T for Portrait, Cold Wax and oil techniques, Marie for Sculpture (Christie has unfortunately passed away), Katy for Ceramics
and Marina K (yours truly) for Life drawing and Watercolours.
The
Hangar is still doing well, despite this period of lockdown and other
measures, and has a reputation for being 'the best (and most convivial) art school on the
Côte'! For more information, visit our website www.hangarart.org or our facebook page
Many of you know Marina Teding-van Berkhout from her fantastic Cold Wax Oil class on Friday afternoons. She has a new Hangar activity: from Monday 2 November she will host a course in Portrait painting!!
Here are some details:
Starting MONDAY November 2nd Marina T. organizes a Portrait Painting class. The focus will be on proportions of the head, features and skin colour mixing,while working on a personal portrait in your medium of choice. It can be watercolour, acrylics, pastels, charcoal, oil or cold wax, every medium is possible!
During the year long course we will be working on
Construction of the Face Features (eyes, nose, mouth, ears) Hair Wrinkles Grisaille technique Color mixing basics Zorn palette Painting Children Portraits from the masters (Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Modigliani ..) And more
Monday afternoons from 14h - 16h30 Price: 20€ per session*)
*) Bring your own materials, Hangar Membership required
Sign up for this Portrait Painting course, in the medium of your choice via marinatvb@wanadoo.fr
We have a new teacher! Her name is Katy Des Fontaines and she is going to teach Ceramics. You will soon be able to meet her and her technique. Like in Marie's sculpture class, the material is clay - but it is definitely no sculpture that Katy is going to teach. In her class you will create interesting and special refined art with some special techniques. And of course you will learn all there is to know about glazing.
On Wednesday evening, 28 October, from 6.30pm there will be a try-out lesson, your free-of-charge opportunity to meet Katy and get hands-on experience on the materials, your preparation and an impression of the class.
This free workshop takes place in the Hangar. You can sign up for 6.30 pm - 7.30pm and 7.30pm - 8.30pm To sign up, please email Katy or the Hangar
The regular classes will start on Wednesday 4 November from 6.30pm - 8.30pm and you will receive more info about them later...
From Thursday 29 October 6pm teacher Francesca Messina will teach a whole new class:
'Art therapy'
It's a cycle of 8 art therapy sessions to meet your inner world through different artistic techniques. It is designed as an eight-step journey where each session will allow you to explore different aspects of your inner self.
You will meet your needs and your resources, letting yourself go to the wisdom of the 4 elements through artistic techniques such as drawing, painting, collage and writing. In an environment of relaxation, joy and self observation you will be invited to be simply yourself, in touch with your creativity and your intuition.
No artistic skill is required to participate. All materials will be provided.
To benefit as much as possible from the experience, it is essential to participate in the entire cycle.
The steps of the journey:
29 October My own trip 5 November The baggage 12 November Start the journey: Letting go 19 November Meet the Earth 26 November Meet the Water 3 December Meet the Air 10 December Meet the Fire 17 December Coming home
What we do:
*Relaxation and focus on the sensations of the body
*Creative work: According to personal intuitions, each participant freely expresses their own experience through different artistic techniques available.
*Feedback: At the end of the work you will enter in contact with the process of creation that you experienced and you will be invited to talk about your experience.
Time: Thursdays - 18H -20H - from 29th October to 17th december
Price: 25 euro per session or 165 euro for the entire cycle of 8 sessions (Membership of Le Hangar required)
Le Hangar - Centre des Arts - 310 chemin du Ranch, Chateauneuf de Grasse