Street Sketching with the Marinas in Chateauneuf

 On Wednesday 16 July, a small but enthusiastic group sat down in the streets of Hangar-Village Chateauneuf de Grasse. It was hot, but the quaint and beautiful streets are so narrow that we could pretty much stay out of the sun! The village is unbelievably beautiful, we could have drawn there for three days, there was so much choice!

 

 
We started the day with sketching doors, using a bit or a lot of watercolours to show the contrast, the interesting shadows and other characteristics 


Around 1230 we went to the restaurant Le Capriccio, for a simple lunch. It was wonderful, we needed that bit of shadow and some good food. Recommended! And 2pm we went back to the old village, to draw and paint other parts, with 'Bright colours' as an option. 

 
 

The artists at work

4.30 we went to Atelier M for the line up of the days' work, followed by the apéro. 

This was great fun, we are definitely keeping that habit!  

 

We are definitely organising another Sketching trip, after the holidays, so  watch this space - and your email spambox 😏

The Hangar Trip to the Gard - Day 3

 The third and last day of our Hangar trip brought us to the Pont de Gard. To everyone this was a mesmerizing experience. That old Roman Aqueduct is so real, so ancient, and you can somehow feel all the effort and intelligence of the old Romans. It was breathtaking to all of us, artists and partners alike. And impressive work was done, you will see it in the video because I did not take enough pictures, sorry!
Anyway, to wrap it up - the trip was a huge success, it was convivial, connected, creative and do these people have talent!! We enjoyed it big time and will certainly do it again next year!

Click here to see the video of Day 3 of the Hangar Trip 



Just some impressions of the fantastic aqueduct (thanks to Gisele for the pix)

  

 Some of the sketches that were created in the area..

 
The group at work - and the line up

 

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 AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT ALREADY!

The Hangar Trip to the Gard - Day 2

The second day of our Hangar trip, we spent in beautiful Uzès, a town with much to offer in terms of architecture, quaint streets, a fabulous market and wonderful restaurants. 
We started in and around the Botanical Garden, drawing the little streets, or plants and trees with the exercise of 'having something big in the foreground' for extra perspective. After a perfect lunch we continued painting in the old centre, with the exercise to use the bright colours of our gift sets. Everyone worked hard and concentrated, despite the heat! We did the line up in the hotel, and then had a truly great dinner! You can see all that in the second video by Marina T! 

Click here to see the video of Day 2 of the Hangar Trip 


And here are some extra photo's of the work....

Just outside the Botanical garden
Inside the Botanical garden


Other views of Uzès

Working with the neon colours as backgrounds

The Hangar Trip to the Gard - Day 1

On 13, 14 and 15 June, a group of enthusiastic Hangar members were in the beautiful and inspiring department the Gard, to draw and paint together. Teachers Marina Teding van Berkhout and Marina Kulik guided the artists and advised them where necessary. 

This blog post is about the first day, Friday the 13th, when we arrived in Saint Remy de Provence and drew and painted in the 'Maison de Santé' where Vincent van Gogh was treated for some time. 
It was a splendid place, with a museum with all the original attributes from the time van Gogh stayed there, and breathtaking gardens (with lavender!), as well as a monastery, where it was actually cool despite the 32°C outside... We all found good spots and were very much inspired.
Check it out for yourself by clicking this link:

 

This Video, created by Marina TvB shows the work and says it all!!

Some extra images:

Drawing around the Monastery and the Hospice...

Very Convivial dinner in the Hotel

 

Life Drawing in the Hangar

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Do you know why the Hangar is buzzing with energy on the Monday mornings - although the steel door is firmly closed! t is a well kept secret for most, but the artists in the area know - there is a Monday Morning Hangar Life Model Session.

This class (for lack of a better word) attracts serious artists, because they know life drawing is very good for the artistic part of their brain!
Would it be something for you? To train your eye-hand coordination, observation skills, learn tricks to quickly measure, learn to recognise foreshortening and perspective.

A very good extra is that you will overcome your shy-ness and other restrictions in studying and really seeing a shape, and if you can draw a naked male or female person, a vase or sky line or tree tops will not really be a challenge any more.This class takes place every other Monday morning. To know what we are going to do & which nude we have, please subscribe (without obligation) to the mailing list, you will receive an invitation the Friday before.

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Français:

Pourquoi ça bouillonne dans le Hangar le lundi matin, alors que la porte en acier reste fermée ?
Un secret bien gardé pour certains, mais les artistes du coin le savent : le lundi matin, c’est Life Model Session au Hangar!


Ce "cours" (faute de meilleur mot) attire des artistes sérieux, parce qu’ils savent que le dessin d’après modèle vivant est une super gym pour leur cerveau créatif. Et vous, ça vous tente ? C’est une occasion en or pour entraîner votre coordination œil-main, affiner votre observation, apprendre à mesurer rapidement, et dompter les défis comme le raccourci et la perspective.

Et bonus : vous dépassez votre timidité et toutes les petites barrières qui vous empêchent de vraiment analyser et reproduire une forme. Sérieux, si vous pouvez dessiner une personne nue, un vase, une ligne d’horizon ou des cimes d’arbres, c’est facile après ça.



Ça se passe un lundi matin sur deux.
Envie de savoir ce qu’on prépare et quel modèle sera là ? Inscrivez-vous (sans engagement) à la mailing list ! Vous recevrez une petite invitation le vendredi avant.

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CLOSING DOWN

Goodbye for now.

The English version of our new website is up and running. We have decided to integrate the Blog into the website, so we will no longer be posting new articles here. We will keep this site up and running for those who want to find an older post. 

https://www.hangarart.org/blog/

The Hangar Day trip to Auribeau: Video and photo's!

On Wednesday 24 July, an enthusiastic group of drawers and painters drove together to Auribeau, to paint that absolutely gorgeous medieval village.
It was warm, but there were plenty of spots with a great view and enough shadow. After finding the best places, the group started with small drawings of different views.

Most worked with felt pen, but also pencils, bic pen and with colour pencils! Also 1 oil painter (Bev)

Around 12h30 we stopped for a spot of lunch! Ina had booked a table for the group in the restaurant 'Moulin du Sault' and it didn't disappoint! 

We had a fantastic meal, even did some sketching there, and were back in time for a next round of drawing - and painting!

The results of the afternoon session were again wonderful!

 

After the line up,with mots of praise for all the artists, because they had done a very good job,  some of us sat down to get a bit of fluid in that bod' after such a long hot day, and the rest drove back home, feeling good and happy after a creative day in a fabulous place.

Or skip all of the above and watch the Video:

We'll do another one in September!!