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https://www.hangarart.org/blog/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)
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Thorenc d'Art was a two-day event in July. In 2024, the commune of Thorenc invited the Hangar to exhibit in the village as part of their art festival. Pim's painting group took on the challenge. The festival was well attended on Saturday and Sunday morning. Unfortunately, the weather changed and there was a thunderstorm on Sunday lunchtime, which meant that Sunday afternoon saw a lack of attendance. Despite this, there was a lot of interest in Le Hangar painting groups, especially as three members of Pim's group – Tatiana Koltchine, Anya Creaser and Laurie Whiffen – were named as "Laureats" by the mayor and invited onto the stage during the inauguration ceremony to talk about their work at Le Hangar.
Did you know that you can rent the Hangar space to organise creative workshops for your friends or clients and host them yourself or make a deal with one of the teachers to do that for you. It used to be common practise in the Hangar! And last Saturday, Teacher Marina hosted a workshop for a Dutch group of friends. They celebrated a birthday of one of them and wanted to create paintings in the Sunny South of France, with easels and brushes and lots of paint, like real artists! And what better place to feel like a real artist than the Hangar...
Their Challenge: Create a 'Poster-Style' painting of what the Côte d'Azur means to you.
Their other Challenge: the muddy rain... But being Dutch they couldn't care less😃they are used to a bit of rain and found it pretty warm, especially when accompanied by magnums of Rosé and excellent appetizers!
After Marina's intro they set to work on a sketch, to get their thoughts and symbolism on paper and determine a composition.
Barbecue, more Rosé & an amazing sunset, a very good poster with lots of AZUR blue and more beach chairs... Amazing that none of these painters is an actual artist, they were so talented, original and creative! 
And then the line-up, with happy faces!
It was great - and it can be your event as well...
For info on prices and available dates, just contact Imme or Celina of the board or click here
We just can't get enough of it - so here is the seriously good and complete video to wrap it all up!
Check out all the participants, the locations and the artworks.
Created by Marina Teding van Berkhout...
News Flash: We will organise a one-day trip to a stunning venue (within a one hour drive from the Hangar) on Wednesday 24 July. Save that date! You can already reserve your place by emailing one of the Marinas.
SUMMER SCHEDULE
Monday morning with Pim: Continues all summer
Monday morning with Marina: Last class 29/07 and start after summer 09/09
Monday afternoon with Marta: Last class 01/07 and start after summer 02/09
Please note change in start of summer break
Monday evening with Pim: Continues all summer
Tueday morning with Nelly/Helen: Open as an atelier Libre in July and closed in August
Tuesday afternoon with Marina: Last class 30/07 and start after summer 10/09
Wednesdays with Pim: Continues all summer
Thursdays with Marie: Last class 25/07 and start after summer 12/09
Friday morning with Valentine: No classes until further notice
Saturday morning with Pim: Continues all summer
Sunday with Francesca: Last class 16/06 and starts after summer 30/09
PLANNING POUR L'ETE
Lundi matin avec Pim : Continue tout l'été
Lundi matin avec Marina : Dernier cours le 29/07 et reprise des cours après l'été le 09/09
Lundi après-midi avec Marta : Dernier cours le 01/07 et reprise des cours après l'été le 02/09
Attention changement au début des vacances d'été
Lundi soir avec Pim : Continue tout l'été
Mardi matin avec Nelly/Helen : Ouvert en atelier libre en juillet et fermé en août
Mardi Après-midi avec Marina : Dernier cours le 30/07 et reprise des cours après l'été le 10/09
Les mercredis avec Pim : Continue tout l'été
Les jeudis avec Marie : Dernier cours le 25/07 et reprise des cours après l'été le 12/09
Vendredi matin avec Valentine : Pas de cours jusqu'à nouvel ordre
Samedi matin avec Pim : Continue tout l'été
Les dimanches avec Francesca : Dernier cours le 16/06 et reprise des cours après l'été le 30/09
And then it was already Sunday 9 June, time for the last part of
our wonderful trip to Arles. After a beautiful breakfast we said goodbye
to the lovely Hotel Belesso and followed each other to a different part of
the city, to visit 'Les Alyscamps'. That is a very large Roman burial
ground (Necropolis), with a Medieval Church and a long, overshadowed lane full of, often beautifully carved, sarcophagus's.
Van Gogh painted les Alyscamps - and so did we.
Somehow there are not many 'action pictures' but everyone found a good place to sit and worked very hard and good that morning!
12.30, the last line up! It was impressive. After that we said our goodbyes, new great memories created, friendships formed, materials discovered. And then we went back to the Côte!
I can tell you that the Marinas are very enthusiastic and plan to organise a one-day-trip in July. You will hear about that soon. And of course you can already let us know if you are interested in next year's Spring Trip. We will start our research for the next venue in the new season.
And then lastly:
THIS IS NOT THE LAST POST ABOUT THE ARLES SPRING TRIP. WE WILL SOON POST A VIDEO WITH MOVING ARTISTS, THE PLACES AND THE ARTWORKS!
so watch this space...
After a very good lunch, on Saturday 8 June, we walked together to the next venue! The 'Hotel Dieu Saint Esprit', where Vincent van Gogh was once hospitalized to treat his mental illness. It is now in use as university centre, a library, a tourist office and more - yet it has kept its calm and lovely character.
Van Gogh painted it this way - and our artists were going to use colour in their representations too: starting with roughly putting some watercolour 'blobs' on, then draw with pen on top of it.
Everyone chose a good place, inside the garden, and some in the streets around the building...
A lot of colourful paintings were created, the Marina's were over the moon with the results! Architecture, colours, people, atmosphere - all very well done!
After an extensive line-up we went back to the hotel, to enjoy the last dinner together! It was very convivial and delicious- and the teachers and organiser Ina received a lovely gift from the group in the shape of a Cigale (cicada) . We are promised that on 21 June they will start to sing!
After a great drawing session and then a wonderful dinner on Friday night, where they received their well-deserved present (a small sketchbook and a pen) from the Marinas, the artists left on Saturday 8 June, 9.30am - for a full day of drawing.
On Friday morning 7 June a group of enthusiastic artists drove all the way to the city of Arles to do what they like best - to draw and paint the view outside of a beautiful place with something for everybody
We worked so hard and full of enthusiasm, some of us in the burning sun, others in the shadows. Many encounters with local people who were interested - and lots of tourists of all nationalities. (And a guitarist who played 4 songs over and over again. We were the only ones noticing that because we stayed in one place a little longer than the average visitor😆)
It was the first half day and we all had been travelling, yet the Artwork was exceptional, the Marinas were proud of and happy with the results, see for yourself:
