The Hangar Trip to Arles IV

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!
Wonderful artwork was produced as you can see:

The artists were free to choose their subject, materials, colours and size of paper. The results were truly astonishing and everybody felt they had grown in their work,

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...

The Hangar Trip to Arles III

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 wonderful and fulfilling day we all went to sleep, ready for a Sunday morning around 'les Alyscamps'

The Hangar Spring Trip to Arles II

 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. 

First stop: the Arena, an impressive Roman amphitheatre, with inside lots of interesting corners, pillars, arches, statues, collapsed stone staircases and of course the big round performance area. And outside the view on the Arena, and many lovely old houses, shops and restaurants.

The assignment was to use pen (felt pen, Bic pen, ink) and work without eraser.
Everyone drew both inside the Arena and outside, and around 12.30 the Marinas did their 'line up', with all the works - lots of artists used their new small sketch books! - to learn from each other and get new ideas.

Here are the results for you!

Well done! 

And then it was time for a good bit of lunch...

The Hangar Spring Trip to Arles I

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 were with a total of  20 of which 15 creatives and after the ride we installed ourselves on the Place de la République in the centre of Arles, around the fountain and the obelisk,  in the nearby monastery and in the quaint little streets .

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:

After all that good stuff we drove back to the hotel, for a shower, a swim, a walk -and then our first fan-tas-tic and convivial dinner together, outside in the warm weather.

It was an excellent first day and we had more to come! Watch this space for more...

EXPO2024: Couleur Locale - Results

The 2024 Hangar Expo - Couleur Locale was a great success. A big thanks from all the artists goes to Imme and her team for good project manager.

We had about 600 visitors. Many stayed for quite a while enquiring about the Hangar, about the different teqniques and left good comments. In all we had 252 votes for the favourite picture. You can see the winners below.

C ON G R A T U L A T I O N S

Winners

First Prize: Helen Humphrey - 36 votes

Medium: Oil

Title: L'approche vers le vieux  village de Mougins

Comment: The view as I approach Mougins village on my daily walk up Boulevard Courteline 

Second Prize: Sue Pearce - 32 votes

Medium: Oil and Cold Wax Medium

Title: Peace

Third Prize: Veronique van den Hoeck - 16 votes

Medium: Oil

Title: Savon de Marseille

On the final day at 17:00 - the winner of the public vote was drawn: Michel Fabre . A big thanks to Cathie van der Stel for the donation of one of her beautiful watercolours.

Our Exposition "Couleur locale" in Valbonne 8-20 Mai 2024

Our administrator !

The etiquettes team at work

A big thank you to all members that contributed to this successful

Hangar Event!