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!!

Un super Stage de modelage "autour du modèle".

 

Elle reprend ces cours le Jeudi matin, au mois de Septembre. Bonne eté!!

 

Thorenc d'Art 2024

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.  

    

You can read more about the event on their webpages: https://www.thorencdart.com/artistes-oeuvres

3d Party Creative Workshops in the 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.

They were so serious - and Marina was 'happily surprised with their creativity'

The inspiration came from all directions! Rosé, Cheese, Beach scenes & Nudists as well as spiffy Bikinis

And then Beach chairs, Prawns with lemon, the Fabulous Light (in a not yet finished portrait) & Oysters

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