Acrylic Painting on Saturdays - With Pim de Jongh

Stunning results for the Atelier Libre on Saturday:

Les pins rouges - presque fini - par Agnès Bolé

Copie de Chagall's Cavalière au cirque par Christiane Bracco

I can not always recognise which works are copies, so please let me know if your work is not original!
-Marina

Live Midel drawing on Monday morning - with Marina

Last Monday: live model for starters, which means that we have longer poses and there's a bit of theory, this time about 'background' and 'proportions'. Two new participants joined, and in minutes they 'belonged'. We started as always with a 'warming up' - 6 poses of only 2 minutes and Miranda did a fantastic job there:

After that, two long poses, with a coffee break in the middle, and wonderful work by all! Some experimental, some academic, all original. Have a good look below if you wonder if this class is something for you: it probably is! The best way to start your week, very refreshing and good for your brain...

 Betty draws a portrait of Brigitte

Peter and Francis at work

Tuesday 2 - 4.30 Aquarelle, with Marina

 

Absolutely stunning zebra-pic by Agnès. 

The fact that she painted a part outside the borders makes it extra special!

The results of the Zebra project...

 We've not had so many reactions in a long time, but everyone apparently likes watercolours of zebra's and other animals with interesting patterns... And all remarks and reactions came on the un-finished paintings! Here's the latest:

 

Agnès's next watercolour - the tiger. Again with stuff outside the borders... 

 Last week we finished most projects, and I am very happy with all that came out of it, most of the aquarellistas experienced the so-called left/right brainhalf  'crunch' (counting stripes versus painting wonderful colours) but persevered - and look what happened:

 Zebra by Avril

 Running giraffe by Christiane, lovely patterns too! 

For her granddaughter, who will love it I'm sure

 Stripey Zebra by Christine. So well done!

After long deliberation she decided to remove the background. It will stay white (even those last pencil stripes will be removed). Good choice.

Costanza's colourful Zebra worked out really well!

After the zebra Elia was still in the African mood and started a giraffe

Elia's Giraffe: love the composition

Just a couple of colourful stripes- make a zebra eye! Good work and very recognizable. By Liz

Thirsty zebra by Sandra, great painting!

Penguin couple with baby ♥ by Liz

Still life with lemons by Yves

Live Drawing on Monday mornings, with Marina

 A wondeful live model drawing class last Monday, with Brigitte, in a much warmer Hangar! 

Here some results of the last pose: I'm impressed! Note that 3 of these drawings are made by people from the starters group!!

Aquarelle Tuesdays from 2 - 4.30pm with Marina

No - this is not a still life, it was our 'tea'...  

left over from the Oil& Watercolour New years lunch

Edith came in with her finished and extended 'je suis Charlie' painting: have a close look at it (click to enlarge) - it contains the word 'Freedom' in all the Hangar languages (and more)...

We spent the afternoon painting 'Zebra's'. It was an incredible challenge! We think it has to do with the stripes (counting) versus being creative with colours - a typical left - right brainhalf crunch! Everyone (yours truly included) was moaning and groaning. But the results....!

 Agnès will replace the masking fluid with black (it already looks fabulous by the way)

 Christine's zebra is so beautiful! And very difficult, but she persevered and now only has to paint the straight lines...

 Edith started with the perfect drawing - this is going to be an exciting composition!

 

Sandra enthusiastically started two aquarelles, one of a zebra & its reflection...

 ...and one that 'Zooms in' on a zebra head. Great experiment with colour

Liz on her way to capture the 'Out of Africa' atmosphere with her version

 none finished but it can hardly go wrong!! More next week...

 O - and last but not least, my stripey moose - remotely resembling a Zebra. 
Should have left out the breast piece...

Not my best work - but it was such fun to be able to participate for once!

Tuesday Mornings: Atelier Libre HUILE - with Nelly van Hijfte

On Tuesday, prof Nelly van Hijfte and her group create work in oil paint. It is an atelier libre - all bring their own subjects and paint what they like. It is oil, so it sometimes takes a long time before a painting is finished. Below a couple of finished or almost finished creations!

Claudie has just painted this beautifully delicate study of three Japanese ladies which. She did on an old canvas so underneath there is a lot of texture.

Veronique painted this study of sails in her trademark neutrals showing the complex folds and drapes against an aubergine background.

 Charmian took elements of some amazing willow mushrooms in Kew gardens and led her grandchildren through a magical garden.

 Following a trip to Ireland and using techniques learnt in Brenda Malley's seascape workshop last year, Charmian has painted three quite different seascapes of her own.

And there was more beautiful work...:

Pictures by Charmian Murley and Marina Pino