Last meeting of the year.

Saturday, the 12th of November will be our last meeting of the year and also our Christmas meeting, come along bring a plate, If you would like to join us for our last workshop of 2016 you are most welcome, Our guest teacher will be Roberta Small , we will be painting a winter Christmas Robyn.

Cost for the workshop will be $10. Special price for all.

Requirements for workshop;

Bring your own piece or canvas to paint on.

The size of the painted centre is 12 x 12cm it is painted on a 20cm x 20cm canvas with green and red boarders. See Newsletter for instructions.
 It would also be lovely painted onto a Christmas card too.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2017.

Mountains and Rivers Folk and Decorative Painters inc. Membership Application.

Thankyou for the interest in joining our group of painters. I have added a membership form to the pages, these are available on the top bar of the blog, just click onto membership form.

The form can be printed out by right clicking onto the form, select print photo, this should print out the form for you.

You may also save the page and print out from another programme.

Depending on your printer it may miss the bottom few inches of the bottom of the page including the badge sample. I am working on this, for now it is ok.

Some photo's of our members in our meeting room. 2016

These photo's are from one of our meetings.
The room belongs to the Country women's association, CWA. They kindly let us hire it for our meetings.

 As you can see from these Photo's our meeting room is quite large and light, everything we need for a workshop.

Our members are mostly concentrating on painting a piece by our guest teacher for the day, Denice, while others are enjoying a cup of coffee and the lovely snacks provide by our members.

So if you are thinking of joining us you will be very welcome, either as a guest or new member.

Teachers are also welcome. please contact Laraine, the address is on the contact page.

Our AGM 9th July 2016

Next meeting will be on Saturday the 9th July 2016

This will be our AGM.

If anyone is interested in being part of the committee you must be a registered member before the 30th June. Members are welcome to apply for positions on the committee.

Our guest artist will be Chris Gordon Smith (Chris Roy)

Some homework will be needed for this workshop

 so please book in early.

Details of homework. Canvas is 16" x 20".

Basecoat the canvas with white gesso with a touch of Sapphire for sky. Draw the main lines of the tree trunks and basecoat these with Unbleached Titanium. That is the canvas ready for class. Trace the two birds onto transfer paper and bring to class.

Library Display 2016

Mountains and Rivers proudly present our bi-annual Display at Penrith Library, NSW. 

 

1st June - 30th June

Everyone welcome!

 

You are invited to go along and view our display. Entry is free and the quality of work is first class. Many of our members have won awards in local shows as well as the Royal Easter show.

 

There are three cabinet's of an assortment of traditional and none traditional work by artists.

 

Mountains and Rivers offer a Memory box programme to local hospitals, some of these  wood boxes, painted  by members on our volunteer memory box painting day's are also on display in a separate display cabinet. For more details about this programme see under the heading of Memory box programme.

 

This event is our only display of Memory boxes and Folk and Decorative paintings by members of the Mountains and Rivers.

Please come along and support us.

Meeting and Workshop 14th May 2016

Mountains and Rivers

 

General Meeting and Workshop Saturday May 14th

 

Guest Artist - Lorraine Wingfield

 

'Mixed Media Poppies'

 

 

Workshop; Please supply your own piece.

The size of the pattern is 25cm x 17cm It may be enlarged or reduced to fit your piece.

Please bring with you;
Glad wrap, a medium round brush for stencilling.
If you have a corner stencil then you may bring one with you.
Low tack tape.
Angle shaders; 1/4" 1/2" and 3/8"
A No 3 round.
A good Liner.
An old toothbrush.
A piece of sandpaper and a piece of old graphite transfer paper.

The M and R shop have supplies if you need any on the day

Prep; Use a foam roller and paint your surface with soft white or any white background paint you have. give two coats. DO NOT trace on pattern, but please trace it onto tracing paper to fit your piece.

Convention Pieces will also have to be picked up at this Meeting.

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2016 Convention teachers paintings..

A view of the Teachers sample of art work for our 2016 convention in May on display on Saturday at our first meeting of the year. Many nice projects and we can only choose three to paint over the three days! Hard choice to make they are all beautiful!  







Roberta Small

Merriel Adare

Welcome in 2016

2016 marks our 6th year for this blog, Wow!  

 

We have reached over 10 Thousand views.

 

A very big thank you to all who support Mountains and Rivers Folk and Decorative Painters Group through this blog and Membership.

 

Last AGM I resigned from the Mountains and Rivers committee due to my ill health, the ladies on the committee do a great job every meeting/workshop, working hard to set up the room and clean up after everyone, and all the preparations in between

 I have enjoyed spending time with these lovely ladies and would like to thank every one, I will miss you all, and look forward to seeing everyone at the workshops.

 

This blog will remain open and I would like to contribute as much as I can, I hope you have as much enjoyment as I do when you read

from Mountains and Rivers blog maybe this will encourage you to join our membership from whatever country you are in. We welcome overseas visitors and members.

 

Thank you for your continuing support - Lyn.

 

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Saturday 13th February 2016 Meeting/workshop

12 noon, CWA rooms, Penrith, NSW

First meeting of the year will be with Denise Shulik
 painting "a view to the ocean"

 

Some homework; prepare with 2 coats of white gesso, dry, sand smooth. apply 1 coat of yellow oxide. trace on pattern and apply the colours as shown on pattern.

 

Thank you Denise for a very relaxing workshop, enjoyed the afternoon very much, the flowers at the end really made the painting colourful and playful, bringing it to life.