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.