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.

 

Next meeting 9th May 2015

Next meeting/workshop will be on the 9th May

 

 

Our guest teacher will be Lyla Kimble, brush up on your flat brush skills with this lovely design by Lyla. You may paint yours on anything you may have at home.

The design is A4 size and I suggest that you keep it at that size so you get the full benefit of the layers of the rose's. 

 

Bookings  please!

 

 

 

 

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Convention 2015

 

 

This meeting we pick up our convention pieces, ready to prepare for our weekend at Nelson Bay.

 A sneak preview of our teachers designs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Details of our 2015 meeting

Hi everyone a big welcome to our blog for 2015.

 

Our first meeting/workshop for the new year is on the

 14th of February 2015.

 

Our guest teacher will be Ellen Valenton

The painted piece is called Sunset Orchid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doors open at 12 noon, a short meeting and

our workshop will follow.

 

Workshop cost will be; $15 for Members,

  or $20 if you are a guest.

 

Please bring all your painting goodies you may need.

Use of paints on the day will be provided by our teacher.

 

Plan well ahead ! 

As homework is essential with this piece from Ellen.

 

Bookings are also essential, please contact me if you would like to book in and I can send you a pattern.

 

 

 

The pattern is A2 size, you may change the pattern size but please not bigger as our space is limited.

Some photos from Penrith Show. 2014.

Thank you to all the Ladies who contributed to the 2014 Penrith Show by exhibiting some folk art pieces. Robyn passed on these photographs to me today of the winners, so I thought I would share them with you, Well done!

Mountains and Rivers support the Folk Art  prizes in this show.


If you placed in a piece and did not win anything, a big special thank you to you too for participating in this yearly event, without which such an event would never take place.

                                    

Our donation to the Winmalee Neighborhood Center.

At the news of the bush fires in the Winmalee area of the Blue Mountains, the Mountains and Rivers painting group decided to give a donation of one thousand dollars to people who have suffered through this tragedy. We simply did not want it to go to a charity in general, but to donate directly to those in need.

This proved to be quite a challenge for Loraine and after much homework, Laraine found the Winmalee Neighbourhood Centre, this centre provides a Fire Recovery Assistance for the Winmalee area. WNC has a website, www.winmaleeneighbourhoodcentre.com.au Please visit this website to see more of the work they do in the area of Winmalee.

The website says; “our community has been devastated by the October bush fires and the WNC has initiated a range of assistance available for fire affected families”

The center works closely with the Springwood Rotary, Winmalee Lions club and Springwood Uniting Church, who between them provide assistance needed to help fire affected people through this process of renewal.

We can only imagine the anguish that the fires and the aftermath bring to people that are affected.

Early in July Laraine and Genevieve were invited along to visit the Winmalee neighbourhood Centre and Mountains and Rivers presented them with a cheque for $1000.00. They were warmly met by Morna Colbran (in blue) from the center and two of the ladies who had lost their home in the October bush fires,

Morna, Laraine, Genevieve and the two ladies who lost there home in the fires.

This photo also shows Jai Allison who is from the local Council and just happened to be there. 

Now added

No Frills Photographs are now on show, 

see post below.

I have Just added a Language-Translate feature, it may help our overseas readers. 
Please let me know if you have problems with this.

Also a Contact us via our email and a Search feature to this blog. 

I Have added a new page for photographs of any paintings you would like to show. See pages tab near the top of page.

All Welcome Meeting and AGM

Queen Of Zentangle by Josephine Louwen. 

Make this card at our next meeting on the;

12th, July 2014.

Workshop $15

The card and envelope will be provided in the price. 

Paints will be available to use on the day.

Please bring with you; A very fine waterproof permanent pen in black, small round and flat brushes, a backing to put your on while working, also graphite paper and water jar etc. 

There is no preparation for this piece.

Come along and paint this unusual art form "Zentangle" with Josephine. She will guide you through the process. Beginners welcome.

Meetings are held at the;

 CWA rooms, Tindale Street, Penrith. 12 noon.

Contact; mountains2rivers@gmail.com For bookings.

Follow me through the blogs February 2014

Follow me through the Blogs;

This time I found a blog by Jordan Straker, Jordan is from Canada and has been carving wood and gourds for over 20 years, a master in his field of carving he has won many shows and he also paints. please check out his site, you will not be disappointed.

www.jordanstraker.com 

Please click on the first page to enter the site. 

Some samples of Jordan's work.

August 2013 meeting and workshop.

Pam was our teacher on Saturday for Mountains and Rivers August 2013 Meeting, we had a lovely afternoon painting our practice piece and mirror compact. Pam was very professional as usual, making it look very easy to follow step by step. Matisse paints were used for this project, they have strong pigments and very much suited to this project, Thanks Pam.

Pam with sample and finished compact.

One of our members concentrating on her work.

Half of the members with Pam at the end of the workshop.

Half of the members with Pam at the end of the workshop.


If you are looking for the photo's of the No Frills weekend away they will follow shortly, I do not have them as yet. They were on display at this meeting and we had some really nice workshops pieces to choose from it is going to be hard to decide! I have at least four I would like to do to start with, the teachers are; June Williams, Lorrane Dick, Roberta Small, Laraine Palmer, Lorraine Wingfield and Pam Jones. Booklets will be out soon and please let Laraine have them back as soon as possible so you have a chance of your first choice. As this is No Frills you need not be a member to join us. At this weekend is at Mulgoa you may stay the two nights, (Friday and Saturday) or just join us for a day!