Members Workshop: Victoria Braithwaite – Upcoming painting course in Lanarkshire
For the second year running, member Victoria Braithwaite is providing a five-week course in Castlebank Horticultural Centre Lanark, for the Lanark Community Development Trust. This course is suitable for all levels, and Victoria will gently guide you through creating a painting from start to finish.
Most materials are included, from paper and paint, tea and coffee to plant material from the gardens.
Dates:
April: 5th, 19th, 26th
May 17th, 24th
1pm – 4pm
The cost is £90 pp.
Booking is through the Lanark Community Development Trust: email info@lanarktrust.co.uk, or telephone 01555 728 329.
Download the poster for more details: Botanical Painting Poster 2020
‘Nature’s Designs’, our Fourth Annual Exhibition
The Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright, is our gracious host for our biggest exhibition to date.
Over sixty-five paintings, including many new works never before exhibited, will be travelling down to beautiful Dumfries and Galloway next month. Make your plans now to visit!
From Saturday 12th October to Saturday 2nd November, Monday to Saturday, 10 – 5
Free admission
47 St Mary’s Street, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4DU
‘Just Fritillaries’ by Ann Fraser
Member Marianne Hazlewood is exhibiting at Pittenweem 2019
This annual 10 day festival has been running since 1982 in this lovely fishing village on the coast of Fife. Exhibitions are held in houses, cottages, galleries and other historic venues, the festival spans 2 weekends (and the weekdays in between) in early August. It attracts well regarded artists from a wide range of visual arts. It’s a great day out!
Pittenweem Arts Festival
Venue 64, 4 West Shore
Private view 2nd August 2018 – 7- 9pm
Open 3rd – 11th August 2019 – 10am – 5pm
Members Workshop: Bill Phillips
Foxgloves in Graphite and Watercolour
Sunday 14th July 10 am – 4 pm.. £40*
Find out about these fascinating plants with botanical artist Bill Phillips. Foxgloves are poisonous but featured in folk medicine and were an important source of drugs to treat heart disease. Bill will describe the structure of foxglove flowers and how this relates to bumble bee pollination. Working from real specimens and photographs, you will develop your own composition and explore the graphite and watercolour techniques needed to produce an attractive final painting.
With Bill Phillips, RBGE Dip BI
All materials can be provided, but bring your own if you prefer.
Birnam Institute: 01350 727674
*Price includes a soup and sandwich lunch
PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP 10th April 2019
Photography Workshop
The Photography Workshop is being held on the 10th April at the Scottish Arts Club, 24 Rutland Square, Edinburgh EH1 2BW.
Alistair Cowan who is a member of the Royal Photographic Society, is leading this workshop, and the programme, specifically designed for Botanical Artists, is set out below. Alistair won the RBGE prize for best Plant Portrait in the 2018 photography competition.
A detailed Agenda for the days can be downloaded here: SSBA Workshop Programme
The fee for the workshop, that includes morning coffee and a two course lunch, is £50, with the day starting at 10.30 and finishing at 4.40pm. The SAC has a very good restaurant, offering a varied daily menu including a vegetarian option.
Please bring with you whatever you normally use to photograph your art specimen: e.g. Camera and tripod if you have one, or your iPad, or other tablet, or phone. Also please bring a flower exhibit and vase, if needed, and an example of your completed artwork, or something in progress.
To book your place on this workshop please email admin@thessba.org
Member Marianne Hazlewood showing at VAS exhibition this winter
Visual Arts Scotland – 2019 Annual Exhibition, ALIGHT
We are delighted to share that Marianne has two pieces in the current Visual Arts Scotland open exhibition ALIGHT 2019 at the Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh.
The two pieces are new ink Arisaema, continuing her series of ink shoots.
Marianne has been awarded the Open Eye Gallery award, which is a Solo exhibition in their gallery in the future.
The exhibition features a variety of paintings, drawings and print work alongside artists working in wood in association with Craft Scotland and jewellery makers and silversmiths working in innovative, ethical and sustainable practises.
VAS ALIGHT 2019
ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY EDINBURGH.
26 Jan – 22 Feb 2019
Mon-Sat: 10am – 5pm,
Sun: 12pm – 5pm
http://www.visualartsscotland.org/exhibition/alight
Member Marianne Hazlewood showing at SSA exhibition this winter
Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition
We are delighted to share that Marianne has had two of her fern paintings accepted for this prestigious exhibition. The exhibition comprises painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation, video and performance art featuring established and new artists based in Scotland and internationally.
Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh
23 Dec 2018 – 17 Jan 2019.
Mon-Sat: 10am – 5pm, Sun: 12pm – 5pm
CLOSED 25 & 26 DEC
1 Jan: 12pm – 5pm
Entry: £2, SSA Members free, children and young people free
http://www.s-s-a.org/ssa121exhibition/
Acrylics workshop roundup
Margaret Walty demonstrating her acrylic techniques, honed over 30 years of professional practice.
Margaret’s demonstration piece, showing how she uses glazes to build up rich, complex tones.
A small group of enthusiastic painters got together at the weekend for an SSBA-organised acrylics workshop at Queen Margaret University with award winning artist member Margaret Walty as our tutor. read more…
Member Bill Philips announces upcoming workshop and new blog
Member Bill Philips has just started a new blog, which will focus on botanical art and related matters – check it out at wdphillipsart.blogspot.com.
He will also be running a one-day workshop, Drawing and Painting Trees, on the 20th October, details as follows:
Third Annual Exhibition, ‘Shapes of Nature’
29 September – 1st November, 10am – 1pm, 2pm – 5pm excluding Sundays and Mondays
Lillie Gallery Station Rd, Milngavie, Glasgow G62 8BZ
As well as originals, there is a wide range of cards and prints available.