Saturday 19 July, Workshop – Mark Warner – Landscape in Acrylics, 10am to 4pm, Centre 70 On Saturday 19 July, eight people attended a full-day workshop with returning artist, Mar Warner. Previously Mark had done a seascape, this time it was a landscape of a phot he’d taken of the Brecon Beacons. The attendees were […]
Tuesday 15 July, live demo by Robin Danely – a Portrait in Oils, 7.30pm Centre 70 Capturing Character in Oils We were delighted to welcome American portrait artist Robin Danely to Wallingford Art Club this month, where 14 members and a guest were treated to an inspiring live demonstration of portraiture in oils. Robin, who […]
A group of WADAC members joined the Watercress Painters of Ewelme in a plein aire sketching day to Mapledurham. Scattered around the mill, pool and countryside, in glorious sunshine, the group had a ‘grand day out’, producing some lovely watercolour sketches. Mark Wood bravely attempted an acrylic (seen above not quite finished) and said the […]
We were recently asked by Wallingford Town Council to decorate a blank wooden red kite for display as part of the Council’s Red Kite Trail around Wallingford. Tutor, Claire Cross, took charge of it. It’s life size and just about fitted into her car boot! Morning class members pooled ideas about what to create and […]
Tuesday 17 June, live demo by Ian McManus – Street Scene in Watercolour, 7.30pm Centre 70 Ian McManus is a professional artist specialising in watercolour. Ian took us through painting a street scene of Piccadilly Circus. He uses heavyweight wood pulp paper taped onto board. He started with a pencil sketch using Faber Castle 2B […]
WADAC’s Chairman, Nick Shanagher, is embarking on an exciting and meaningful challenge this May and would love your support. Nick says: “I’ll be cycling 640 km from Montreal to Toronto to raise funds for #RideCanada4MS, a campaign launched by Dom (my friend and neighbour in Cholsey), aimed at supporting MS Brain Health initiatives. These initiatives […]
On Wednesday 4 June at 2.30pm & 7.30pm The Corn Exchange Wallingford is showing an exhibition on screen film about the life and works of Michelangelo. Spanning his 88 years, Michelangelo – Love and Death takes a cinematic journey through the print and drawing rooms of Europe through the great chapels and museums of Florence, Rome and […]
On Tuesday 20 May, live demo by DJ – Acrylic painting in the style of a master, 7.30pm, Centre 70 DJ talked about the value of copying other artists’ work as invaluable to understanding an artist’s work. He demonstrated this with a painting by Van Gogh. He told us of van Gogh’s circumstance at the […]
On Wednesday 9 April, the Corn Exchange Wallingford is showing an ‘exhibition on screen’ performance of The Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874. This is a wonderful exhibition from Musee d’Orsay, which highlights how in 1874, the first impressionist painters broke the mould by holding their own exhibition outside the official Salon. Impressionism was born and […]
Wallingford & District Art Club held its annual Summer Exhibition on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May. 20 artists exhibited over 150 works using all painting media, including limited edition prints and cards. Visitor numbers totalled 400 over the two days and were up by 15% on our Winter 24 exhibtion. Sales were up by […]
On Tuesday 15 April at Centre 70 artist Rodney Kingston gave a live demo of painting a still life in oils. We were treated to a lovely sequence of stages. Rodney started with the basics of decisions about composition & lighting. He took us through the gradual process of drawing with dilute dark umber on […]
Tuesday 18 March, live demo by Harriett Riddell, 7.30pm, Centre 70 Harriet gave us a journey through her art over the years. She has travelled the world with her sewing machine, pitching up in challenging locations from the slums of Nairobi to the tea fields of the Himalayas. Through free motion embroidery she captures her […]
