Sunday 30 December 2018

September 2019 - July 2020 Syllabus

Last updated 10 February 2020 (by Ian Hobson 01943 877555)

2019
September
2 MEMBERSHIP – Re-join & order materials.
9 WATERCOLOUR DEMONSTRATION – Robert Austin: Skyscapes.
16 WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP - Skyscapes. Bring your own reference material.
23 TALKS – Noel Moroney: Amazing Structures and Skipton Castle.
30 DEMONSTRATION – Tony Goldthorpe: Wet on wet oil painting.

October
7 LIFE CLASS – John Ridyard: Bring soft pencils, an eraser, and paper.
14 PICTURE (Critique) NIGHT – Judith Tomlinson. Bring your problem paintings - finished or unfinished.
21 Last evening for Autumn Exhibition entries.
21 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Kathy Hammond: Japanese style and Vincent.
28 ACRYLIC WORKSHOP - Kathy Hammond: Japanese Style and Vincent - Directional colour painting, as demonstrated last week.

November
4 IPAD PAINTING DEMONSTRATION – Joe McDermott.
11 ILLUSTRATED TALK – Tony Burkitt: Robert Adam - his Life and Works.
16-17 MENSTON AUTUMN EXHIBITION
18 DEMONSTRATION – Lisa Shackleton: Mixed media pen and wash, plus!
25 WORKSHOP – Lisa Shackleton: Bring paper, watercolours and/or acrylic paint.

December
2 SPECIAL PRESENTATION by Writing on the Wharfe - MAC members to bring food and drink.

2020
January
6 WATERCOLOUR DEMONSTRATION – Paul Talbot-Greaves.
13 WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP – Paul Talbot-Greaves.
20 ILLUSTRATED TALK – David Alred: Northern Highlands of Scotland.
27 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Anthony Barrow: Still life.

February
3 STILL LIFE WORKSHOP - Bring acrylic paint or your preferred media.
10 DEMONSTRATIONS – By leading artists, via Internet.
17 WORKSHOP - Helen Barnes: Costa Rican art. Bring a sketch pad & travel paints or pencils etc.
24 ILLUSTRATED TALK – Alex Purves: Moonlight to Lamplight.

March
2 PASTEL DEMONSTRATION - Jane Gamble.
9 WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP – Ian Hobson: Bring watercolours and masking fluid.

The following items had to be cancelled due to Covid 19.
16 PICTURE (Critique) NIGHT – Jane Lazenby: Bring your problem paintings - finished or unfinished.
23 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Julia Borodina: Townscape.
30 PAINTING WORKSHOP – Townscape. Bring your favourite materials and your own reference material.

April
6 ILLUSTRATED TALK: Tom Marsh: The Power of Photography.
13 No meeting (Easter)
20 Last evening for Spring Exhibition entries.
20 DEMO/WORKSHOP – Naheed Aslam: Contemporary papercraft jewellery using quilling techniques. Materials provided.
27 AGM

May
4 No meeting (May Day)
11 PASTEL DEMONSTRATION – Sue Smith: Animal portrait.
16-17 MENSTON SPRING EXHIBITION
18 COSTUME LIFE (Workshop) – Caroline Hardaker: Bring drawing materials & paper.
25 No meeting (Spring Bank Hol)

June
1 TALK & DEMONSTRATION – Ian Tomlinson: Stained Glass, a Mystery Trade.
8 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Tracey Krupianka: Sailing boats, using a palette knife.
15 ACRYLIC WORKSHOP - Tracey Krupianka: Sailing Boats. Bring acrylics or you favourite medium.

22 DEMONSTRATION – Linda Hollingshead: Being Confident with Colour (watercolour & mixed media).
29 WORKSHOP - Watercolour and/or mixed media. Bring your own reference material.

July
6 Social Evening

September
2 MEMBERSHIP – Re-join & order materials.

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Monday 15 January 2018

September 2018 - July 2019 Syllabus

Last updated 20 February 2019 (by Ian Hobson 01943 877555)

2018
September
3 MEMBERSHIP – Re-join & order materials + The Dandy Art House display.
10 OIL PAINTING DEMONSTRATION – Doreen Greenshields: Reflections.
17 DEMO/WORKSHOP – Richard Barnes: Bring a drawing & any coloured medium of your choice.
24 TALK - Ian Middleton: Developing a Professional and Commercial Approach to Your Art.

October
1 WATERCOLOUR DEMONSTRATION – Jeremy Taylor.
8 WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP - Jeremy Taylor.
15 PICTURE (Critique) NIGHT – Judith Tomlinson: Bring your problem paintings - finished or unfinished.
22 Last evening for Autumn Exhibition entries.
22 DEMONSTRATION – Anne Allan: Landscape in Chinese Brush painting styles.
29 LIFE CLASS - Caroline Hardaker.

November
5 DEMONSTRATIONS – By leading artists, via Internet.
12 THE ART OF THE MOVING IMAGE – Roy & Jean Vickers.
17/18 MENSTON AUTUMN EXHIBITION
19 PASTEL & COLOURED PENCIL DEMONSTRATION - by five MAC members.
26 ACRYLIC WORKSHOP – Tracey Krupianka: Scottish Landscape - If you have them, bring acrylic paints, brushes, palette knife and a canvas board or acrylic paper.

December
3 A SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED TALK by Chris Edwards & Hector Christie: Arthur Kitching & Violet Jacob.

2019
January
7 DEMONSTRATION – David Starley: Oils with a painting knife.
14 ILLUSTRATED TALK – Joan Ransley: Photographing your work. Bring a small painting & a camera (optional).
21 WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP - John Ridyard (Jane Austin cancelled).
28 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Paul Talbot Greaves: River scene.

February
4 ACRYLIC WORKSHOP – Paul Talbot Greaves.
11 ILLUSTRATED TALK – Janet Pickering: The Blue Rider and friends.
18 DEMONSTRATION – Jane Lazenby: Coloured pencil textures.
25 PAINTING WORKSHOP - Bring a photo for another member to paint.

March
4 MIXED MEDIA DEMONSTRATION – Nigel Overton.
11 SILK PAINTING WORKSHOP – Lisa Shackleton. Animals with a difference. Materials provided.
18 ILLUSTRATED TALK – Frank Jukes: Travelling through retirement - Africa.
25 PICTURE (Critique) NIGHT – John Ridyard.

April
1 DEMO/WORKSHOP – Tracey Krupianka: Glass painting. Bring a clear glass vase or jam jar & acrylic paints if you have them.
8 WATERCOLOUR DEMONSTRATION – John Harrison: Line and wash.
15 Last evening for Spring Exhibition entries.
15 WORKSHOP – John Harrison: Line and wash. Bring watercolours and waterproof pens.
22 No meeting (Easter)
29 AGM

May
6 No meeting (May Day)
11,12 MENSTON SPRING EXHIBITION
13 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Miriam Laville: North York Moor landscapes.
20 ACRYLIC WORKSHOP – Bring your own materials.
27 No meeting (Spring Bank Hol)

June
3 DEMONSTRATION - Max Hale - Watercolour portrait.
10 COSTUME LIFE – Jane Lazenby.
17 OIL PAINTING DEMONSTRATION – Bruce Mulcahy.
24 WORKSHOP - Anita Daniel: Portrait Drawing in Tonal Values. If you have them, bring charcoal, white chalk & tinted paper.

July
1 Social Evening.

Sept
2 MEMBERSHIP – Re-join & order materials