News of Two Workshops

Posted on July 24, 2017 by - News

Jeni Neale has organised two workshops.

A Different Viewpoint – the aim of this workshop is to depict a flower from an unusual and intriguing viewpoint. Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th August 2017 from 10am – 4pm each day, at Eathorpe Village Hall, Warwickshire,

Seasonal Fruits and Flowers in Watercolour – Venue is Winterbourne House and Garden, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham. Saturday 23rd – Sunday 24th September 2017 from 11am – 5pm.

Places are limited so must be booked, for further details and to contact Jeni please send a message via the contact page on this website.

Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens – we continue to visit on the second wednesday of every month to draw in the garden. The Gardens are hosting a ‘Rare Plant Fair’ on Sunday 30th July from 11am – 4pm.

News June 2017

Posted on June 19, 2017 by - News

Exhibition – Northern Society of Botanical Art are holding an exhibition in the Chapter House, Southwell Minster near Nottingham from 17th June to 14th July 2017. The title is Foliage, Flowers and Fantasy.

Painting Holidays – we have received notification of the following:

National Trust Painting Days in West Cornwall on July 2nd and 9th. These are organised by the Newlyn Art School (info@newlynartschool.co.uk) If you register to be informed you will hear of other dates.

Botanical Painting Courses with Maggie Niagassus (RHS Silver medal holder). The next event is in Pelion, Greece from 22nd – 29th September 2017(http://www.lagouraxi.com/lgr2_wp/courses/)

AGM, Visit to Oxford and Exhibition

Posted on May 22, 2017 by - News, Uncategorised

A well attended AGM on the morning of 21st May 2017 was followed by a workshop on “Mixing Greens” by Jeni Neale.

Visit to Oxford – members of the society are to visit Oxford Botanical Gardens on Thursday 6th July, all are welcome to come. We have also been encouraged to visit Weston Library where there are two displays involving botanical art. Those travelling by train to get the 10.04am from Birmingham New Street, it stops at Birmingham International and Coventry for those wanting to join at another station and we return at 18.39. Get your own tickets or use your own transport to Oxford and meet at the gardens. https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Exhibition – Northamptonshire Botanical Artists Society have an exhibition -Botanical Treasures at:- The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House, 78 Derngate, Northampton. The exhibition is on now until 15th July.

http://www.78derngate.org.uk

Sigrid Muller – Work by Sigrid Muller was on show recently at Fosse Gallery in Stow-on -the-Wold. I found this approach to botanical art interesting, pencil crayon on backgrounds of pooled watercolour. The work can be viewed on the web site or galleries exhibiting the paintings.

 

 

23rd April – Julia Trickey Workshop

Posted on April 25, 2017 by - News

 

On 23rd April we enjoyed an excellent workshop entitled “Finishing Touches” given to us by Julia Trickey. Julia went through what makes a good painting. We did exercises in tonal variation using graphite, colour exploration – mixing paint to match the colour of flowers and composition. This practical workshop was accompanied by a powerpoint presentation and Julia passed on many tips to us.

Wednesday 12th April members were once again at Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens to draw in the garden and were pleased when some visitors joined us. We will be there again on the 10th May.

Our next meeting is on 21st May. The Annual General Meeting of the society will be held in the morning followed by a workshop by Jeni Neale on “Mixing Greens”

World Museum Liverpool Herbarium Visit 9th March 2017

Posted on March 12, 2017 by - News

Account of visit by Jane Edwards.

Those of us that went to Liverpool had the best of days. We laughed at how daft we could be and how entertaining travelling by rail could be – intentionally or otherwise. We are all looking forward to the next outing but please do not let me suggest booking flights….

History – Years ago some of us went to the same museum to an exhibition (Edward Lear bird paintings in 2002). The Society made a small donation to the Museums Atrium appeal to purchase a tile so imagine my delight to see a plan of said (floor) tiles at the museum entrance with our name against number 211. One of the security guards took our photograph standing on our tile.

The Herbarium – We were introduced to the collection by Wendy Atkinson Assistant Curator. Wendy took us on a speedy tour of the several thousand specimens they hold ranging from Mersey seaweeds to samples collected on Cook’s voyage to New Zealand. Various seedpods were there to be handled and hundreds of reference books to be enjoyed. They hold the British Pteridological Society’s collection of fern nature prints and Michael Hayward, the visiting curator showed us part of the collection.

After lunch Wendy brought out several volumes of books one of which contained 321 original Georg Ehret paintings, delicate images as fresh as when they were painted. We were able to scrutinise and enjoy these volumes freely – close to the spirit of the C18th.