Saturday, October 17, 2015

ENIGMA - A solo show by Kate Hursthouse

One of our members Kate Hursthouse is having her first solo show!

Kate is known for her calligraphic and typographic illustration based artworks where letters and language form the foundation of each work. Kate merges traditional and contemporary techniques to create bold artworks that challenge the way we perceive language.




WHERE: Lot23, 23 Minnie St, Eden Tce, Auckland
WHEN: October 22nd - November 13th
OPENING: Thursday October 22nd, 6pm

Click here for the Facebook event

MONTHLY MEETING: Yukimi Annand's 'The Wall' with Glenice Martin

NEXT MEETING
Tuesday November 3rd

At the next meeting we are lucky to have
Glenice Martin take us through the 2 day workshop with Yuki Annand she attended at SSiW in Melbourne.



Thursday, August 27, 2015

BOTANNICAL ILLUSTRATION WITH VINCENT JEANNEROT: Details and Materials List



THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL.
IF YOU HAVE PAID AND HAVE NOT GIVEN US YOUR CONTACT DETAILS PLEASE EMAIL US newzealandcalligraphers@gmail.com SO WE CAN SEND YOU THE MATERIALS LIST OR CONTACT ROSE BROWNING on 021457673 or (09) 624 0472

WHERE: Gifford Gallery, Poronui St, Mt Eden

WHEN: 3rd - 4th October, 2015 
9.30am to 4.30pm each day (please arrive early enough to set up and be ready to start at 9.30am)

COST: $200 (the $100 balance is to be paid by 1st September)

FOOD: Morning and afternoon teas will be provided. Please bring your own lunch (Mt Eden shops are close by if you wish to purchase lunch)

PAYMENT: Please pay the balance of $100 into the NZ Calligraphers bank account: 01 028801 3756600 by 1st September. Receipts will be available at the Workshop.

MATERIALS: The flower we will be studying is the Anenome.
A board 
(40 X 50 cm) : this is for paper stretching. Simple MDF board will be OK.
If you are going to bring watercolour paper block ( already stretched paper pad), you don’t need to bring a board.

Spongy and a bowl for water – for stretching paper

Paper
Notebook or sketchbook for taking notes
Arches  HP or Fabriano Satin grain watercolor paper (300gms)

Pencil & Brushes:
1 Pencil, 2H or 3H
2 sable Kolinsky brushes Raphaël (sizes 1 & 2)

Other
Tissues 
1 white plastic eraser (Staedler) and crepe eraser
1 porcelain palette ( white small dinner plate is OK)
1-2 water container

Masking Fluid

Paint: List of the main colors used during the workshop
    
Watercolour paints (artist quality) Windsor and Newton, Shmincke and Old Holland
May green, permanent green, emerald green (or phtalo), Opera rose, vermilion, alizarin crimson, lemmon yellow, indian yellow, transparent orange, ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, lamp black & Payne’s grey
If your group is painting only leaves – you need three greens (above), alizarian red, lamp black and Payne’s grey.

·     Optional – you could bring daylight desk lamp for personal use.                                   




Vincent Jeannerot is a well respected French Botanical Artist and tutor. He has a BA in Fine Arts attained at Lyon (France) and is a member of the Maison des Artistes, the French Society of Botanical Illustration and the French Society of Watercolour. 

For more information on Vincent and his work please click on this link: MORE INFORMATION



Monday, August 24, 2015

MONTHLY MEETING: CHALKBOARD LETTERING WITH ERIN HOLMES

NEXT MEETING
Tuesday September 1st

At the next meeting we are lucky to have
Erin Holmes teaching us a workshop on chalkboard lettering.
 

What to bring:
Rag or old cloth
Chalk



Thursday, July 16, 2015

MONTHLY MEETING: WORKSHOP WITH JAN LEONARD

NEXT MEETING
Tuesday August 4th

At the next meeting we are lucky to have
Jan Leonard teaching us a workshop on Layering.
 

What to bring:
Good quality paper (about A3 size, 185 - 300gsm)
Watercolour paints (or gouache) or acrylics
Masking fluid
Hair dryer (to speed up drying time)
Large automatic pens
usual kit



THANK YOU JAN LEONARD!


At the New Zealand Calligraphers AGM in June we sadly saw Jan Leonard step down from her role as President. Jan has spent the last two years as President, and many before that on the committee, and has done such an amazing job organising our committee and keeping our society going.

A presentation was made to Jan in appreciation of her contribution to the society.  This included a life membership certificate created by Glenice Martin, Chocolates from Kowhai Arts and a cyclamen plant with a bottle of wine.  Barbara made her a beautiful card.  

Jan joined the society in 1996 and we can't thank her enough for everything she has done!

Jan Leonard with her life membership certificate - thank you Jan!

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Workshop with Barbara Ellis

NEXT MEETING
Tuesday July 7th

At the next meeting we are lucky to have
Barbara Ellis teaching us a workshop.

We will be using paints and brushes to experiment. 

What to bring:
300gsm paper or pad
1 x square edged firm brush (short bristle) any size
1x pointed brush (not too long bristle) any size
1x tube of acrylic plate
Plastic or old plate
Jar for water