April 2023 Events
04 April Black on White Night
In the style of Liam Spencer. We will make a montage of small images in black on watercolour paper, based on nature, which will then be compiled into one large display. Please bring in black watercolour, black acrylic and/or black ink. Paper cut to size will be provided.
11 April Workshop night
Karen Glowa will be returning to hold a pyrography workshop event. Wooden items will be provided to burn patterns on. If you have a pyrography tool please bring it in, but Karen will bring in one to share.
There will also be a table for painting Pebbles in acrylic.
18 April Free Painting Night.
25April Jim Ross Talk and Demo Night
Jim will be using a light box to demonstrate his work technique and members will be invited to join in his demo.
02 May Free Painting Night.
09 May White on Black Night.
Bring in white pens, pastels, white gouache, white watercolour or acrylic, to work on Black card which will be provided.
16 May Free Painting.
Last chance to do your work on quarterly theme!
23 May Theme Appraisal Night.
Time to show us your artwork on the Abstract theme chosen three months ago. Time to choose a new theme for the coming months.
30 May Free Painting.
Change Corridor Night.
06 June Free Painting
13 June Demo and workshop with local artist Tina Foran.
Details to be advised later.
20 June Colin Gilbert's Annual Watercolour Challenge.
£15 prize money to be won plus Colin Gilbert's plate for 12 months.
27 June Free Painting night.
04 July AGM plus renewal of annual Membership Night.
Jan 2023 Events
Jan 10 Free Painting. Choose new quarterly theme.
Jan 17 Corridor change. Take down current art and bring in something new to hang in place.
Jan 24 Still Life in acrylic. Bring in your own acrylics.
Jan 31 Free Painting.
Feb 07 Figure Painting from clothed model. Acrylic or oils.
Feb 14 Free Painting.
Feb 21 Draw or paint your interpretation of your favourite book/music/poem or film. Keep us guessing what this is for the appraisal night.
Feb 28 Free Painting.
Mar 07 Appraisals Night. Review of your art from Still Life, Figure Painting and favourite book/music/etc nights.
Mar 14 Free Painting night.
Mar 21 Art Cupboard night.Don't bring anything in at all as tonight we are using all the materials, paper, paints etc. n the art cupboards. No ipads,.. just the reference books, cards, photos in the art cupboard to make your own individual art work..
Mar 28 Free Painting.
Founder's Plate 2022
Rochdale Artists celebrated another year with their annual Founder's Plate competition on Tuesday 13 December. The winner was Peter Barlass, with his drawing titled "Out of the Woods".
The competition was judged by local artist Lynne Thompson, who said that "the detail is amazing, and it has taken incredible patience to establish the composition, perspective and lights in the picture." The picture has been completed entirely in pencil and is of a scene near Burnley Way.
For the competition, Rochdale Artists members can submit one piece of work from the last 12 months and there was a wide range of artworks and mediums on display. The winner is presented with the Founder's Plate for the upcoming year.
Congratulations to Peter!
Members' Art Exhibition at Littleborough Coach House
Sat 24 September
to 22 October 2022
An exhibition of current work by members of Rochdale Artists.
July 2022 Events
July 5th 2022 – AGM
Come along to vote in the new committee and officers, as well as expressing any ideas you may have to enhance the way the group operates. As all the present committee have to stand down this year as required by our constitution (including officers) this is your opportunity to get more involved with the group, by joining the committee, either as a member or filling an officer role.
July 12th 2022 – Appraisal for Half Hour Painting
I understand the evening was a massive success and enjoyed by all. Bring along the works you have completed on the night or since and show them to the rest of the group.
July 19th 2022 – Free Painting Night
A chance to do your own thing.
July 26th 2022 - Workshops
Veronica will lead a workshop discussing and producing portraits. The second table will be with David McPhail and painting with coffee.
Quarterly Challenge - WILDLIFE or PETS.
Rochdale Artists Annual General Meeting 2022
July 5th 2022
Come along to vote in the new committee and officers, as well as expressing any ideas you may have to enhance the way the group operates. As all the present committee have to stand down this year as required by our constitution (including officers) this is your opportunity to get more involved with the group, by joining the committee, either as a member or filling an officer role.
Colin Gilbert Watercolour Challenge
Congratulations to Jean Wood who won this year's Colin Gilbert Watercolour Challenge
May 2022 Events
May 3rd 2022 – Café Culture
Almost everybody has memories of visiting cafés, either at home or abroad. Let's try to put those memories into an artwork tonight.
May 10th 2022 – Review the Past
Please bring in the artworks or sketches you have from 5/10 years ago. Show and discuss your progress over the years and share both what you consider successes and mistakes you have learned from.
May 17th 2022 – Free Painting Night
A chance to do your own thing.
May 24th 2022 -The Birds and Bees
– Demonstrator to be advised
We are still looking for a volunteer to demonstrate their interpretation of this subject, or lead a workshop based on this theme. If you wish to get involved, please let David or Veronica know and save their blushes
May 31st 2022 – Free Painting Night
Another do-your-own thing night
Quarterly Challenge – WILDLIFE or PETS.
April 2022 Events
April 5th 2022 – Corridor Change and Free Painting
Can you collect your pictures that are presently hanging in the corridor tonight, as we need to clear the area for next week?
While members of the committee do the work, other members can enjoy some free painting. It has been suggested we might try an Easter Theme, but the night is informal, so anything goes.
If anybody wants 'D' rings in order to enable your works for next week to be hanged properly, they will be issued this week so you can fit them at your leisure.
April 12th 2022 – Climate Change Project Please bring in the works you have completed our Planet Despair/Planet Hope Exhibition. This, our most recent major project will be hanged tonight. Let's have as many of the completed works in tonight, in order to make an impact in the corridor.
April 19th – Figure Work and Choose our Next Challenge Trying to capture movement in figures can be challenging; sports action; dance; acting; work; even sheep dog trials, can all be portrayed. Bring in any source materials you possess that you can work from. There are source photographs available in the art cupboard, if required.
April 26th – Appraisal – Oils and Flow Acrylics The workshops we held on oils and flow acrylics resulted in some stunning works. Bring in what you did on the night and anything you have produced in those media since then.
Quarterly Challenge – Instead of a separate Quarterly Challenge, we will continue with our Planet Despair/Planet Hope project until 12th April.
A new Quarterly Challenge will be chosen this month (19th April).
March 2022 Events
March 1st 2022 – Appraisal Night
Following our recent Workshop Nights, we are asking everyone to bring along their works from (and based on) those very successful evenings. To remind you, last week we had charcoal and pastel tables and a couple of weeks ago fluid (flow) acrylics and oils. As your oils may not yet be dry, we will try to hold a separate appraisal night for these.
March 8th 2022 – Climate Change Project and Free Painting
Please bring in the works you have completed so far for the Planet Despair/Planet Hope Exhibition. This will enable us to determine how the project is progressing and note any shortfalls.
March 15th – Free Painting
A chance to do your own thing
March 22nd – Half-hour Challenge
Colin Fielding will join us tonight to issue a half-hour challenge. He will demonstrate completing a picture in that time himself and then we will have 30 minutes to do one of our own. Theoretically, we will have time to appraise all the work produced by the end of the evening.
March 29th – Springtime – Painting with a Seasonal Flavour
Think spring – daffodils, tulips, Easter eggs, primroses, Easter bunnies, mad March hares.
Quarterly Challenge – Instead of a separate Quarterly Challenge, we will continue with our Planet Despair/Planet Hope project, aiming to get all the works produced exhibited by the middle of April.
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