Bromley Art Society Bringing Artists Together since 1947

Yippee! The Winter issue was mailed to the printer on Tuesday morning this week
I am now looking for articles for the Spring 2012 issue. I am also looking for photographs of members' work for the Members' Gallery. The best pic. gets onto the front and earns the winner £30 worth of vouchers from CassArt. Those who work black on white can also send me photos. for inclusion on the inner pages.
New members: send me your personal profile with a head and shoulders photo.; include your influences and preferred medium.

Allan Davies is doing a great job with his blog and others chip in occasionally, but not everyone sees these gems. I have now built a new feature to "Notifiy" you when there is a change to something you are interested in. Instead of having to check the website frequently for new content, you can be emailed a short message to tell you something is waiting for you.

What a super demo.! A lively piece of work by a lively character. We must invite the chap again.

Hashim has very kindly allowed me to  upload a copy of his demonstration picture, which I took with a mobile phone. I have added it to Allan's piece. [Ed]

If you have not yet viewed this remarkable show, do so soon. His compositions are outstanding. His observations of dancers in motion are incredible. His application of pastels? Fixing between layers is the way I paint with pastels. Catalogue? Worth every penny!

The Arts Festival has come to an end. Yesterday, the last Saturday in October, there was a great deal of footfall. The chair of Blackheath Art Society demonstrated how to make and creatively use felt to produce remarkable pieces of art. I demonstrated acrylics again with a large canvas, a large knife, and some thick paint (ooh! notice the Oxford comma...) before I dashed off for lunch. The gallery's Ann was busy today as she helped set up a new exhibition for the month (super stuff worth a visit) and rehung the other rooms.

The Thursday Tutored Acrylics Workshops have not attracted as many aspiring painters as we had hoped. However, we crash on! Every Thursday from 1 pm to 3 pm a small group of us work together and I do my best to show techniques with knife and brush. At £30 for a six week stint it is not expensive. So, if anyone wants to learn new skills in a socially amenable company, come and join us.

The festival is attracting visitors and there have been sales (even one of mine!). If you have nothing better to do on Saturday 29/10 pop in and enjoy an acrylics demo from about 11 am. I'll be slapping on the paint with knife and brush.

WEA,Bromley Branch is holding a Saturday afternoon lecture in the Community Centre, Bromley, on 12 November from 2pm to 5.30pm entitled Tchaikovsky and Van Gogh - Parallel Lives.

The WEA website has details of other courses that might interest BAS members and a few clicks will take you also to neighbouring branches.

Spend a day oil painting (or acrylic) in the style of Edouard Degas. The tutor will use a variety of teaching methods including instruction, demonstration, one to one guidance, group discussions and critiques. A costumed life model will re-create some of the poses used by Degas.

Saturday 19th November