The Society meets at the Kogarah School of Arts, corner of Queens Avenue. The weekly Thursday meetings include Critique, Life-Drawing and Demonstrations. Every Tuesday (school holidays excepted) Sketchability (an art class) meets in the afternoons. The first Sunday each month there is a Plein Air group meeting at various locations. Download the Activities Flyer.
Activities in 2018 are daytime workshops and art classes.
For further details see Upcoming Events.
OUR CRITIQUES_____________________________________________________________________________
1st Thursday of the month at 6.45pm – Cost: Members $8 Visitors $10
Member artists are invited to bring along 1 or 2 unframed /unfinished artworks for constructive criticism by our invited guest artist who will select and comment on the ‘Artwork of the Month’. The members select the ‘People’s Choice’. Photographs of these 2 artists and their art are published on our website and on our Facebook page for that month.
Everyone can chat over a delicious supper provided by two of the volunteer members for the evening.
OUR LIFE-DRAWING_________________________________________________________________________
Two sessions per month - with model fee included
2nd Thursday of the month at 6.45pm & 4th Thursday of the month at 10am - Cost: Members $10 visitors $15
Professional life models with knowledge of creative and challenging poses are invited. Artists can use any medium of their choice to capture these poses in one, five, ten and twenty minute settings. We invite male and female models.
Easels and tables are available. This activity is held in the lower hall in a private setting. No photographs of the model are permitted. Our photographer may ask artists’ permission to photograph their drawings for our Facebook page.
Coffee, tea and biscuits/cake are included.
OUR DEMONSTRATIONS______________________________________________________________________
3rd Thursday of the month at 6.45pm - Cost: Members $8 Visitors $10
We invite well-known artists in different fields to demonstrate their art and techniques while members and visitors observe. Comments and questions are welcomed.
A light supper is served after the demonstration, provided by two of the volunteer members for the evening.
OUR SKETCHABILITY__________________________________________________________________________
Every Tuesday (school holidays excepted) at 2.00pm - Cost: Members $5 Visitors $10
These are guided sessions in a relaxed and social setting. Each week leader/artist Don Kibble sets a different theme. He provides creative exercises which build techniques and artistic skills; encourage lateral thinking and experimentation; and develops confidence.
Artists can use any medium of their choice and easels and tables are available.
Coffee, tea and biscuits/cake are included.
OUR PLEIN AIR______________________________________________________________________________
FIRST Sunday of the month (unless change is diarised) at various locations around Sydney and suburbs.
Members – no cost; Visitors/non-members $10 payable to our convenor Don – text for details 0427 472 237