Art in the Country
Upcoming Workshops
We’re pleased to say we now have another Watercolour workshop scheduled in August with Jenny Mcnaughton.
So if you missed out on Jenny’s recent workshop in May, you now have another opportunity to join us in this beautiful location and learn some valuable techniques in capturing the local landscapes using watercolours.
To view more of Jenny’s artworks, visit https://macnaughtonart.com/
ABOUT JENNY
Jenny Macnaughton was born in Sydney and attended East Sydney Technical College in a course of survey drafting and worked for some years as a tracer-draughtswoman. She has been actively painting in oils since 1971 and diversified to watercolours in 1981. She attended Willandra Art School for tuition in watercolours.
She is an exhibiting member of the Royal Art Society of NSW, The City of Ryde Art Society, The Drummoyne Municipal Art Society and the Bellingen Art Group
Currently, Jenny holds Workshops for adults at her home studio in Megan and in her gallery in Dorrigo. She is a popular demonstrator for art societies, has tutored for the Mitchell School of Arts at Bathurst, Murrumbidgee School of Creative Arts in Wagga Wagga and at the Grafton Artsfest, and will be tutoring at Camp Creative in Bellingen in January and Grafton Artsfest in April 2010.
Jenny has held many exhibitions in Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle, Rockhampton, Inverell and Dorrigo and has released two books: “Capturing the Australian Light in Watercolour” and “Watercolour Flowers Fast Fresh & Free”. In 2006, Jenny released her first DVD, featuring a series of watercolour tutorials. It is titled: Jenny Macnaughton Paints Watercolour – Australian Country Cottages. There is now a second DVD called “The Old Bush Shack”
Another four day plein air Oil Painting Workshop with John Rice is now scheduled in October.
Enjoy the great outdoors in the lovely spring weather and learn oil painting techniques to capture the beautiful surroundings in Central Tablelands of New South Wales.
Price includes tuition, morning tea and use of the facilities, (main meals and accommodation are not included).
Email combinedsocieties@yahoo.com.au to book this workshop.
A list of materials required will be provided once your booking is submitted.
ABOUT JOHN
John is an energetic outdoor painter who works almost exclusively in oils and is stimulated by the strong light of the Australian landscape. He is particularly enthusiastic about the districts from the Blue Mountains to Mudgee in The Central West artistically. He enjoys painting the landscape from life, “en plein air”, and engages in regular painting trips to country locations. John lives in the village of Mulgoa on the western fringes of Sydney, providing a lot for an artist to digest both aesthetically and culturally as a central location for the Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains and Sydney.
John has won many awards for his artworks and has held nineteen very successful solo exhibitions and numerous joint exhibitions. He has works in private collections throughout Australia and abroad and is a Fellow of the Royal Art Society. John has almost forty years teaching experience and is regularly called upon to conduct workshops and demonstrations for art societies and judge exhibitions.
Recent Workshops
Watercolour Workshop with Jenny Macnaughton
Watercolour Workshop with Jacky Pearson
Our recent four day watercolour workshop with Jacky Pearson was much enjoyed by all those who attended.
They appreciated Jacky’s expertise in demonstrating her watercolour painting techniques.
Oil Plein Air Workshop with John Rice
Our workshop with John Rice finished on the 2nd November. It was a very enjoyable 4 days at Kandos in the great outdoors during lovely spring weather.
The attendees gained knowledge of John’s oil painting techniques capturing the beautiful surroundings in the Central Tablelands of NSW.
We hope we can welcome John back for further workshops next year.
ABOUT JOHN RICE
John is an energetic outdoor painter who works almost exclusively in oils and is stimulated by the strong light of the Australian landscape. He is particularly enthusiastic about the districts from the Blue Mountains to Mudgee in The Central West artistically. He enjoys painting the landscape from life, “en plein air”, and engages in regular painting trips to country locations. John lives in the village of Mulgoa on the western fringes of Sydney, providing a lot for an artist to digest both aesthetically and culturally as a central location for the Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains and Sydney.
John has won many awards for his artworks and has held nineteen very successful solo exhibitions and numerous joint exhibitions. He has works in private collections throughout Australia and abroad and is a Fellow of the Royal Art Society. John has almost forty years teaching experience and is regularly called upon to conduct workshops and demonstrations for art societies and judge exhibitions.