Art Palette
Spring drinks
Monday 8th April from 6 to 7pm
Join us in the reading room for a glass of wine and canapes, meet your fellow art group members and celebrate the opening of the acrylics and pastels class exhibition. Followed by a short AGM.
Art Lecture Tuesday 19th March from 8 to 9pm
Free for all members of the Art Group, who may bring guests from outside the Club paying £10 on the door.
Any member of the Club wishing to attend must also be a member of the Art Group.
No need to book.
Colour, Sound and Speed: Italian Futurism
Tuesday 19th March, 8pm
Lecture by Jacqueline Cockburn
Futurism originated in Italy in the early part of the twentieth century embracing technology, the motor car, the aeroplane, the loud industrial city, the noisy streets and eventually World War One. In this colourful lecture we will see paintings, sculpture, photography, fashion and even food.
Jacqueline is an art historian and freelance lecturer for the V&A, the RA and The Arts Society. She runs residential courses in Andalucia, Spain in the art and culture of the region.
Reading Room Exhibition in March – Acrylics
This month nine members of the Art Group have come together to illustrate the versatility of acrylic paints.
Compared with oil paints, acrylic resin is a relatively recent invention based on the pioneering work by German chemist Dr Otto Rohm in the 1940s. In the 50s and 60s, this was then applied to artists’ paints which led to highly successful experimentation by Abstract Expressionists Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell and Barnett Newman, Pop Artists Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, and British painters Bridget Riley and David Hockney.
In this small exhibition there are examples of acrylic paints used on paper, canvas, canvas board and plywood. Acrylics can be applied to many surfaces. Techniques here illustrate styles that vary from hard edges to soft watercolour effects, wet and dry brushwork, palette knife application and layering.
Unlike oil paints, acrylics are water based and dry rapidly. Importantly for painters, acrylics are non-toxic, easy to blend, and for the Roehampton Club Art Group there’s the ability to take away your work at the end of a class.
If you are interested in contacting any of the artists or buying a painting please email roehamptonart@hotmail.com