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PEDAS Weekly
week commencing 20th January 2025
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A reminder of this week's
Wednesday Afternoon Session Time: 2 pm - 4 pm Alderney Manor Community Centre, 287 Herbert Avenue BH12 4HT. Please allow travel time for the roadworks nearby. 22nd January - 'Introducing texture with Rubbings' with Valerie Willets Rubbings Workshop This session will enable you to use texture in your work. By exploring the technique of making rubbings of interesting surfaces such as leaves, wood, coins and fabrics we can make interesting patterns or pictures, Material list - bring what you have Lining paper Photocopy paper Tissue paper Brown wrapping paper Graphite sticks Soft graphite pencils - 6B or 8B Wax children's crayons - especially dark colours Wax based pencils Scissors Ruler Masking tape Print sticks and/or pva glue and brush Table cover Any pressed leaves you can bring will be useful but I will bring some as well. Valerie |
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Coach trip to Mall Galleries
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Exhibition Dear friends Please click here to find details of my proposed trip to the Mall Galleries in London on Sunday 30 March for the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Exhibition. Coach prices have gone up considerably since our last London trip, so we do need a minimum of 40 people to make it possible. I would be obliged if you can let me know as soon as possible please if you are interested as the Coach Company have given me just 2 weeks before I must pay the deposit. In brief: £30 including entrance to Mall Galleries £25 coach only Leaving Whitecliff 8 am Cavendish Road 8:15 Ringwood 8:30 (if we have anyone) Returning 5pm Carole Gadsby – carolegadsby@gmail.com Mobile: 07894791927 |
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Membership Renewal
(for those haven't already...) Please use the link below to complete the membership form online. If you are happy to use online banking, that would be great. Please make sure you give your name as a reference when you're sending through the subscription. Membership Form online If you prefer, you can print off the form (link below) and send a cheque. The address is on the form. Printable Membership Form You can bring your printed form along to our Wednesday session with the payment, if you'd rather do it that way. If you don't have a printer, and don't want to submit the form online, paper forms will be available at our sessions. Could you please send your subscription before 31st January 2025. If you have any questions about your subscription, please contact Freda Rhodes, Membership Secretary, on membership@pedas.org.uk |
Committee Contacts: Here
Thank you to anyone who has sent news, reviews and useful information.
If you have an item for the next PEDAS Weekly please send to publicity@pedas.org.uk
PEDAS Weekly
week commencing 13th January 2025
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A reminder of this week's
Wednesday Afternoon Session Time: 2 pm - 4 pm Alderney Manor Community Centre, 287 Herbert Avenue BH12 4HT. Please allow travel time for the roadworks nearby. 15th January - Tom Marshall - Exploring Drawing II: More Techniques for Fluent Drawing Suitable for any level of experience/ skill. We will be using a range of media- water-based or dry. Aims: The aim is to EXPLORE- different materials and techniques- some very familiar, and some less so- rather than trying to produce one single finished piece, though if anyone wants to, they are welcome to do that. The hope is that everyone will take home ideas they can put into practice in their own painting and drawing, without necessarily going out and buying a load of new kit. |
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Content:
This is more like a buffet than a set menu. That might mean trying lots of different dishes/ materials. It might mean that you pile your plate high with something that you are really keen on- ie, concentrating on just one of the possibilities. These options will include different ways of using dip pens, line and wash, highlights and pastels on washes, work with watercolour, pastels, pencil, penwork, work in light on dark, and in a combination of both light and dark on a mid-toned surface, etc.
For those who have been to either of the previous sessions that I led, there will be plenty of new things, but also the chance to revisit and extend some of what we looked at before, for anyone who would like to do this. To those who were not at these, there will be the opportunity to look at some of those techniques, as well. It means that there will be multiple options and the opportunity to try out different materials and techniques that relate to drawing and painting.
Format:
So, I will do a brief demo of several techniques- you will all then be able to select materials and choose those that you are interested in using. As you make artwork, I will aim to give some help those who want it. We then regroup, look at another couple of techniques, and you will be free to try these. I will be flexible, but would think that we will do the cycle of demo-then-making 3 times in total, and at the end of the session, we will briefly regroup and I will give you ideas how to extend some of these methods further, as many of them lead naturally into other things.
Materials to Bring:
I will bring the materials that you are likely to need. You don't need to bring any. However, the following would be useful:
Drawings that you would like to work from/on, or/and items that you would like to draw. These might include reference drawings, or ones in pen or pencil that you would like to do washes on. I like to work from life, and will bring some items to draw, and I will help those who wish to to get into groups to draw each other. You may like to work from your imagination or use drawings you already have to refer to. I almost never work from photographs, if I can help it, but you aren't me, and may wish to do so, though I will suggest how you might do so. You may like to bring your own items to draw, including mirrors, if you fancy doing a self-portrait, etc. The lighting there can be very poor, for anyone wishing to pick up light and shadow, so you may wish to bring a battery-powered lamp?
Here are some useful things, but remember, I will be bringing some, too:
Brushes, if you have them. I usually use one large brush and a medium small one.
Watercolours/ inks
A pencil or 2 would be useful
Unison pastels, if you have them. These are ridiculously expensive, but large, made in England, and you can do a lot with them: they tend not to crumble to pieces, or to dissolve accidentally if wet. They are available at Forest Stationers, New Milton; Artcetera, Boscombe, and Herrings in Dorchester, or online. I will be bringing some.
Charcoal or black conte crayons or that kind of thing
Any white dry or water-based materials- e.g. pencil, pastel, watercolour.
This is more like a buffet than a set menu. That might mean trying lots of different dishes/ materials. It might mean that you pile your plate high with something that you are really keen on- ie, concentrating on just one of the possibilities. These options will include different ways of using dip pens, line and wash, highlights and pastels on washes, work with watercolour, pastels, pencil, penwork, work in light on dark, and in a combination of both light and dark on a mid-toned surface, etc.
For those who have been to either of the previous sessions that I led, there will be plenty of new things, but also the chance to revisit and extend some of what we looked at before, for anyone who would like to do this. To those who were not at these, there will be the opportunity to look at some of those techniques, as well. It means that there will be multiple options and the opportunity to try out different materials and techniques that relate to drawing and painting.
Format:
So, I will do a brief demo of several techniques- you will all then be able to select materials and choose those that you are interested in using. As you make artwork, I will aim to give some help those who want it. We then regroup, look at another couple of techniques, and you will be free to try these. I will be flexible, but would think that we will do the cycle of demo-then-making 3 times in total, and at the end of the session, we will briefly regroup and I will give you ideas how to extend some of these methods further, as many of them lead naturally into other things.
Materials to Bring:
I will bring the materials that you are likely to need. You don't need to bring any. However, the following would be useful:
Drawings that you would like to work from/on, or/and items that you would like to draw. These might include reference drawings, or ones in pen or pencil that you would like to do washes on. I like to work from life, and will bring some items to draw, and I will help those who wish to to get into groups to draw each other. You may like to work from your imagination or use drawings you already have to refer to. I almost never work from photographs, if I can help it, but you aren't me, and may wish to do so, though I will suggest how you might do so. You may like to bring your own items to draw, including mirrors, if you fancy doing a self-portrait, etc. The lighting there can be very poor, for anyone wishing to pick up light and shadow, so you may wish to bring a battery-powered lamp?
Here are some useful things, but remember, I will be bringing some, too:
Brushes, if you have them. I usually use one large brush and a medium small one.
Watercolours/ inks
A pencil or 2 would be useful
Unison pastels, if you have them. These are ridiculously expensive, but large, made in England, and you can do a lot with them: they tend not to crumble to pieces, or to dissolve accidentally if wet. They are available at Forest Stationers, New Milton; Artcetera, Boscombe, and Herrings in Dorchester, or online. I will be bringing some.
Charcoal or black conte crayons or that kind of thing
Any white dry or water-based materials- e.g. pencil, pastel, watercolour.
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If you have severe asthma and wish to use pastels/charcoal very messily, you may want to bring a dust mask.
Feel free to bring your own paper- I will be providing what you should need, anyway, but if you want to bring your own, I always suggest A4 or larger, and ideally good quality watercolour paper. My personal choice is usually Hot-Pressed (HP)- which gives a smooth surface- Bockingford or Waterford, and at least 300gm/m2, which is 140lb. This is expensive stuff, but if I draw on this, it always gives me the option of adding a wash or painting properly on it, later on, without it falling to pieces or bobbling wildly, and this, as well as giving you the option to do washes, means that even if you make mistakes and produce something you aren't happy with, you don't have to waste the paper. It also means that if I produce a nice piece whilst out drawing, I can frame it up to exhibit :) If you have Ingres or other coloured pastel papers, you are welcome to bring these, too. Tom |
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Membership Renewal
Please use the link below to complete the membership form online. If you are happy to use online banking, that would be great. Please make sure you give your name as a reference when you're sending through the subscription. Membership Form online If you prefer, you can print off the form (link below) and send a cheque. The address is on the form. Printable Membership Form You can bring your printed form along to our Wednesday session with the payment, if you'd rather do it that way. If you don't have a printer, and don't want to submit the form online, paper forms will be available at our sessions. Could you please send your subscription before 31st January 2025. If you have any questions about your subscription, please contact Freda Rhodes, Membership Secretary, on membership@pedas.org.uk |
CREATIVE PERSPECTIVES
Information sheets from Helen that you can download:
COMPOSITION AND DESIGN
CREATIVE PERSPECTIVES
MOOD BOARD
PERSPECTIVE
SKETCHING SHEET
Information sheets from Helen that you can download:
COMPOSITION AND DESIGN
CREATIVE PERSPECTIVES
MOOD BOARD
PERSPECTIVE
SKETCHING SHEET
Committee Contacts: Here
Thank you to anyone who has sent news, reviews and useful information.
If you have an item for the next PEDAS Weekly please send to publicity@pedas.org.uk
PEDAS Weekly
week commencing 6th January 2025
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A reminder of this week's
Wednesday Afternoon Session Time: 2 pm - 4 pm Alderney Manor Community Centre, 287 Herbert Avenue BH12 4HT 8th January 2025 - 'Colour me in' with Barry Kavanagh Barry shows us that tonal value is more important than colour by setting us an interesting challenge. Bring materials/paints of your choice. Recent additional information: Members please bring a pencil and watercolour paper taped down. Also please note Ringwood Road is closed at the Mountbatten Arms roundabout so it may take longer for members to get to Herbert Avenue. |
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The Chair's New Year Message
Welcome to the 1st PEDAS Weekly for 2025. Another year has started, so on behalf of our Committees, I wish all our members a Happy New Year. May it be full of good health and happiness for you all! |
Following our Centenary year, which was packed with different events and activities, 2025 will be less celebratory, but will still offer our members a range of artistic activities and opportunities both within PEDAS and beyond. The first activity of the New Year is the request to renew your annual membership.
As part of this e-bulletin, for your convenience you will find a new on-line form below, which is simple to complete and submit and avoids the physical printing out and getting it by post or by hand to the membership secretary. However, this remains an alternative, so do not worry, details on the form.
Because we are now registered for and benefitting from Gift Aid, the required form will be an integral part of renewals in future. If you are a taxpayer, your simple tick will benefit your society significantly financially. Please participate.
You may remember that at the last AGM, we voted on a proviso to increase the subs, should it be needed. Well, we have successfully funded all our Centenary activities and still remain firmly in the black, and we are not anticipating a jump in our expenses during this coming year. As a result of these calculations, we are holding the subs at £35 for another year. I trust you agree that membership of PEDAS as an active and participative art society, offers excellent value for money. To say nothing of having our own art gallery. Please continue to support PEDAS as our member subscriptions are our only significant source of income.
Below, I highlight some plans for PEDAS activities for 2025 and beyond:
Big names in the local art scene as guest tutors at our Wednesday and Sunday sessions
Our Spring exhibition ‘Creative Perspectives’, based on our current project being led by Helen Talbot.
A PEDAS quiz – returning by popular demand!
A visit to the Mall Galleries in London in Spring.
An invitation to PEDAS to participate in the 85th Anniversary celebrations of Dunkirk being held at the Lighthouse by the Poole Maritime Trust
Looking to 2026, we are working with Poole Museum to celebrate their re-opening with an exhibition involving PEDAS.
Our summer En Plein Air 2025 programme is on the drawing board!
Finally, a reminder that our AGM will be held on Sunday 2nd March. If you would like to stand as a Committee member, or table any agenda items, please contact a Committee member.
All the best to each and every one of you as we start 2025!
Jacqui
As part of this e-bulletin, for your convenience you will find a new on-line form below, which is simple to complete and submit and avoids the physical printing out and getting it by post or by hand to the membership secretary. However, this remains an alternative, so do not worry, details on the form.
Because we are now registered for and benefitting from Gift Aid, the required form will be an integral part of renewals in future. If you are a taxpayer, your simple tick will benefit your society significantly financially. Please participate.
You may remember that at the last AGM, we voted on a proviso to increase the subs, should it be needed. Well, we have successfully funded all our Centenary activities and still remain firmly in the black, and we are not anticipating a jump in our expenses during this coming year. As a result of these calculations, we are holding the subs at £35 for another year. I trust you agree that membership of PEDAS as an active and participative art society, offers excellent value for money. To say nothing of having our own art gallery. Please continue to support PEDAS as our member subscriptions are our only significant source of income.
Below, I highlight some plans for PEDAS activities for 2025 and beyond:
Big names in the local art scene as guest tutors at our Wednesday and Sunday sessions
Our Spring exhibition ‘Creative Perspectives’, based on our current project being led by Helen Talbot.
A PEDAS quiz – returning by popular demand!
A visit to the Mall Galleries in London in Spring.
An invitation to PEDAS to participate in the 85th Anniversary celebrations of Dunkirk being held at the Lighthouse by the Poole Maritime Trust
Looking to 2026, we are working with Poole Museum to celebrate their re-opening with an exhibition involving PEDAS.
Our summer En Plein Air 2025 programme is on the drawing board!
Finally, a reminder that our AGM will be held on Sunday 2nd March. If you would like to stand as a Committee member, or table any agenda items, please contact a Committee member.
All the best to each and every one of you as we start 2025!
Jacqui
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Membership Renewal
Please use the link below to complete the membership form online. If you are happy to use online banking, that would be great. Please make sure you give your name as a reference when you're sending through the subscription. Membership Form online If you prefer, you can print off the form (link below) and send a cheque. The address is on the form. Printable Membership Form You can bring your printed form along to our Wednesday session with the payment, if you'd rather do it that way. If you don't have a printer, and don't want to submit the form online, paper forms will be available at our sessions. Could you please send your subscription before 31st January 2025. If you have any questions about your subscription, please contact Freda Rhodes, Membership Secretary, on membership@pedas.org.uk |
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Christmas party Tombola proceeds
We secured £100 from the Tombola on 15th December. This has been given to Waste Not Want Not charity in Poole High Street and we have received a thankyou from Leanne Miller from the WNWN Charity. In addition, we received donations for the art materials and books to the tune of £40. This has not stayed within PEDAS to offset expenses but has been included in our donation to the charity, making a total of £140. |
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PEDAS Holidays
We have enjoyed a wonderful tradition of PEDAS holidays over many years. Thanks to the time and efforts of particularly John Biggs and Carole Gadsby, we have travelled to a wide range of different places, both within the UK and abroad in search of seeing and experiencing great art. However, in recent years, for some reason, support for these excellent short trips away has dwindled? This has made booking accommodation and transport much more challenging for Carole, and more than one trip recently has had to be cancelled. As a result, the organisers have sadly decided to call a halt to these holidays. There will be no more PEDAS holidays away, unless someone else would be willing to take this on. However, we will continue to organise day trips to key exhibitions in London and elsewhere and Carole has kindly agreed to continue to manage these. We will be returning to the Mall Galleries in London for the Watercolour exhibition. Details to follow. On behalf of everyone at PEDAS, I would like to thank both Carole and John for the time and effort they have put in over the many years to designing and managing this highlight of the PEDAS calendar. Chair |
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CREATIVE PERSPECTIVES
Information sheets from Helen that you can download:
COMPOSITION AND DESIGN
CREATIVE PERSPECTIVES
MOOD BOARD
PERSPECTIVE
SKETCHING SHEET
Information sheets from Helen that you can download:
COMPOSITION AND DESIGN
CREATIVE PERSPECTIVES
MOOD BOARD
PERSPECTIVE
SKETCHING SHEET
Committee Contacts: Here
Thank you to anyone who has sent news, reviews and useful information.
If you have an item for the next PEDAS Weekly please send to publicity@pedas.org.uk
PEDAS Weekly
week commencing 30th December 2024
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A quick reminder that PEDAS starts the New Year on 5th January with a special
Sunday afternoon session Lilliput Church Hall, The Church of the Holy Angels, BH14 8JX Please arrive in good time for 2.30 start, finish 4.30 Sunday 5th January - Project: 'Creative Perspectives' with Helen Talbot. Helen's project will lead to our spring exhibition entitled 'Creative Perspectives'. Start the New Year with a fascinating session designed to help us approach ideas differently. We will consolidate ideas begun already on the topic of composition and perspective, exploring, through quick sketching, various ways to interpret images for further development and to give ideas for the exhibition that you may not have thought of. This will give you the opportunity to explore your subject matter in different ways that reflect the title.. Use soluble and non soluble drawing media, and watercolours. Helen will bring visual resources, still life objects, information sheets on composition and perspective, books, examples of work. Please bring a phone to photograph still life objects from various positions that may be of future use for you. |
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Heathland exhibition Open Call for Submissions
We would also like to remind you that the deadline for submitting to the Heathland exhibition is 12th January.
Coming to the Gallery Upstairs: A Heathland Celebration, details below
We would also like to remind you that the deadline for submitting to the Heathland exhibition is 12th January.
Coming to the Gallery Upstairs: A Heathland Celebration, details below
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Committee Contacts: Here
Thank you to anyone who has sent news, reviews and useful information.
If you have an item for the next PEDAS Weekly please send to publicity@pedas.org.uk
PEDAS Weekly
week commencing 16th December 2024
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A reminder of this week's
Wednesday Afternoon Session Time: 2 pm - 4 pm Alderney Manor Community Centre, 287 Herbert Avenue BH12 4HT 18th December - Two Musicians to draw / paint. Two guitarists will play for us, while we draw / paint them. Musicians have always been a rich source for artistic inspiration, and a great subject to get you pencil into! Music while you work. Bring materials of your choice. This is the last session before Christmas. |
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A date for your diaries Coach trip to Mall Galleries, London – Sunday 30 March 2025 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colour Details in the new year, please put the date in your diary. Carole Gadsby Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours - The home of Watercolour painting since 1831 |
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Abi Kremer's Courses for the New Year
Hi all,
Hope you are well.
Here are some of the courses I am looking forward to delivering in January.
For Skills and Learning I am delivering a Life Drawing and Painting course on a Monday evening 6.30 - 9.00pm for 8 weeks beginning `Monday 13th January. I requested a move to the Kings Park centre, which is spacious with parking on site. A great opportunity to work from our brilliant team of professional Life models, and improve your skills and creativity. A possible present to line up for yourself or a loved one ? Here is a link:https://www.skillsandlearningace.com/courses/course/life-drawing-for-pleasure-7/?_gl=1*k6ic9g*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTAxMTE2ODYxLjE3MzM3NTc1NzE.*_ga_Y4J08C8CEN*MTczMzc1NzU3MC4xLjAuMTczMzc1NzU3MC4wLjAuMA..
If Portraiture is your passion a similar course working from the model is available on a Friday evening 7 - 9pm for 10 weeks at Kings Park beginning 17th January - another special opportunity: https://www.skillsandlearningace.com/courses/course/portrait-painting-with-a-life-model-for-beginners-2/?_gl=1*r8w59d*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjAzOTU2MDQ5Ny4xNzMzNzU4MTk4*_ga_Y4J08C8CEN*MTczMzc1ODE5Ny4xLjAuMTczMzc1ODE5Ny4wLjAuMA..
Daytime courses on a Thursday at Kings Park are 'Using Pencil and Ink' beginning on 16th January 10 - 12pm: https://www.skillsandlearningace.com/courses/course/using-pencil-and-ink-for-beginners/?_gl=1*4p980a*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTgzMzM0OTExMS4xNzMzNzU5NTIw*_ga_Y4J08C8CEN*MTczMzc1OTUxOS4xLjAuMTczMzc1OTUxOS4wLjAuMA..
and Acrylic Painting for Beginners (our topic will be portraits) beginning on 16th January 1.30 - 3,30pm: https://www.skillsandlearningace.com/courses/course/acrylic-painting-for-beginners/?_gl=1*2h24wk*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTQ0Nzk3MDEzMC4xNzMzNzU5OTc0*_ga_Y4J08C8CEN*MTczMzc1OTk3My4xLjAuMTczMzc1OTk3My4wLjAuMA..
For WEA I am delivering two courses at the spacious skylit Springbourne Library beginning on Friday 17th January for 10 weeks: Improvers Drawing and Painting - Portraits 10 - 1.00pm see link: https://www.wea.org.uk/courses/arts-crafts/arts/17-january-art-practical-improvers-drawing-and-painting-portraits
and Exploring Drawing and Painting - Portraits 1.30 - 4.30pm see link: https://www.wea.org.uk/courses/arts-crafts/arts/17-january-art-practical-exploring-drawing-and-painting-portraits I am planning a group visit to Pallant House Art Gallery Chichester to see the Dora Carrington exhibition for these courses.
The above may be free if you are on financial benefits.
Finally an exciting day workshop at Southampton City Art Gallery on Saturday 8th February: ttps://southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/experimental-abstracts-abi-kremer/?source=scag
Hi all,
Hope you are well.
Here are some of the courses I am looking forward to delivering in January.
For Skills and Learning I am delivering a Life Drawing and Painting course on a Monday evening 6.30 - 9.00pm for 8 weeks beginning `Monday 13th January. I requested a move to the Kings Park centre, which is spacious with parking on site. A great opportunity to work from our brilliant team of professional Life models, and improve your skills and creativity. A possible present to line up for yourself or a loved one ? Here is a link:https://www.skillsandlearningace.com/courses/course/life-drawing-for-pleasure-7/?_gl=1*k6ic9g*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTAxMTE2ODYxLjE3MzM3NTc1NzE.*_ga_Y4J08C8CEN*MTczMzc1NzU3MC4xLjAuMTczMzc1NzU3MC4wLjAuMA..
If Portraiture is your passion a similar course working from the model is available on a Friday evening 7 - 9pm for 10 weeks at Kings Park beginning 17th January - another special opportunity: https://www.skillsandlearningace.com/courses/course/portrait-painting-with-a-life-model-for-beginners-2/?_gl=1*r8w59d*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjAzOTU2MDQ5Ny4xNzMzNzU4MTk4*_ga_Y4J08C8CEN*MTczMzc1ODE5Ny4xLjAuMTczMzc1ODE5Ny4wLjAuMA..
Daytime courses on a Thursday at Kings Park are 'Using Pencil and Ink' beginning on 16th January 10 - 12pm: https://www.skillsandlearningace.com/courses/course/using-pencil-and-ink-for-beginners/?_gl=1*4p980a*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTgzMzM0OTExMS4xNzMzNzU5NTIw*_ga_Y4J08C8CEN*MTczMzc1OTUxOS4xLjAuMTczMzc1OTUxOS4wLjAuMA..
and Acrylic Painting for Beginners (our topic will be portraits) beginning on 16th January 1.30 - 3,30pm: https://www.skillsandlearningace.com/courses/course/acrylic-painting-for-beginners/?_gl=1*2h24wk*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTQ0Nzk3MDEzMC4xNzMzNzU5OTc0*_ga_Y4J08C8CEN*MTczMzc1OTk3My4xLjAuMTczMzc1OTk3My4wLjAuMA..
For WEA I am delivering two courses at the spacious skylit Springbourne Library beginning on Friday 17th January for 10 weeks: Improvers Drawing and Painting - Portraits 10 - 1.00pm see link: https://www.wea.org.uk/courses/arts-crafts/arts/17-january-art-practical-improvers-drawing-and-painting-portraits
and Exploring Drawing and Painting - Portraits 1.30 - 4.30pm see link: https://www.wea.org.uk/courses/arts-crafts/arts/17-january-art-practical-exploring-drawing-and-painting-portraits I am planning a group visit to Pallant House Art Gallery Chichester to see the Dora Carrington exhibition for these courses.
The above may be free if you are on financial benefits.
Finally an exciting day workshop at Southampton City Art Gallery on Saturday 8th February: ttps://southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/experimental-abstracts-abi-kremer/?source=scag
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If you are in London there is a last opportunity to see my work in an exhibition at the Batsford Gallery in Hackney - see details on attached PV card. However, the stunning exhibition in Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery goes on till the end of August: https://portsmouthmuseum.co.uk/what-to-see-do/special-displays/the-quietness-of-feeling/
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On another topic, my husband Jonny has a creative writing podcast out to promote his latest book 'Chain Reaction, Rock and Pop's Magic Moments' - a must have for fans of 60s and 70s music and serendipity: Jon Kremer, Writer, Chain Reaction - StoryBeat with Steve Cuden: Episode 319
Have a wonderful festive season, and a happy and creative 2025.
With best wishes,
Abi.
Have a wonderful festive season, and a happy and creative 2025.
With best wishes,
Abi.
Committee Contacts: Here
Thank you to anyone who has sent news, reviews and useful information.
If you have an item for the next PEDAS Weekly please send to publicity@pedas.org.uk
PEDAS Weekly
week commencing 9th December 2024
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A reminder of this week's
Wednesday Afternoon Session Time: 2 pm - 4 pm Alderney Manor Community Centre, 287 Herbert Avenue BH12 4HT 11th December - Soft Pastel Landscapes with Pam Philip. Pam will demonstrate painting a landscape in soft pastels and answer questions.Pam is primarily a plein-air artist and her main inspiration is drawn from the countryside around her home in Dorset. She has also travelled extensively abroad, in Europe and in the Far East and Australia - where she was inspired by the vibrant colours of the landscape. Please bring soft pastels, pastel pencils if you have them, and good quality pastel paper. Pam will bring some which she will charge at cost. |
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Sunday afternoon, 15th December
Lilliput Church Hall, The Church of the Holy Angels, BH14 8JX PEDAS Christmas Party and Panto Reminders for the Party What to bring: Bring food to share and one significant other, cutlery and plenty of Christmas cheer! As well as a contribution to the food ‘banquet’, we ask you to support a Tombola which we will be running, with proceeds to charity. We have selected, ‘Waste Not Want Not’, a local food charity in Poole High Street supporting poverty in Poole. We donated our proceeds from our Art Auction a couple of years ago to them, and they are a very deserving cause. Preferably a bottle or chocolates, thankyou. We will also have a small table of largely unused art materials, which can be yours for a donation. This money will stay within PEDAS in order to offset some of the expenses we have incurred buying materials for events. So, a bit of small change will be useful. PEDAS will be supplying drinks next Sunday. Doors open at 1.30pm See you there! |
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The end of a very significant year for PEDAS
A few words from the Chair
As 2024 rolls rapidly to its conclusion, I invite you all to reflect on the activities and events that made this milestone year for our Society.
We held a Centenary dinner in April, which brought together over 80 members and many partners. I trust you will agree that this was a most enjoyable and memorable occasion at the Miramar hotel.
Over the year, we have held three well publicised and significant art exhibitions, all of which were well supported and gave excellent exposure to the work of our member artists. It has been great to see so many newer members exhibiting. Most significant of the three was, of course our five week Centenary exhibition held at the Lighthouse in Poole. This once in a lifetime exhibition was extremely well received, opened by the Mayor, and we gained significant exposure and kudos as a long standing and highly respected Art Society of Poole and East Dorset.
In addition to our public exhibitions and member events and activities, we also held two important events for the community; Art in the Park in June and Aspiring Artists in October. Both were well received and supported, and again brought PEDAS to the attention of our public. It is amazing to see so many adults and children, who are actively engaged in art, come out of the woodwork at these events!
Looking to the future, as a souvenir of this year, you will remember that we decided against producing a book and instead we intend to produce a seven minute video, which will showcase the history, people and activities of PEDAS in visual form. We have brought together a wealth of material which illustrates all this. We intend to spend the next 3 months getting the final product together as a memento of the year.
In support of our Centenary showcase, a team has worked hard over time, sorting through all our Archival materials and we now retain an Archivist.
I have not thanked anyone by name. I trust that through communication with members over the year and reporting on each event, they have already been recognised. Countless members actively supported this year’s programme of activities, so this is a massive thankyou to everyone who has helped to make this a very special year for everyone. Our society has no identity beyond its individual members, and each one of you makes up the Poole & East Dorset Art Society!
As well as our members, we gained the willing participation of so many external people, and the help and cooperation of many others, including the commercial sponsorship we managed to secure to support key events. Our gratitude must extend beyond our own boundaries.
So, it looks like we have a lot to celebrate at the Christmas party this year!
I look forward to sharing a joyful time with all of you, and we will definitely raise our glasses to toast each other in celebration and gratitude to this amazing year!
Jacqui
A few words from the Chair
As 2024 rolls rapidly to its conclusion, I invite you all to reflect on the activities and events that made this milestone year for our Society.
We held a Centenary dinner in April, which brought together over 80 members and many partners. I trust you will agree that this was a most enjoyable and memorable occasion at the Miramar hotel.
Over the year, we have held three well publicised and significant art exhibitions, all of which were well supported and gave excellent exposure to the work of our member artists. It has been great to see so many newer members exhibiting. Most significant of the three was, of course our five week Centenary exhibition held at the Lighthouse in Poole. This once in a lifetime exhibition was extremely well received, opened by the Mayor, and we gained significant exposure and kudos as a long standing and highly respected Art Society of Poole and East Dorset.
In addition to our public exhibitions and member events and activities, we also held two important events for the community; Art in the Park in June and Aspiring Artists in October. Both were well received and supported, and again brought PEDAS to the attention of our public. It is amazing to see so many adults and children, who are actively engaged in art, come out of the woodwork at these events!
Looking to the future, as a souvenir of this year, you will remember that we decided against producing a book and instead we intend to produce a seven minute video, which will showcase the history, people and activities of PEDAS in visual form. We have brought together a wealth of material which illustrates all this. We intend to spend the next 3 months getting the final product together as a memento of the year.
In support of our Centenary showcase, a team has worked hard over time, sorting through all our Archival materials and we now retain an Archivist.
I have not thanked anyone by name. I trust that through communication with members over the year and reporting on each event, they have already been recognised. Countless members actively supported this year’s programme of activities, so this is a massive thankyou to everyone who has helped to make this a very special year for everyone. Our society has no identity beyond its individual members, and each one of you makes up the Poole & East Dorset Art Society!
As well as our members, we gained the willing participation of so many external people, and the help and cooperation of many others, including the commercial sponsorship we managed to secure to support key events. Our gratitude must extend beyond our own boundaries.
So, it looks like we have a lot to celebrate at the Christmas party this year!
I look forward to sharing a joyful time with all of you, and we will definitely raise our glasses to toast each other in celebration and gratitude to this amazing year!
Jacqui
Free offer from Malcolm Barents
Hi, Free offer - I have a Photo canvas with photo image on (image on frame sides as well), size approx 36"x48" and wondered if it would be any good for any members to use for painting over - would like to give it a second life rather than going to landfill. It has a water drip mark on the top portion. Would need collecting from Lower Parkstone. Please reply to email
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PEDAS Weekly
week commencing 2nd December 2024
PEDAS Weekly
week commencing 2nd December 2024
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A reminder of this week's
Wednesday Afternoon Session Time: 2 pm - 4 pm Alderney Manor Community Centre, 287 Herbert Avenue BH12 4HT 4th December - Christmas cards and labels with Carol Cox Card making session using coloured card and paper offcuts, drawing patterns onto cards to add colour and outline. Carol will bring some white cards/envelopes and some offcuts plus a limited amount of glue, sticky pads, paper trimmer. There will also be some peel off Christmas stickers with words and embellishments. Members are welcome to bring their own ideas to share. Carol suggests bringing: pens - not paint. scissors, glue, ruler, pencil, felt tips, If members have: gold or silver pens, sticky pads, coloured card or paper especially red, green and blue, old Christmas cards and old mags. Carol will be bringing in some art/craft materials to sell at @£2 each so we suggest that members bring a bit of cash please. |
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PEDAS CHRISTMAS PARTY REMINDER...
Bring food to share and one significant other, a plate, cutlery and plenty of Christmas cheer!
Wine, juice, water, provided, also wine glasses.
Tea & coffee, hot water available.
Bring food to share and one significant other, a plate, cutlery and plenty of Christmas cheer!
Wine, juice, water, provided, also wine glasses.
Tea & coffee, hot water available.
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Rehearsals ...
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Message from CADARTs
As you are aware CADArts is folding in 2025, but we are pleased to let you know that the arts in the area will still be promoted.
Stephen Docherty is in the process of setting up a website - ARTS BCP. He is also collaborating with Cadarts regarding the Newsletter and we hope to send out the first of these early in December.
We envisage that this is something which will grow with a wider audience and offer the local community a good insight into the arts in the area. In the meantime I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy Christmas and a Healthy New Year.
Kind regards
Brenda (Cadarts)
As you are aware CADArts is folding in 2025, but we are pleased to let you know that the arts in the area will still be promoted.
Stephen Docherty is in the process of setting up a website - ARTS BCP. He is also collaborating with Cadarts regarding the Newsletter and we hope to send out the first of these early in December.
We envisage that this is something which will grow with a wider audience and offer the local community a good insight into the arts in the area. In the meantime I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy Christmas and a Healthy New Year.
Kind regards
Brenda (Cadarts)
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PEDAS Weekly
week commencing 25th November 2024
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A reminder of this week's
Wednesday Afternoon Session Time: 2 pm - 4 pm Alderney Manor Community Centre, 287 Herbert Avenue BH12 4HT 27th November - Focus on boats with Pam Marshall. Pam will be leading a session about drawing/painting boats. Do not bring oils, but please bring acrylics or watercolours and please also bring a pencil (2b or softer) and paper, as we will practice drawing boats from various angles. We might show a short Youtube film at the beginning. |
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PEDAS Weekly
week commencing 18th November 2024
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A reminder of this week's
Wednesday Afternoon Session Time: 2 pm - 4 pm Alderney Manor Community Centre, 287 Herbert Avenue BH12 4HT 20th November - DVD - “Coastal adventures in acrylic” with Adebanji Alade. We will show the DVD, “Coastal adventures in acrylic” with Adebanji Alade, for about 45 minutes after which everyone can have a go using whatever medium they choose. The subject will be Southwold Pier. Adebanji is often on the BBC One show and paints in a loose and interesting style so it should give everyone some ideas to try out. BMOYC. Adebanji is the president of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. |
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Review of 'PEDAS100: Unleashed'
I'm happy to report that this was a successful exhibition, with some lovely artwork on show. We had lots of positive feedback from visitors. I have been comparing past Autumn exhibitions and Unleashed was the most successful for sales since before the Covid lockdown. So maybe buyers are coming back! Many thanks to those who helped and all who took part. Pam Marshall, Treasurer / Organiser. |
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Message to PEDAS Members from Jo of Ashley Blinds
Hello there,
I’m on the search for a local artist that turns their art/prints in to cards, particularly of Christmas or winter theme of local beauty spots and landscapes of Dorset etc, do you happen to know anyone?
Personally am hoping to buy about 20 for our business that we send out to certain people that we work alongside as a way of thanks and well wishes etc.
I hope to source them fairly quickly. I look forward to hearing from you.
Contact email
Warmest wishes,
Jo
Ashley Blinds
Hello there,
I’m on the search for a local artist that turns their art/prints in to cards, particularly of Christmas or winter theme of local beauty spots and landscapes of Dorset etc, do you happen to know anyone?
Personally am hoping to buy about 20 for our business that we send out to certain people that we work alongside as a way of thanks and well wishes etc.
I hope to source them fairly quickly. I look forward to hearing from you.
Contact email
Warmest wishes,
Jo
Ashley Blinds
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ART OF POETRY 2
Hi Artists! Members of Poole Poetry Collective are pleased to be hosting a follow up to the very successful exhibition in 2023. The planned dates are 19th March to 1st April 2025. Please click here for your Invitation to submit. Please let me know if you would like to take part again, no commitment at this stage. With best wishes, Liz Magee |
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PEDAS Weekly
week commencing 11th November 2024
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A reminder of this week's
Wednesday Afternoon Session Time: 2 pm - 4 pm Alderney Manor Community Centre, 287 Herbert Avenue BH12 4HT 13th November - Life Drawing with Trish Jubb. Drawing a life model. Sharpen you drawing and observational skills. Trish will lead the session and give as much help as required. |
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Open Call for Submissions
Coming to the Gallery Upstairs:
A Heathland Celebration, details below
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PEDAS Weekly
week commencing 4th November 2024
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A reminder of this week's
Wednesday Afternoon Session Time: 2 pm - 4 pm Alderney Manor Community Centre, 287 Herbert Avenue BH12 4HT 6th November - Personal artwork. Helping each other with suggestions and ideas. Bring in whatever you are working on for help and advice. You might wish to develop ideas from Helen's session last week. Here are Helen's handouts: SKETCHING SHEET 1 QUICK SKETCHING 2 |
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PEDAS 100 Unleashed
Please remember to collect your unsold work from the Gallery on Tues 5th November between 10am and 12.
Don't forget your greetings cards. Any uncollected greetings cards will be stored in an envelope in the cupboard.
Thank you for taking part.
ART OF POETRY 2
Hi Artists!
Members of Poole Poetry Collective are pleased to be hosting a follow up to the very successful exhibition in 2023. The planned dates are 19th March to 1st April 2025. Please click here for your Invitation to submit.
Please let me know if you would like to take part again, no commitment at this stage.
With best wishes, Liz Magee
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THE OPPORTUNISTS
7th - 18th November 2024, open 10 - 4 daily They're back again - you might know them! Eight Dorset Artists with work on show at the Gallery Upstairs - David Roberts, Pam Marshall, Liz Magee, Pat Burnham, Heather Vowles, Steph Jones, Carol Cox, Barry Kavanagh |
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'The Quietness of Feeling', Message from Abi Kremer Hi all, Hope you are well. Pleased to say that my work is in the current Portsmouth Art Gallery and Museum exhibition 'The Quietness of Feeling' featuring work from their collection of Benjamin Haughton's work and contemporary pieces from the Arborealists : https://portsmouthmuseum.co.uk/what-to-see-do/special-displays/the-quietness-of-feeling/ This continues until 31st August. Also there is a forthcoming London show of Arborealist work showcasing site specific work undertaken (mine is in conjunction with Wistmans Wood, Dartmoor), with an accompanying publication. This is in the Batsford Gallery, Hackney, with the PV on Thursday 14th November (see attached PV card). It would be lovely to see you there (please RSVP). With best wishes, Abi. |
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