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Christmas breakup at Truganina Homestead   Dec 6th 2014

Members enjoyed a great day of companionship and entertainment at the Truganina Homestead.
The shabby weather improved steadily and by afternoon was perfect.  A special mention to all the ladies who prepared salads and desserts to compliment the fine BBQ cooked by Ted Peck and John Burnet.  Many members brought along art materials to swap or sell.  Books, DVD's framing materials, watercolour paper and more all contributed immensely to the days interest.  A very special appearance by the highly sought after "Ukulele Dolls" reduced in numbers but not in performance was a highlight of the day and greatly appreciated by everyone.
Just in time for sweets, local councillors Colleen Gates (Mayor/Wetlands), Sandra Wilson (Cherry Lakes) and Jason Price (Cherry Lakes) dropped in to meet and chat with the members. 
Oil workshop with Helen Cooper
On Wednesday 12th of November Six HBAS members thoroughly enjoyed a one day workshop with Flower painter Helen Cooper
Watercolour Workshop with David Taylor  June 2014

Twelve very enthusiastic watercolour students enjoyed a full on weekend with world renowned artist David Taylor.  After painting and teaching from 9.30 till 4.00 pm on both days the freshest person in the room was David himself.  His endless energy and passion for watercolour is amazing.
Each of the twelve painters from fresh face beginners to established artist received some one on one time. After confirming the problems that each student hope to address, David complete a demonstration scene that covered most of the requests and spent a great deal of his time working one on one in an attempt to improve as many weaknesses as time would permit. After two full days David had completed about six demonstrations and two completed paintings. Everybody who attended thoroughly enjoyed the weekend although most were ready for sleep by Sunday night.
We can't thank David Taylor enough for making himself available during his busy worldwide workshop program.  
David's program includes preparing paintings for the prestigious Camberwell Rotary Art Show and the Melbourne Twenty exhibition in June before travelling to workshops in NSW, China, North America, the UK,  Spain, Italy before returning to Melbourne about October. Its a tough life isn't it.
April activity night with Linda Mezzetti 
Linda delighted a small group of members with her methods of creating texture on a canvas before completing her paintings with her unique style .
various materials such as lace, carpet , netting and many other textural pieces were used to prepare a canvas and create a design to complement the artists style and artistic expression.
Get Arty Weekend 5th & 6th April - 
Truganina Explosives Reserve
Karen Zeller, Eleanor Burnet, David Hopwood, Alan Ward, Andrew & Hunter Craggs at work during the Get Arty Festival.  The weather couldn't have been better and it was pleasing to see so many people attend.  Thank you everyone for participating and making this a successful weekend.  Please see our "News" section for further details.
Linda Mezzetti's silk painting                                       Bob the Robot with builder Ted Peck                   Bob the Robot and his dog with Kirsten Craggs
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                                                            March Activity Night
                                                                Ted Peck demonstrating his jewellery skills
Society members having a lot of fun at wire sculpting.    Looks like a lot of fun was had by all.  
February Activity Night
Ray Hewitt explains that not everything is as simple as black and white
Society member and highly awarded oil painter Ray Hewitt gave a very informative demonstration on the importance of understanding and learning the value scale of the basic black to white tones. After a detailed explanation of  how to create nine tones of grey from pure black to white, Ray  demonstrated by recreating a subject he had worked on previously using only black and white oils.  Ray urged all artists to practise their tonal scales until it becomes second nature to match tone in their paintings
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