Free Life Drawing Session in December!

13 December, 6.20- 8pm . 
Limerick City Gallery of Art

Free life drawing sessions facilitated by Limerick Figure Drawing Society in the Gallery Hub. All materials and clothed model provided.

Students and adults of all levels of drawing ability are welcome.

Booking in advance with Limerick Figure Drawing Society on mcboothman@gmail.com

Fall Sessions- Get registered!

Hi Everyone!

We had a great time with the Summer sessions-  Raggle Taggle is a beautiful room to draw in (Thanks, Alan!)
Here's the info for the Fall sessions.  Please reply if you're interested-  I'm hoping for 10 people to sign up!

10 two hour sessions , Monday evenings
7:30-9:30 p.m.
17th of September to 26th of November
(no session on 29th October Bank Holiday)
At The Raggle Taggle Gallery
on the corner of Sarsfield St. and Henry St.

Professional models
Untutored- Draw however you like!

100 euro prepaid
12 euro per session pay as you go
Deposits being taken

To register and ask questions:
limerickfiguredrawingsociety@gmail.com
086 2358463

Check us out on FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/LimerickFigureDrawingSociety/

Returning members (those who prepaid for 2012 sessions) will split remaining costs after payments have been made by new prepaid members.

Prepaid:

1. Mark Heng (returning member)
2. Marie-Clare Boothman (returning member)
3. Ann Moloney (returning member)
4. Gerry Fenniman (new member)
5. Fionnuala Quigley (new member)
6. Charlotte Leeder (returning member)

17 Sept:  PAYG:

1. Ailish Chawke
2. Michael McMahon
3. Maliheh Zafarnezhad

24 Sept:  PAYG:

1. Maliheh Zafarnezhad
2. Rosemary Moone 

1 Oct: PAYG

1.  Maliheh Zafarnezhad
2. Jamie Sheehan
3. Lucy O'Sullivan 

8 Oct: PAYG

1. Carla Burns

15 Oct:PAYG

1.   Maliheh Zafarnezhad
2. Jamie Sheehan

22 Oct: PAYG

1. Jamie Sheehan 

29 Oct- No session.  5 Nov- No Guests.

12 Nov: PAYG

1. Jamie Sheehan 

19 Nov: PAYG

1. Jamie Sheehan
2. Darragh Corrigan

26 Nov (Last Session of the season): PAYG

1. Darragh Corrigan

16 PAYG= 192 euro collected.

120 payed out to returning members.

32 to be payed to Raggle Taggle

40 to slush fund:  97.20
16.61 Spring Post Ad.
Slush fund now- E80.59  (14 January)
10 for Spring session flyers
Slush fund now E70.59 (24 January)

Find us on Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/LimerickFigureDrawingSociety/

Boston Figurative Art Center

Wouldn't it be cool if there was something like this in Limerick?
I have some friends in Boston who take part in it, and I've seen amazing results from them.

http://www.bostonfigurecenter.org/

From the "About Us" page:

Our goal is to provide a physical and virtual meeting place for figurative artists in Boston. We like diversity of approach, aesthetic, and philosophy, but we all share the desire to make better pictures by working at our craft and talking with one another. We want to provide artists who paint and draw the figure an artistic location that is neither overly academic nor dominated by current trends. Though we meet regularly to draw and paint from the model, this is not just a drop-in group. The BFAC believes that if talented artists come together as a movement, we can change the art culture. Don't come expecting only to get  -  come to give and be a part of something.

The Boston Figurative Art Center (BFAC) formed from a group of artists who were enrolled or were considering enrolling in graduate school, but who believed they could achieve a better, more specifically tailored community without the high price.
The Center is part of a trend toward re-establishing guild and atelier-like structures in which professional artists can share knowledge, support and compete with one another. Students can learn about the tools and crafts that are specific to the form of art that they intend to pursue in their professional lives. There is no promise of an empty degree, or a non-existent job, or indeed even of success; only the promise of community and the valuing of real and germane artistic knowledge. To draw and paint well one mostly has to practice and learn by observing how others succeed, and we want to provide an environment that matches that reality.

Messy Charcoal- Learning to Accept & Love It!_Mark Heng

The Weight of the World

55 minutes

Matthew Collings_This is Civilization

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/this-is-civilization/

If you're interested in art and have ever wondered "What's it all about then, eh?", then this is essential viewing.
The top link has info on the whole series (4 episodes), and the bottom link is to the playlist on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9052B67512266C93

And once you're done with that, look up Matthew Colling's other documentaries:
This is Modern Art
Impressionism, Revenge of the Nice
Matt's Old Masters
...and many more.


Trust me, it'll be time well spent.

From Session # 3_Mark Heng

55 minutes, 4b pencil

 

 

 

 

 

Ann wanted a long pose, so the second half of the session was devoted to that. 

It's interesting how long poses present their own problems!  I can definitely drive myself crazy trying to work up a degree of finish without losing sight of the big picture.  Like drawing a nice foot, then realizing it's way too big in relation to the head. 

Anyone else experience things like that?