Spotlight - The Complete Works of John Singer Sargent

This Spotlight post is going to focus on just one artist - the influential John Singer Sargent. Quite simply, this is an archive of his work - the oils, watercolours, pencils and sketches.

Here's the link: http://www.johnsingersargent.org/

If you know any great art websites or articles, why not share them here? Send your suggestions to samsketches@yahoo.co.uk - please note that this isn't for self-promotion!

Upcoming - Celebrity Talk by Geoff Tristram BA Hons

On Thursday 7th June we have a Celebrity Talk with illustrator Geoff Tristram. This is a ticketed event, and it's £3 for LAS Members, £5 for non-Members.

Geoff's done... nearly everything, it seems! Here's a selection of his work that he's kindly allowed us to use (click to enlarge):

Make sure you get your tickets, available at the Ludlow Assembly Rooms! You can book online at http://www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/event.php?id=1235

Art In Action

Art in Action has come around again! Probably the easiest way to cover all the details is to show the flyer for the event (click to enlarge):

The AiA website, as listed on the flyer, is here: http://artinaction.org.uk/

SmArt Press Information

"Eight year-old Kyle Taylor has taken first prize in the smArt entries at this year’s Ludlow Art Society Spring Exhibition.

Kyle and the other children from SmArt – the Saturday morning kids’ arts and crafts club run by Tanith Kinton at the Ludlow Assembly Rooms – were all invited by LAS to submit entries for a special display based on an armorial theme.

In addition to creating individual designs for medieval coats of arms and native American medicine shields, the children – who range in age from 8 to 14 – were all encouraged to also produce a short description of the creative thought behind their designs.

Kyle’s winning entry was entitled “Majestic Eagle”.  His description was, “Birds are beautiful and graceful.  I wanted to make the eagle look fantastic flying in the sky.  I enjoyed using feathers to make him come to life”.

The LAS Spring Exhibition – which was held in Ludlow’s Harley Centre – showed off a large selection of original work in various mediums by society members.
 
Almost 600 people visited the exhibition and saw not only the smArt display, but also the 270 paintings, sculptures and items of etched glassware that were on show. The SmArt club entries were judged by Marc Soubyran, who also performed the official opening ceremony."

 Eight year-old Kyle Taylor with his winning entry “Majestic Eagle” 

and second and third prize winners, Juliette Watkins and Rose Ann Gifford.

Thanks to Derek Plant for the press release.

1950s-themed dinner

During the LAS' Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, the Ludlow Mascall Centre is hosting a 1950s-themed dinner. All the details are on the flyer below (click to enlarge):

Next week - plein air

A brief reminder - next Saturday we have our next plein air day, and it's at Burford House. We'll meet at 10am and carry on until around 4pm.

Ros Garratt workshops

Ros Garratt, who gave us a talk earlier this month, is offering workshops covering the art of lino cutting. Here's what she had to say:

"I could manage max 2 pupils at once and would include lunch.
We could work on choosing the right kind of image or adapting previous sketches to be suitable, preparing the lino and registration board, and cutting and working in 2 tones to produce a completed image - that would be enough for 1 day.
Working with more that one colour would be another day.

The cost would be £50 a day per person.
I also have a B&B room here so that could be another option for a 2 day course if people fancied a 2 day experience just outside Hay."

Anybody interested can contact Ros at geoff@geodomes.com