Life Drawing - November

 

Art for Health's Sake Exhibition

Join us for the opening night of Art for Health's Sake - an exhibition of fine art, textiles, ceramics and glass by artist Liz Heber and friends, to raise funds for the Wesley Hospital's Palliative Care Service.

Opening night:  Thursday 18 November, 2010

Time:  6.00pm - 7.30pm

Venue:  Evan and Mary Thomson Auditorium

Level 1, Main Building

The Wesley Hospital - 451 Coronation Drive, Auchenflower

Tickets:  $50-00 per person (includes complimentary beer, wine and canapes)

RSVP:  To Shamela Perera on 3232 7776 or shamela.perera@uchealth.com.au

Pieces by local artists will be on display and available for purchase:

Liz Heber***Jenni Jelly***Sue Gardner***Chris Clark*** Bev Porter***Ivan Medew

Amanda Russian***Daphne McKennon***Elli Nielsen***Lyn Edwards***Sandra Robertson

Natasha Hodgsen***Peter and Carol Williams

The exhibition will be open to the public on Friday 19 November from 9.00am to 5.00pm.



Amanda Russian Awarded '2nd Place tie' in Oils for '2011 Art Buzz Collection'

Woo hoo!!  I just found out I was awarded '2nd place tie' in oils for the 2011 'Art Buzz' Collection.  (to view all winning artists go to http://www.artbuzz.org/2011winners.html )

I receive 1.5 pages of fine quality, full colour exposure in their 10" x 10" hard covered publication.

I should receive my copy early next year....I can't wait!

Still Life Workshop

I recently joined the Samford Art Group for a Still Life workshop with Louise Thomas as the tutor.  Louise has just had a successfull exhibition at Graydon Gallery. 

oil on canvas board - 45 x 45cm

Still Life is something I really don't paint too often, so it was very enjoyable....a really fun morning.

'Life Drawing' - October

  

.....a few sketches from October's 'Life Drawing'.

'Dayboro Day Colours' - Figurative Oil Painting by Amanda Russian

Finally!....I've finished this one!  There was so much happening in this painting...it just seemed to take forever...but I'm pretty pleased how it has turned out...just 'loving' all the colours.
This artwork will be going to Redcliffe City Art Gallery for their '15 Artists' Exhibition to be held from 20th October until 12th November.

'Dayboro Day Colours'

oil on stretched canvas

80 x 54cm

September-Life Drawing

I attended a Life Drawing session with the Samford Art Group yesterday.  Gosh it's been years since I've done any life drawing.  I thoroughly enjoyed it....not too sure I'm entirely happy with the drawings, but I'm certainly looking forward to next months session.

Chaise and Drew

This painting is of my nephew and neice.....it was a wedding gift to their parents.

'Chaise and Drew'

oil on stetched canvas

36 x 43cm

Samford Art Group - Workshop

These are some images of a workshop that I tutored for the Samford Art Group.

They all worked off the same reference photo of 2 children going for a walk on a bush track.

'reference photo'

.....some of the artists, busy with their creations.

....everyone's artwork was amazing...they did such a great job.

....it was very interesting to walk around and view all of the paintings.  Everyone had the same reference photo, but they were all so different.  Each artist, viewed and interpreted the scene in their own way....there's no right or wrong...they were all fantastic!

I really enjoyed myself, and I hope all the ladies did too.  I'm looking forward to returning in early October....we're going to 'tackle' a 'figurative street scene'.

'Dayboro Day Colours' - Work In Progress

It's been a bit busy lately....I haven't been able to paint as much as I'd like, so I'm posting a 'Work in Progress'.  It's a scene from 'Dayboro Day'.  It depicts the coloured tents and the families enjoying the 'market stalls' in the main street of Dayboro, on a beautiful sunny 'May' day. 
I intend to enter it into the '15 Artists Exhibition' at the Redcliffe Art Gallery.  I can enter 3 works, and one of them must be of a local scene from the region.

'Dayboro Day Colours'

Work in Progress

oil on canvas

76 x 51cm

'On the Banks of the Brissie' - 4th and final artwork for the 'Brisbane Landmark Exhibition'

Finally!  The last painting is completed for the 'Tattersals' 'Brisbane Landmark Exhibition'.  I'm so bored with buildings...I don't want to paint another skyscraper for a while, that's for sure!  I'm not totally happy....it's dam hard to get the perspective right and the buildings straight.

'On the Banks of the Brissie'

oil on stretched canvas

40 x 51cm

.....my other 3 paintings for the exhibit.

Well...onto the next project now.  I need to complete 4 artworks again.... all with a local theme from the Moreton Bay Region.  These will be for the '15 Artists' Exhibiton at the Redcliffe Regional Art Gallery.

Figurative Artists Directory

I've been lucky to have my artwork featured on 'Figurative Artists'.    Figurativeartist.org, is a directory of fine artists and fine craftsmen with a focus on the human in art. Paula O'Brien has done such a terrific job of setting up this site of talented international artists.
Please check out the 'youtube' slideshow that Paula has created for 'Figurative Artists'.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d31StZYwT9Y

'The Wading Pool (3)' Figurative Oil Painting by Amanda Russian

'The Wading Pool (3)'

oil on canvas board

20 X 25cm

'The Wading Pool (2)' - Figurative Oil Painting by Amanda Russian

'The Wading Pool (2)'

oil on canvas

20 x 25cm