Hello everybody and a special welcome to all our new members,

Further down the email see the results  of May's competition 'Journeys'  The winner will receive a £20 voucher. Next months theme is 'The Musicals' Please see further information below.



This Friday 10th June 10.30 - 12.00 The Picture House Lake Street Leighton Buzzard
Coffee and Critique - this is a chat about our work, if you have some work you want some ideas about, please bring it. I am always impressed by the friendly supportive environment here. It is definitely not criticism. Generally it is a chat and a laugh over coffee. Hope to see you there!


LBAS Social
Better late than never, we have decided to combine our Social with our meeting in July - it will start a little earlier than normal (7.20pm not 7.45pm). Jim Patterson will give a talk of about an hour  about papermaking and be selling some of his superb papers. The rest of the evening will be social and possibly art related activities / non sense. We do hope as many of you as possible will join us for this evening. (You might like to car share and nominate a designated driver :)) More information to follow. We plan to sort out the new Logo at this meeting also! 



Some members of the Monthly Challenge Whatsapp Group are planning on participating in a daily sketch challenge for June -  Quick Kick June Cartoon Challenge (kickinthecreatives.com)

Just 15 minutes a day! If you want to join the Whatsapp group for this bit of fun, let me know your mobile number. You must have the WhatsApp App on your smart phone.


Pop UP Exhibition and Plein Air Art Days

Linslade Canal Festival - Saturday 30th July. Craft Tent , The Paddocks

We will also have some members painting / sketching outdoors during this event, and possibly meet up for a picnic lunch?.

Leighton Linslade Carnival on Saturday July 9th -'The Musicals'

 Please email or message Sally threadsandpatches@gmail.com if you can help in any way ( please see Art Together Day Below)

The program of workshops and classes is on our website - there are a few more to be added towards the end of the year, but we are now taking bookings. If you are interested in attending please let us know,

New items have been added to our 
Events Calendar 

Gallery Trips
 

The Hockney exhibition has a timed,free ticket entry, shall we aim for 11.30?
Using Trumpington Park & Ride (free to park) then bus into city centre stops outside the Fitzwilliam museum £3 rtn
The True to nature exhibition also has a timed, free entry 
Small courtyard cafe at Museum

Our Next Meeting will be on
Thursday 16th June
7.45 - 10.00pm  Art Demonstration - Sarah Janavicius Demonstration of Textural Art – Mixed Media

My mixed media Textural Collage signature method of painting comprise a diverse range of collaged processes and techniques.  This demonstration will be undertaken using interactive procedures with the audience, whereby I will display straightforward step-by-step illustrated instructions and guidance throughout.  This approach to painting/artmaking may be applyed to a diverse range of chosen subject matter, which will be explored on the evening of this demonstration.

Please contact me if you require any further information.

With Best Wishes,

Sarah F Janavicius

BA(Hons) Fine Art, MA Fine Art, FAETC

http://www.sarahfjanavicius.co.uk/

Sarah was born in Hitchin, became interested in art at an early age. Upon leaving secondary school, in 1979 she took up full time employment, with British Aerospace, as a trainee Illustrator/Graphic Designer and studied ‘A’ level in Fine Art at a Stevenage College.

In 1981, Sarah emigrated to Sydney, Australia, where she worked as a freelance and contract Technical Artist. On returning to the UK, in 1991, she resumed her study of Art and Graphic Design and took a BTEC National Diploma course in Graphic Design. Almost immediately upon completion of the Graphic Design course, she decided to take up teacher training and in January, 2002 completed both FAETC 7307 Stage 1 and Stage 2. In addition she worked on designing a series of four greetings cards, one series totalling thirty one individual watercolour designs.

Watercolour painting, of course, is always a priority. Her paintings are influenced by her background experience as a graphic designer and through spending 10 years of her life living in, and exploring, Australia. She paints in various techniques, depending on her chosen subject matter, sometimes dry brush but mainly wet on dry, creating little puddles and blobs of paint everywhere. Of course, these wet patches of watercolour must be allowed to dry before continuing painting. It is a slow technique, yet effective as the painting begins to take form. Almost like the piecing together of a jigsaw puzzle. As far as subject matter goes, Sarah is inspired mainly by the natural landscape and its creatures. Compositionally her work is stylized to suit the chosen subject matter. Also, she has been participating in numerous exhibitions and in charge of all publicity graphic design for such events.

Sarah mainly paints in watercolours in bright, bold style of her own. She also paints in other water based media such as acrylic and gouache. Sarah has won highly commended prizes for her paintings, on several occasions, including ‘Artists and Illustrators’ magazine, annual Garden painting competition, in both July 2002 and July 2003. She has also won first prize, in the Sennelier 2003 painting competition.

 

Free to LBAS Members , non members welcome for the small fee of £6 on the door. This can be deducted from the membership fee if you join the society by the end of the month

Large Dining Hall, Gilbert Inglefield School, Leighton Buzzard
 

Jubilee Pop Up Exhibition - Jubilee Fayre , High Street Leighton Buzzard
Held on Friday 3rd June 

This was very successful with the following sales of Artworks
1. Stuart Macrae - Eilen Dornan - 35.00   
2. Stuart Macrae - Linslade Lock - 35.00   
3.Bob Bungay - Sunset - 20.00 
4.Huw Thomas - Bar Point - 60.00 
5. Suzy Southerton - Self Portrait - 49.00

We also had 3 new members sign up 

The most successful part was the community art - with people queueing to paint a squareof the market. It was popular with young and old alike and by the end if the day looked like this


 

 May Competition - Journeys
 

Many thanks to all those who took the time to vote
 

Next Months competition will be 'The Musicals', Please send your entries by email threadsandpatches@gmail.com by 30th June, all members of the society are encouraged to have a go at these competitions, they are really just a bit of fun and to provide a focus for your work should you need it. The winner gets a £20 voucher! (so worth a punt !)

Points are awarded - 1st choice - 3 points, 2nd choice -  2 points If you only vote for 1 picture only 3 points are given.

1st Place  - Sara Williams 'The Start of a Long Journey' Oils (45 points)



2nd Place - Derek Inall - 'The Journey Begins' Acrylic 39 x 29 cm (23 Points)

3rd Place - Sally White 'The Owl and the Pussycat went to Sea'  Reduction Lino Print A3 (14 points)




Judy Sweeney 'Cranes' 10 x 10" Acrylic



Pauline Glover - Journeys End - Watercolour 11 x 8 "


Sarah Cripps - Landscape ofLake Bled 12x16" oils.


Linda Holbrook - Which way?  24 x 30cms Acrylics


 

LBAS Art Classes and Workshops Open to the Public


June 9th  - Intro to Drawing (Revealing Animals) with Aly Kirby  - (St Leonards Church Hall) £12 - 55UP

June 17th- Intro to Pastels (Poppies and Bees) with Gill Buckmaster  - (Astral Park) £12 - 55UP

June 19th - Intro to Oil Painting Course  with Suzy Southerton (3 sessions) - (Linslade Memorial Hall) £36- 55UP  - 1 space left 
July 14th - Intro to Watercolours  with Jay Nolan Latchford ( Gilbert Inglefield) - £12 - 55UP  

Sept 9th - Discovering Inks - (Bee Mine) with Jay Nolan Latchford ( Gilbert Inglefield) £12 - 55UP



Note some of the prices have changed since originally published (if you are in credit this will be sorted out at the class)

55Up events are supported by a grant from Leighton Linslade Town Council to encourage those who live in the Leighton Linslade area to  take part in activities they may not have done before. Hence these courses are aimed at those to whom the media  or type of activitity is new or has not been tried for several years. Please encourage friends and family to to engage with these venets if possible, they are a low cost way to take part in some great art classes.

Discounted Workshops for Members of LBAS

September 15th - Watercolour with Ian Mcmanus  - (St Leonards Church Hall) £35

October - Urban Scene in Pastels with Joel Waring ( Heath Village Barn) £35

November - Watercolour flowers with Nicky Hunter - (Westbury Arts Centre) £35

LBAS will be subsidising the prices of these workshops to members ( non members may attend but the fee is £60)  ,If you would like to attend any of these workshops please reply to this email. 

 Zoom / or Not!  Art Together Day

Date -  Saturday 18th June 2022

Time - 10:00 - 16:00

Topic - 'The Musicals' 

We are meeting physically at Sally's in Heath and Reach to get a bit more work done for the Carnival Float, or Via Zoom if you just want to do your own work

Join us on Zoom, the invitation will be sent to members on the day before the event. All welcome, even if you don't want to join in with the art, come and join us for a coffee and chat. If you are new to our Art Together days, we meet 3 times 10am, 1pm amd 3,30. We also have a Whatsapp group where we share images of what we are working on. It is a fun day, suitable for all levelas and styles of work. If you don't wish to stick to this months theme, you don't have to. It is there as a bit of inspiration should you need it.

 

Sketchbook Pen Pal Group
We are ready to start the next round of sketchbooks. Many of you will have seen them at the exhibition. So now is the time! Message Tricia (email below) and join the next one. They are good fun, it is lovely having this little art gem drop through your door every 4 weeks or so. Be part of it!

This is well under way with several sketchbooks on their travels or completed. The completed sketchbooks are available to view on our website here. If you would like to join this project, or have already been involved and would like to be in another sketchbook, please let Tricia know, the next group can then be prepared (you may well be mixed with different artists). There are many new members who have not yet joined a sketchbook - do get in touch if you would like to have a go!

Contact Tricia at the email address below, if you would like to join the project.

Interested? - 
Email ‘I’m in’ to Tricia at magpie_wing@outlook.com

The Theme for the Competition in June is 'The Musicals' 
The Logo Competition will be sorted out when we can meet again - announcement to follow

 Submissions to threadsandpatches@gmail.com by the 30th June

 WhatsApp Social Group -this is working well, and those involved are enjoying keeping in touch and sharing work, events and a few jokes. If you would like to join this group please reply to this email confirming your name and mobile phone number. You must have the WhatsApp App on your 'phone. Please note this is only suitable for those with Smartphones.

Art Competitions and Exhibitions
If you know of any competitions/exhibitions that our mambers may be interested in entering, please send details and I shall include them in future emails

Moma weblist of current exhibitions and competitions in UK

To be an artist is to believe in life.

Henry Moore