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These are worknights .

Looking forward to November 5th for our next guest -Pamela Grace who will be demonstrating Pen and Ink wash.

Don’t miss it.

4 -in-1-night..

Dorice Kerr ,Bob Oswald, Fiona Burley and guest artist Julie Linton brought examples of their work and showed us how they approached their very individual work practices .This was enjoyed by all our members as the 4 artists spent most of their time chatting to them and explaining their techniques. Excellent night . Apologies for lack of photos.

Thanks to the artists and special thanks to Julie for giving up her time to come and demonstrate for us.

2 work nights and a holiday on 24th as centre was closed

Enrolment night in our new venue. Modern -nice and bright with a helpful janitor. A warm welcome to members old and new. Hope you enjoy the schedule .

This is our last session at Kilmarnock Academy as it is closing inJune -pupils and teachers etc will go to William McIlvaney Campus.
Jan.22nd
demo was by Ray Leaning. He demonstrated dancing figures in oils. He started his demo by dancing Argentine Tango with his partner before showing us how he approached his work. Most enjoyable. His figure sketches are wonderful. Thanks Ray for a good evening. Photos on Kilmarnock art club Facebook page.

Feb.5th.

Laura Coventry returned again as our model for our drawing workshop. She is a super model.A good evening which was enjoyed by all who attended. Many thanks once more ,Laura.

Feb.26th

David Reid is a favourite demonstrator with our members.( he used to be a member of our club a good few years ago). He didn’t disappoint this time painting a self portrait. He had done a 5foot self portrait in Harbour arts but this was much smaller. Super demo. Thanks David

March.
Madhumati Manda did a watercolour workshop in Kay Park Parish Church for our members and friends. Wonderful day where we painted poppies in a loose watercolour style. Super teacher and good artist.
Grateful thanks ,Madhu.Some photos from our day.

Collage of photos.

March 19 th . Competition and buffet night.

I’m always amazed and grateful for the terrific buffet produced by our members. The paintings in competition were excellent . Our judges were Alana Simpson( art teacher at Kilmarnock Academy) and Gavin Hunter an honorary member and ex president of our club. Alana said she had difficulty choosing – so many paintings appealed to her. A very nice compliment. Winners were Margaret Skelton , Ian Hamilton and Gavin Hunter. Well done to the winners and runners up and also to members who submitted their work. Hope you enjoyed our penultimate night in Kilmarnock Academy.

March 26.
A.G.M. Our last meeting in Kil. Academy.
President, Christine Anderson, Secretary, Nijole White and Treasurer ,Carole Cotter resigned after many years at the helm. New president is Fiona Burley( all the best Fiona) Mark Maclaughlin is now secretary as well as taking on our website and Fb page( good luck Mark) As no one was willing to take on the treasurer’s role Carole has stayed on for ONE more year. Bill Carrol is resigning as Exhibition Sec. after or exhibition in Crosshouse Hospital in May and June. Thanks for your hard work Bill. Bobby Douglas volunteered to do exhibition work next year. Many thanks Bobby.

David Buckell resigned from committee due to work commitments. Thanks David for all your help.

Welcome to our new members voted onto committee . Liz. Innes, Jim Macneill and Grant Douglas.

April 16.
Another super evening in Fenwick Hotel for our annual meal . Great food and excellent company of course . Thanks to attentive staff for making our evening out a special time . To those who didn’t manage please come next year.

May-June .
Exhibition in Crosshouse Hospital.
Many thanks to all who submitted paintings. Very favourable comments about paintings and 9 were sold . Well done .

See you all next session ,3rd September 7 pm.

Happy New Year to everyone. Hope you had a good festive season and that you’ll enjoy rest of our session.
Coming up we have two demos by Ray Leaning and David Reid. We also have a drawing workshop with Laura Coventry.
I hope to have a workshop on a Saturday with Madhumati Manda probably in March .
We finish up in March with our competition night and A.G.M. Dates are on website in our schedule.

Another great social evening. We had 2 raffles ,a sales table and a super buffet, provided by the club with donations from our members. This evening is a social ,friendly occasion where we can all relax and have a chat. It also provides extra funds for our club. Lovely to see members who have been off through illness etc. It was good catching up with them.
Special thanks to committee members for setting everything up and also to yourselves for providing raffle prizes , food for buffet , articles for sales table.
A special thanks to Kilmarnock Academy janitor Mark who is so helpful and who looks after us. All Kilmarnock Academy janitors over the years have been great. We do appreciate all the help they’ve provided.

This is our last Christmas night in Kilmarnock Academy, as it is closing and moving to the new campus at James Hamilton. Hopefully we will go with them for 2018-2019.
Thanks once again to our members for their support and help throughout the years.
Proud winner of Elaine Johnston’s painting is Maryrose Muir. Hope you enjoy your painting.

Roddy painted a sea scene in oils with the help of his laptop, a large mirror, and his canvas.He painted with his back to his canvas checkingbetween his laptop( where his photograph was displayed and the mirror. Difficult to work out but he produced a great painting. Most impressed that he could paint an horizon line on his canvas behind him by looking in the mirror.( I know -I tried it and got covered in paint and missed the canvas most of the time)
Thank you Roddy for a thought provoking evening.

What a great night. Informative ,constructive and very gentle with her comments. Thank you Fiona -we all enjoyed the evening. Here are some of the pictures from that night