Programme
This page holds all the planned events for the Hallam Art Group programme. Check here regularly for updates and details on forthcoming activities.
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Participating in planned events is optional. Members are free to progress their own projects during weekly meetings.
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Inktober prize night
Inktober prize night! All members can choose one of their drawings to enter the competition, and then the membership will vote. There will also be small prizes for completing the whole month of drawings!
HAG autumn Exhibition
The autumn exhibition is a time to celebrate all the art created by our group!
January Blues
Enough of all those shiny red decorations! Come and paint some soothing blue still life, and work on your values at the same time!
Pastels Workshop with Barrie and Ruth
Pastels workshop with Barrie and Ruth - learn techniques for using pastels, and have a go.
Sumi-e - Japanese ink painting
Sumi-e - Japanese ink painting
But it works in watercolour too! Some supplies provided.
HAG Spring Exhibition
Hallam Art Group’s Spring Exhibition at the Dorothy Fox Education Centre, Botanical Gardens, Sheffield
No Meeting - hall in use as Polling Station
No Meeting as the hall will be in use as a Polling Station
Paint in the style of... Edward Hopper
Paint in the style of… Edward Hopper. A brief discussion of his work and a chance to try his style.
Inktober launch
Inktober launch - join us for a month of drawing! Sketchbooks provided!
HAG Membership renewal night/ how to prepare to exhibit/ DVD - Painting Light in Oils
HAG membership renewal night - bring your bank card! Also DVD - Painting Light in Oils. And an advice session for those who have questions about exhibiting.
HAG Annual General Meeting
Our annual AGM. Cheese! Wine! analysis, consultation, controversy, conversation, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, review, scrutiny! Come with your comments and suggestions.
Composition (Edgar Paine book review)
A look at composition, in particular the thoughts of Edgar Paine
Follow up on printing at home from Diane, plus own work
Follow up from Diane from Workshop 57 on ways of printing at home using pasta machines and suchlike, plus own work.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Use our prompts to inspire your own fantasy creations! Come and join our magical night!
Not sure if you could exhibit? A guide for the inexperienced. Also own work.
An informal session for those who haven’t considered exhibiting their art, or are not sure how to go about it.
Members are also free to continue their own work.
Plein air sketching and painting
We will venture out from the safe confines of the hall to the surrounding area…
Judging of Hallam Portrait Artist of the Year & DVD on “Using Water Soluble Pencils“
Judging of Hallam Portrait Artist of the Year & DVD on “Using Water Soluble Pencils“
Hallam Portrait Artist of the Year
Hallam Art Group will be staging our own homage to the television painting competition.
Tetra pack print workshop with Diane from Workshop57 10-4.30
Tetra pack print workshop with Diane from Workshop57
The attached pdf shows a range of artist examples of Tetra pack prints - with links. These are almost all created with Tetra Pack - a couple (like the snowdrops are printed with thin card (which Diane will also bring with her - in case some would prefer not to have the crease marks. What's great is that they can all be printed not only on an etching press but also on a die craft machine (much much cheaper!) and also a pasta machine so this means gives much more flexibility for printing at home afterwards - she will bring all 3! (plus lots of gloves!)
Re the process - hopefully the attached images give a good idea - Tetra pack printing is a bit like a cross between drypoint printing and Collagraph printing. You transfer the image onto card - we will use tracing paper and carbon paper for this then cut / tear/ peel / score inro the card, then ink up and print - There is also the option of adding multi colours and an element of collage to them too.
Its great!
Diane will bring examples of her own on the day and do demos!
HAG will subsidise the cost, so this is much cheaper than attending a commercial workshop - cost is £20
Contact Rosemary to sign up.
Still Life - Reflective Objects
A still life painting challenge - with highly reflective objects.
Collage continued
Come and collage! Bring magazines, old paintings etc to cut up. (continued)
Collage
Come and collage! Bring magazines, old paintings etc to cut up.
Glue is available. Please bring what you want for yourself:
Scissors, paper, pencil, a picture if you want to.
The theme this time will include WATER (or you can do your own thing.)
This will continue next week, if you wish.
HAG Exhibition, Botanical Gardens
Spring Show 2025
The bank holiday weekend we will be back at the Sheffield Botanical Gardens for biggest show of the year.
The exhibition will be held at Sheffield Botanical Gardens, at the Dorothy Fox education centre.
Members of the public are welcome to visit and see more than 150 paintings by local artists.
Come along to look at the art, buy an original painting or a print, have a hot drink and a slice of cake, or talk to someone about joining the group.
The presentation of two prizes will occur at the close of the exhibition on Monday 5th at 5PM
DVD evening - Pastels on different coloured and textured surfaces
This evening we will consider ‘Pastels on different coloured and textured surfaces’