Upstairs Art Gallery and Studios

The Third Annual Student Exhibition will be held on Sunday 6th December, 2009 at the Upstairs Art Studios and Gallery.


Well known Muswellbrook artist and teacher Max Watters will be opening the exhibition and judging the Upstairs Art Student work.

The exhibition will be officially opened at 5.00pm

Viewing of the exhibition will be from 2.00pm on Sunday 6th (until 9.00pm)December and the exhibition will continue for three weeks, opening most days and every weekend.

A barbque will be held at 6.00pm

Artworks and prints will be for sale.

There is no entry charge

All welcome

Upstairs Art Printing - Diverisity through Technology

We are pleased to announce that 'Upstairs Art Printing' will be operating from 2nd November 2009.

'Upstairs Art Printing' will be using the latest wide format printing technolgy with the Prograf Canon 6200 inkjet pigment printer, using a 60cm wide format. This technology produces archival quality prints for photos and images on a whole range of media products.

For photographic, proofing and fine art use, the Canon iPF6200 wide format printer, used by Upstairs Art Printing, is a 24in or A1 printer (in metric, a 610mm width) with no less than 12 on-board colours that collectively read less as a list and more as a memory-teaser: cyan, magenta, yellow, red, green, blue, photo black, matt black, photo cyan, photo magenta, grey and photo grey. The ‘photo’ colours give more of a glossy finish than the standard inks, while the matt black works best with satin coated papers. Each is triggered automatically by the iPF6200 if you use Canon’s media profiles, which work not just with Canon’s own media, but also with specialist papers from other manufacturers.

Upstairs Art Printing using its Canon iPF6200 can deliver a huge number of dots per inch, namely 2,400x1,200. The printheads are Canon’s tried-and-tested bubblejet arrays, with a fixed droplet size of 4pl per colour and six colours in each of two heads. The tiny droplet size works together with the 12 inks to produce smoothest-ever gradations of tone.

VENUE: Muswellbrook Regional Arts Center
Corner of Bridge & Market Streets
Muswellbrook NSW 2333
TEL: 02-6549 3880
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Friday 10am – 5pm
Saturday 10am – 1pm
Sunday 2pm – 5pm
(closed Mondays and public holidays)

View the "Upstairs Art" Exibition HERE



This is the first exhibition at the Arts Centre by the Upstairs Art Studio from Murrurundi, featuring the work of both the students and the teacher Rodney Swansborough. The works, in a variety of mediums, depict the bush, towns and characters of the Upper Hunter Region.

Labels: Upstairs Art Exhibition Muswellbrook NSW

This workshop will provide the basic steps in pastel portraiture, as well as the very successful and experienced approach adopted by Rodney Swansborough.

It requires no previous knowledge of pastels or portraiture and is suitable for the beginner.

As well, the workshop will prove invaluable as a "refresher" for more experienced artists, as the unique approach and insights offered by Rodney will benefit any pastel portrait artist.

See an example of portrait development HERE

WORKSHOPS: "ArtStart Pastel Portraits"
ARTIST: Rodney Swansborough
DATE: Sunday 29th March 2009
VENUE: Upstairs Art Studios and Galleries
71 Mayne Street (New England Highway)
Murrurundi, Upper Hunter, New South Wales

TIME: 10.00am to 5.00pm
COST: Tuition Fee - $50.00
Art Materials Fee - $10.00

WHAT TO BRING:
Pastels
Lunch
Shared goodies for morning/afternoon tea


The sessions will include:

* Understanding 'the basics'
* What makes a good portrait
* Creating likeness in a portrait
* Pastel colours for portraiture
* Working with pastels
* Understanding colour and colour mix
* Creating backgrounds
* Blending colours
* Striking highlights
* Using contrasts
* Creating that 'difference'

Cost - Tuition Fee - $50.00
Art Material Fee - $10.00

What to Bring:
Your own pastels
Lunch
Goodies to share for morning/afternoon tea

WORKSHOPS: "Art Start coloured pastels"
ARTIST: Rodney Swansborough
DATE: ONE: Sunday 22nd February
TWO: Sunday 1st March 2009
(Both workshops cover the same content)
VENUE: Upstairs Art Studios and Galleries
71 Mayne Street (New England Highway)
Murrurundi, Upper Hunter, New South Wales



TIME: 10.00am to 5.00pm
COST: Tuition Fee - $50.00
Art Materials Fee - $10.00
WHAT TO BRING:
Pastels
Lunch
Shared goodies for morning/afternoon tea


WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES:


Rodney Swansborough is an expressionistic artist often adopting an impressionist's style. His work is vibrant, relaxed, colourful, often tonal with strong contrasts.

He uses the full range of possibilities in employing the pastel medium - often stretching it to its limits.

Pastel paper and specially prepared mdf board will be used.

The sessions will include:

* Understanding 'the basics'
* Choosing the composition
* Preparing the materials
* Using pastels to your advantage
* Understanding colour and colour mix
* Creating backgrounds
* Blending colours
* Striking highlights
* Using contrasts
* Creating that 'difference'

The Upstairs Art Studios are fully equipped professional art studios providing the students with large A-framed easels, trays, backing boards, clips, individual tables, chairs, stools. The studio is air-conditioned at street level with large windows and perfect light

Labels: art workshops pastels art start programs art lessons

Labels: Art Students Art Gallery

(opposite: self portrait using the chiaroscuro technique by Rodney Swansborough)

Each artist looks for a medium which best suits their artistic expression and which they feel doesn't compromise their creativity. To use a medium which expresses and captures the innate creativity of the artist and which permits the artist to convey this expression to others is of fundamental importance. Why use watercolour if it doesn't enhance the artist's creative expression or use oils if they compromise the nuances that artist wishes to express?

Every artist needs the medium best suited to their own creative expression and style. When this is found, the artist is able to uncompromisingly convey all the nuances and aspects of their artistic expression. The chiaroscuro technique as I have developed it, provides me with the opportunity to express in my portraiture and life art, all the nuances and subtleties of light and shadows present on the face and body.



The chiaroscuro technique allows full tonal interpretation of these nuances as found in the delicate and subtle changes of light and dark on the human form. This technique enables me to capture and convey these subtleties in an exciting and uncompromising way.

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