Reports on Workshops
Workshop on 21 July 2018
Summary of Scratchboard 1 Day Workshop
Sponsored by ASPI, Cowes Victoria
Beautiful day and another workshop sponsored by the ASPI on Phillip Island; sadly two students were unable to attend, however, the five that did attend were very responsive and enjoyed creating some beautiful new scratchboard artworks. Having a small group is really beneficial and more time was given to each student, so it is a win win all around. All of the attendee were wonderful drawers - so that made life easy. Although the intention was to introduce Claybord to our students, only Carol was game enough to give it a try. We will do that in our next Workshop.
Art is to enjoy, and not being familiar with a product can take away the fun; however Claybord is incredible, so they are all looking forward to giving it a try on the sample pieces!
Shown above (L to R) is Jill with her fish - Jill's second time in the workshop and is really doing very well. Gail, her first time, Gail is a portrait artist and she has an excellent reputation with her magnificent paintings of dogs. Well her subject was a beautiful retriever - and it was just so well done, a natural. Gay likes things to be different and enjoys sculptural work, this piece is from an old Asian artifact - really interesting and Gay was a student last year, and has done very well. Marian, first time student, this lady is so passionate about scratchboard it was a delight and so wonderful to see this in her work, she is a professional artist and acrylic is her main medium; to see her doing scratchboard was great; she loves it. Carol did two pieces one on the Ampersand black and then she used the Claybord - new to scratchboard, but I enjoyed her attitude to try the Claybord - it is harder, but good on Carol for giving it ago. We all finished with big smiles and some stunning artworks, Brilliant work team.
Review on 31st August
We had a two hour session a few weeks later and reviewed progress and talked about the next steps in placing vanish and what vanish to use etc.
It was a relaxed few hours over coffee/tea and interesting fresh cakes!
I am delighted to see that Gail has done a stunning piece of her grand daughter - it was really beautiful, and on the same board she was scratching a beautiful old stone building - beautiful affect.
Marian's was progressing very well, and trying out different tools to find the one that best suits; her patience was being tested, however her work was giving her wonderful results. Getting a tool that suits your style and hand can be a slow process.
Gay's work was growing too.
Very proud of this magical team. Well done.
Jan Lowe, Tutor
Summary of Scratchboard 1 Day Workshop
Sponsored by ASPI, Cowes Victoria
Beautiful day and another workshop sponsored by the ASPI on Phillip Island; sadly two students were unable to attend, however, the five that did attend were very responsive and enjoyed creating some beautiful new scratchboard artworks. Having a small group is really beneficial and more time was given to each student, so it is a win win all around. All of the attendee were wonderful drawers - so that made life easy. Although the intention was to introduce Claybord to our students, only Carol was game enough to give it a try. We will do that in our next Workshop.
Art is to enjoy, and not being familiar with a product can take away the fun; however Claybord is incredible, so they are all looking forward to giving it a try on the sample pieces!
Shown above (L to R) is Jill with her fish - Jill's second time in the workshop and is really doing very well. Gail, her first time, Gail is a portrait artist and she has an excellent reputation with her magnificent paintings of dogs. Well her subject was a beautiful retriever - and it was just so well done, a natural. Gay likes things to be different and enjoys sculptural work, this piece is from an old Asian artifact - really interesting and Gay was a student last year, and has done very well. Marian, first time student, this lady is so passionate about scratchboard it was a delight and so wonderful to see this in her work, she is a professional artist and acrylic is her main medium; to see her doing scratchboard was great; she loves it. Carol did two pieces one on the Ampersand black and then she used the Claybord - new to scratchboard, but I enjoyed her attitude to try the Claybord - it is harder, but good on Carol for giving it ago. We all finished with big smiles and some stunning artworks, Brilliant work team.
Review on 31st August
We had a two hour session a few weeks later and reviewed progress and talked about the next steps in placing vanish and what vanish to use etc.
It was a relaxed few hours over coffee/tea and interesting fresh cakes!
I am delighted to see that Gail has done a stunning piece of her grand daughter - it was really beautiful, and on the same board she was scratching a beautiful old stone building - beautiful affect.
Marian's was progressing very well, and trying out different tools to find the one that best suits; her patience was being tested, however her work was giving her wonderful results. Getting a tool that suits your style and hand can be a slow process.
Gay's work was growing too.
Very proud of this magical team. Well done.
Jan Lowe, Tutor
Workshops in 2017
Summery of Scratchboard with Jan Lowe
Day Workshop
Cowes Victoria
May 20, 2017 One day workshop.
Sponsored by the Art Society of Phillip Island Inc.
Summery of Scratchboard with Jan Lowe
Day Workshop
Cowes Victoria
May 20, 2017 One day workshop.
Sponsored by the Art Society of Phillip Island Inc.
This W/S was with a group of freshmen as only one person who had worked on Scratchboard before (Colin). Colin has really got into SB and worked hard and the result are very pleasing and I am sure that Colin will be very proud. It is great to see him progress as he has been a student at other workshops with me, his work has progressed very well.
The rest of the group were all new, and a couple were non drawers - which was a challenge, but not impossible. It turned out to be a wonderful day, and thanks to John for providing a big supply of sausages for our students, so generous. Jill and Gay provided a natural sense for Scratchboard and I hope that they will continue with further instruction, their work showed real promise and skill. At the end of the day, the scratchboard world has more students. Although John left the class early due to work commitments, is keen to learn more, so generally the students just loved it.
What a delightful day, everyone did a different subject and some even managed to do two subjects, which really showed a keen eye and a excellent skill of drawing and excellent planning. Jill with her stunning Siamese and her second work was of a peacock - striking work. Gay's fish was just amazing, and her colour management was great. Di's beautiful gum flowers was lovely, Colin's horse is coming along great and so is Froney's Currawong bird, the shapes and line was really working.
Stratchboard is definitely a medium that requires a good level of drawing, and three of the students did find it a little frustrating, but did produce an image that they should be proud of and were keen to progress further.
Special thanks to Di Edwards for arranging the event and for ASPI being hosts, hope to have another one mid next year. The location in the cultural centre in Cowes proved to be a good venue, giving plenty of light and good location, lots of parking, walking distance from cafes etc.
Really enjoyable
Jan Lowe, Tutor
The rest of the group were all new, and a couple were non drawers - which was a challenge, but not impossible. It turned out to be a wonderful day, and thanks to John for providing a big supply of sausages for our students, so generous. Jill and Gay provided a natural sense for Scratchboard and I hope that they will continue with further instruction, their work showed real promise and skill. At the end of the day, the scratchboard world has more students. Although John left the class early due to work commitments, is keen to learn more, so generally the students just loved it.
What a delightful day, everyone did a different subject and some even managed to do two subjects, which really showed a keen eye and a excellent skill of drawing and excellent planning. Jill with her stunning Siamese and her second work was of a peacock - striking work. Gay's fish was just amazing, and her colour management was great. Di's beautiful gum flowers was lovely, Colin's horse is coming along great and so is Froney's Currawong bird, the shapes and line was really working.
Stratchboard is definitely a medium that requires a good level of drawing, and three of the students did find it a little frustrating, but did produce an image that they should be proud of and were keen to progress further.
Special thanks to Di Edwards for arranging the event and for ASPI being hosts, hope to have another one mid next year. The location in the cultural centre in Cowes proved to be a good venue, giving plenty of light and good location, lots of parking, walking distance from cafes etc.
Really enjoyable
Jan Lowe, Tutor
Scratchboard Art Workshop with Jan Lowe -
Gum-trees and Shimmering Water - 20th April 2016
Sponsored by AGRA Galleries, Camberwell Vic Australia
Gum-trees and Shimmering Water - 20th April 2016
Sponsored by AGRA Galleries, Camberwell Vic Australia
-Our students gathered for the third workshop in Scratchboard, and were eager to take the challenge of drawing gum-trees. Unfortunately shimmering water didn't emerge, however the gum-tree results were very encouraging and the class should be very proud of all of their endeavours. Some were reluctant to ad colour, however those that did were delighted with the result.
We were very thrilled that three young people came to observe and in fact joined in with out class. Rob and Peter were graphic artists and worked in the city and Michelle is a uni student from Adelaide where she studies sculptural art in metal.
We were very thrilled that three young people came to observe and in fact joined in with out class. Rob and Peter were graphic artists and worked in the city and Michelle is a uni student from Adelaide where she studies sculptural art in metal.
Rob, Colin and Anne showing of their works in scratchboard - gumtree was the subject.
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Peter working on the traditional gum-tree, however Michelle pushed it further in to a more of a fairy-tale story and Rob is pretty proud of his works. All of these young people had never heard of scratchboard before, so it was a fantastic introduction for them to learning something new.
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Our very proud students of scratchboard - Christine working from white to dark, and getting a great result; Pauline bringing out her wonderful tree and her colours were just beautiful, blue and burnt sienna - really stunning. Anne's tree, definitely wants to keep it B&W, however it is looking just beautiful and with a broken branch just coming down the right, WOW. Colin, who I must admit is giving Scratchboard a real go; he has completed so many and is really improving with every cut. His tree is looking really fantastic. Lots of colour and his confidence with the knife is showing.
WOW this tutor is very proud of the wonderful efforts of this four, thank you all for coming along and getting stuck into the subject, which can be a little daunting, for any one knew to scratch. However, the skills all four have now gives them all a excellent understanding of scratch and what can be achieved. We will have a final workshop on the 18th May, working on some of our favourite subjects, then we will have a forum of what has been achieved and learned over the term.....Jan Lowe
WOW this tutor is very proud of the wonderful efforts of this four, thank you all for coming along and getting stuck into the subject, which can be a little daunting, for any one knew to scratch. However, the skills all four have now gives them all a excellent understanding of scratch and what can be achieved. We will have a final workshop on the 18th May, working on some of our favourite subjects, then we will have a forum of what has been achieved and learned over the term.....Jan Lowe
Scratchboard Art Workshop - Taking Scratch to the next level with Jan Lowe
16 February 2016
Sponsored by AGRA Galleries, Camberwell, Vic Australia
All of the students work - L-R, The running stream by students - Pauline, Christine, Anne & Colin - great effort. Robyn's piece wasn't photographed, however it will be on show at the next workshop.
Our subject, was a oil painting by A.Pollard - running water and the
bouncing light & shadows (picture below "subject"
Our subject, was a oil painting by A.Pollard - running water and the
bouncing light & shadows (picture below "subject"
Workshop November 17th 2015
Scratchboard Art with Jan Lowe
Sponsored by AGRA Galleries, Camberwell, Vic Australia
