Great workshop!

12 happy students!
A wonderful 3 days of painting with tutor Jenni Kelly. Everyone enjoyed themselves & learnt so many exciting new techniques ( well new to most of us like me!)
Jenni is a wealth of knowledge and experience. Her paintings are absolutely gorgeous & we were lucky enough to view a lot of them on her laminated prints, which were for sale.
The water lily scene (one of 3, we produced)

Jenni showing a technique


Jenni using the diffuser




Drinks on Saturday afternoon !

Thanks so much Jenni for sharing your experience & knowledge! We look forward to your return in Winter 2009!

We're here to help . . .

BAVA ladies, are you wanting to start your own 'blog', but not sure how to take those first steps?

Kym & I are here to help you . . .

Either of us can visit you & help you get started, just give us a call! It's not that hard if you have someone to guide you. We're here to help if you have any questions :)

cheers

Maria

Entries in by this Friday!

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that the Brigalow Arts Festival entry forms are due in no later than this Friday 19th September 2008!

Happy Birthday, Gail

Best Wishes, Gail.

Have a wonderful day with your family & friends.

Love from Everyone @ BAVA

((HUGS)) XXXXX

~ Upcoming workshop at Walter Reid Cultural Centre, Rockhampton~

Hi everyone!

Just received this information from the lovely Dawn Pound, Rocky artist & friend :)

For those who have just missed out on the Jenni Kelly workshop, which is on the same weekend, you may want to consider this one! It sounds very interesting! Wish it hadn't clashed with Jenni's - I would have liked to go to this one!

Thank you Dawn!! click on image to enlarge (easier reading)

September Artist @ Kristine's

Congratulations Gail ~

I grew up in a family that was always doing something on the creative side from cooking to sewing and any craft. My first creations were done in Cake Decorating then moved into Patchwork from the sewing of children’s clothes. After doing a silk painting workshop (something I had always wanted to do) I found that this complimented my patchwork as I could colour my fabrics with my paints allowing me to create many colourful creations in fabric.

When folk art was the rage I attended lessons and enjoyed creating some lovely pieces for friends and family. When a friend who did lead lighting was in town I took some lessons from her and really enjoyed working with glass which also led to mosaics as you have left overs (a little like patchwork).

With all this happening I felt I needed a little more help with the drawing side of creating a picture (I could do very good stick men) so attended the Roy Oorloff workshop as a start. Since then BAVA has been formed and I have enjoyed the lessons and workshops from talented local artists as well as doing workshops with tutors from afar. I've a long way to go but I really enjoy the atmosphere of being with creative people (hoping some will rub off). There are many mediums in the world of art and I enjoy a few different ones and they all give me satisfaction when the job is finished.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Maria a member of our group. After her successful exhibition at the Library Art Space she has now been invited to hang her art in the Civic Centre foyer. Wow girl!!!!Congratulations. Well done. We are all very proud of you. XOXOXO

~Music~

Hi BAVA 'sisters' (& visitors)!

Hope you enjoy the new music playlist! If you have some special music which you love to create to & which you'd like to share with us . . .

please send me your mp3 files via email & I'll place them in a playlist for the blog, for all to enjoy!

cheers,
Maria

BAVA Blog Buddies

Hello BAVA Blog Buddies,
Great to see our contributors/profiles growing with our artists.
Please share any of your creative ideas & websites or blogs with everyone.

Looking forward to our upcoming workshops & Brigalow Festival to end a creative 2008.
Check out the Venue question for the BAVA Christmas Party.

A Big Thankyou to everyone for your support & interest in BAVA.
Huge Thankyou to behind the scenes Blog Buddie ~ "Maria"
who shares the excitement of the Blog with me.
Maria is talking music now.....Let go for it :)

Having Fun with ART '08 :)

Kym

BAVA

Hello everyone
I would like to thank everyone of my BAVA sisters for welcoming me into their art circle. I'm a beginner in the art side but have always love arts and crafts and dabble in a few different mediums. I really enjoy the company, chats and workshops that we do together. Hopefully one day they will all mell together and create something beautiful. (Like our friendships). Thank you all for your input into my life. God Bless.
Gail Van Itallie