We had a workshop last Sunday 30th April where Hiren Patel went through a landscape of Sydney Harbour from Observatory Hill. Lots of oil paint liberally applied.

Here is a gallery of the day, ending up with the results.

The winner of the People’s Choice competition for the Volunteers Exhibition was Margaret Foott with Koi1

You will remember that Margaret also won the Hangers Prize so a successful exhibition

And the runners up were:

Here is a preview of the entries for the Christmas Exhibition.

They will be hung on Monday and the Exhibition is open from Wednesday to Sunday, December 4th to Sunday 18th

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The Unmasked Exhibition was hung on Monday and is open for viewing on Wednesday to Sundays, until Sunday 18th September .

Here is a gallery of the gallery showing the works as they look, and a photo of the hanging team. These photos are taken on a phone, and the originals are much better and should be seen on the walls.

Thanks to everyone we have an exhibition of members works, not hanging on the walls at Wallarobba as we hoped but at least on display on the website, under Exhibitions.

It was a great response with over 100 works submitted, in about 4 days. And a great range of paintings, photographs, charcoal drawings and sculptures. Again thank you for all the work: producing, photographing and submitting.

Click this link and stroll through the works

It is always a pity to spoil a work of art with a poor photo, and with the Virtual Exhibition coming up here are some tips on how to put your work in the best light, as it were. Reading the literature on the internet gives the following tips:

1. Put the painting in a good strong even light. Natural lighting from a window is good, direct sunlight is probably too strong. Avoid using artificial lighting such as lamps or fluorescents as their light may be coloured.
2. Keep the painting parallel to the camera. To do this hang the painting on a wall and position the camera at the mid height, or place the painting on the floor and hold the camera directly above.
3. Mount the camera as solidly as possible, using a tripod or table or box of the right height.
4. Make sure the background is as simple as possible, and adjust the zoom to fill the frame with picture and have a minimum of surrounds
5. Make sure the picture is focused on the painting.
6. If possible use the self take timer to avoid shaking the camera when you press the button
7. Take a few shots to give some spares if there is a problem.

Here is a link to site that explains this is some detail:

https://www.stateoftheart-gallery.com/articles/198/how-to-photograph-your-art-using-your-phone