The Spring Exhibition for 2024 is just around the corner at the Victorian Artist Society. This show is one of the three Select exhibitions held each year by the VAS. Votes cast by exhibiting artists are used to decide the list of candidates for the Artist of the Year Award Exhibition. Below is my entry for the exhibition and it is simply titled Hydrangeas. I have always had a love of Hydrangeas, particularly the blue variety. Perhaps that is because they were the variety that we had in our garden, but all varieties of hydrangeas are pretty, don't you think? We had them on the farm on the shady side of the house when I was growing up. When I think about the hydrangea flower or see them out and about, I think of the farm where I grew up, Mum's beautiful garden and the happy memories I had growing up there. This drawing is in graphite and is worked from a reference photo, however certain liberties were taken when drawing it. I loved playing with the different shapes of the petals
Hi Everyone, if you hadn't had the chance to see the VAS Winter Select and 9x5 Exhibitions at the Victorian Artists Society, it's not too late! However, this is the last weekend to do so for both. Both shows finish on the 5th August. There are some fabulous pieces on show and for sale, so I encourage to make your way to the Vic's. There you'll be able to see some high quality art work and also grap a coffee at has VAS cafe. Below is my entry into the Winter Show, Flowing Tree Roots. Not really sure what type of tree it was, but the more I looked at the tree I kept on thinking of a lady with a long flowing dress sitting on a wall. The tree and it's roots, I thought were almost elegant. As usual, I was drawn to the details and enjoyed being lost in the drawing of them onto paper them. What was intended to be completed for Autumn was actually completed just a few week ago. The size is 56x 76cm. Graphite On 300gsm Saunders hot press paper. This piece along with many ot