Barrie Art Club

URBAN SKETCHERS JOIN LISA PERRIN beginning SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST Feeling sketchy? Our Barrie Art Club will be hosting a super fun urban sketchers Covid style activity for Instagram users. If you don’t have an Instagram account it is easy to get one at www.Instagram.com/signup using your smart phone.... Each Friday or Saturday an image will be posted. Using the reference, be creative and adapt the sketch to your vision. Use your sketchbook, pencil or pen and ink, add a wash of colour if you like or leave it simple. Post your sketch by 5:00 p.m. and be sure to tag @barrieartclub and #saturdaysketchers ...then enjoy viewing each other’s creativity and comment if you wish! Open to both members and non members so if you have friends who might enjoy being part of our community, invite them to join in the fun! First image drops Saturday, November 21st! Join us by following @barrieartclub on Instagram. There’s lots of good things happening on Instagram. If you have questions, please contact Lisa Perrin at: [email protected]

In Joel Perron’s current show titled Remembering Faces, portraits emphasize realistic likeness while also incorporating expressive qualities unique to the artist. He has been an active Barrie Art Club member for a decade. Volunteering to facilitate Friday portraiture sessions, he has enjoyed getting to know club faces - all with unique personalities and physical features. Having studied some figure drawing as an undergraduate art student at the University of Waterloo over ...30 years ago, he has long been familiar with different mediums: charcoal, conte, ink, graphite, collage, acrylic, oil and pastel. However, a busy life soon took him away from art making. Thankfully, the club has offered him many valuable skill building workshops, drop-ins, and networking opportunities. These have helped him reach a level of drawing and painting he could not have imagined before joining the club. Weekly classes of classical art techniques at Pauline Bradshaw’s studio particularly sharpened his understanding of light and shadow, likeness, proportion, composition, quality of line - not to mention many trade secrets. In the end, Joel hopes these portraits go beyond likeness to also probe the mystery that moves a whole living person. During this health crisis, we have to remember more than numbers.

In this Album you will find the works of members showcased. These are currently on show at the Club but until we can get back to the club, we can view them here. Unfortunately the names are too small for me to see who's work it is. Please don't hesitate to let me know so that I can add that to the description. Vote for your favourite by liking the photo. You have three votes.

Not sure whether you should try a Zoom workshop? Then read the testimonial by Donna Montgomery. Thank you Donna for sharing your art with us.

This is a show case of our members' work as we cannot get together at the Club due to COVID19. Please send any work you have done with a short description to be posted and shared here. Send to: [email protected]

During social distancing, BAC members are encouraged to send their work to me ([email protected]) so that we can share it on the BAC Facebook page.

by Alan Gibbs "A friend requested portraits of her pets. It made a change moving paint around."

Joel Perron is our guest artist for November. Since the club is closed due to COVID19 his show will be showcased in this album. Watch this space to see the amazing artworks following soon.

Follow us on Instagram! We now have an Instagram account where we would like to promote the work of our members more. Share this post with those you think might be interested.

Join us for some art and fellowship. Masks available for sale.

Photos sent in from our members' art works; Alan Gibbs and Lisa Perrin

Don't miss out on this workshop. Kal Honey: Acrylic: Composition: Hierarchy! 3 HOUR 'ONLINE' SESSION Wednesday, September 23rd / 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Haliburton instructor... Knowledgeable, engaging and fun Few supplies required Cost: Members: $25.00 Non-members: 35.00 See more

OPEN HOUSE AT BAC SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH / 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM JOIN US for our first open house as we begin to reopen the doors to the club for scheduled events. Featured Artist - Wilma Baker... Guest Artist - Cheryl Daniels BAC Members Exhibition - More COVID Paintings! Plus the People’s Choice Award Winners Please wear a face mask.

MONDAY EVENING VIRTUAL PORTRAITURE SESSION Monday, September 7th / 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm The Barrie Art Club is inviting you to a NEW MONDAY NIGHT Portraiture Virtual Drop-In.... Join us for portraiture drawing sessions now running on both Monday evenings and Friday mornings from the comfort and safety of your home. We take turns posing for 20-30 minutes. Please be prepared to take a turn. The following link is the same for every MONDAY EVENING until we can get back to the Club again. ZOOM INVITATION Topic: BAC Monday Portraiture Zoom Drop-In Time: Monday Evenings from 6:00-8:00pm Join Zoom Meeting https://hornecs.zoom.us/j/8024730304 Meeting ID: 802 473 0304 Find your local number: https://hornecs.zoom.us/u/aYxsbqg24 If you have any problems, please contact Annelea Blignaut at: [email protected]

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Please share this post as much as possible Garage Sale/EVERYTHING MUST GO ... MAKE AN OFFER! There is still such a great selection/variety of items to choose from at the Barrie Art Club (11 King St., Unit 8). Date: Thursday, August 27th from 8:00 am - 2:00 pm. Rocking chairs, table and chairs, mirrors, high chair and booster seat, dishes, two aquariums, pet items, pictures and frames, DVDs and CD's, toys and puzzles, clothes, purses and scarves, art supplies, Christmas decorations, tools, etc. Drop by and see what interests you ... MAKE AN OFFER. Books will be drastically reduced! All proceeds go to the Barrie Art Club. Face Masks are mandatory.