Demonstrations

Guest Artist Demonstrations

Guest artist demonstrations are held on Saturday afternoons at the Guild studio once a month (usually the first Saturday with one or two exceptions) except in January & December. Members and the general public are welcome, and can be sure of an engrossing demonstration by a professional artist at work. The entry fee of $12.00 for members and $15 for non-members includes a delicious afternoon tea. Demonstrations run from 1:30pm to approx. 3:30pm.

2026 Artist demonstrations - (Usually) 1st Saturday of the month

NEXT ARTIST DEMONSTRATION

LYN MELLADY — SEASCAPES IN PASTEL
SATURDAY 14TH MARCH 1.30pm - 3.30pm
   
Painting has been a lifelong constant for Lyn, whose artwork ran alongside her teaching until it evolved to become her career. With works in collections in Australia and Japan, and many Best in Show, and Best Pastel awards, Lyn paints the untamed inland, rivers, or the coastal edge in pastel or oil. Her representational works have a sensitivity coming from observation and understanding of her subjects. This is felt by the viewer and fully shared with students. Lyn not only teaches the craft of painting but how to add feeling to it. Her work features in art reference books and has also been published in Australian Artist, Pastel International and Australian Palette. A Fellow and Life member of the Australian Guild of Realist Artists and member of the Pastel Societies of Australia, (Qld), and Master Pastellist with the Pastel Society of Victoria, Australia.
 
MARCH Artist of the Month competition - Theme at the Lyn Mellady Demonstration - Seascape in any medium

11 April: Rob Candy - Boats & Bridges in Watercolour

 

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"Artist of the Month" Competition

Demonstration day gives members the opportunity to enter their art work each month for judging by the visiting guest artist demonstrator. See “Artist of the Year Award”. Members are encouraged to participate in the Competition by exhibiting their own art work in the Guild studio on demonstration days. The subject should relate to the theme specified for that month’s demonstration, listed above and in the Guild’s bi-monthly newsletter, Palette News. The medium, however is open, in order to encourage maximum member participation. Entries are judged by the guest artist, and points awarded that ultimately determine the prize winner of the Guild’s Artist of the Year competition.