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To the Ice – Images
from the Antarctic
…I watched the low morning sun run
fiery fingers across the flat sea turning it into silver glitter, and fog and
mist blur the edge where sea and sky met… it was like sailing through a veil…
To the Ice is a full colour 80 page book of
painting and photography by Jenni Mitchell,
produced from her voyage as Artist-in-Residence with the Australian Antarctic
Division on the re-supply ship MV Polar Bird to Casey Station.
Printed on Archival paper, 21 x 29
limited to 1,000 copies.
Deluxe Edition
sold out
Still available:
Special Edition - $59.95
Numbered and signed by the author
Standard Edition -$49.95
Available from select
bookshop or
LINE PUBLICATIONS –
19 Fordhams Road Eltham 3095
Email enquiries:
jenni@jennimitchell.com.au
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workshops
I
am available for a range of workshops and lectures and have experience with
community groups, schools and art students.
painting
landscape & studio
Workshops
can be tailored to suit needs. I have had many years experience with taking
painters into the Australian landscape for ‘plein aire’ painting workshops using a variety of materials and
techniques such as oil, gouache and drawing. Workshops can also be run in the
studio using still life methods and working from the ‘inner self’.
‘In
the Field’ workshops are directed into learning skills to help the student
‘SEE’ the landscape and find the best methods of transposing the subject onto
the canvas or sketch paper.
I
will be happy to give demonstrations as part of a ‘hands-on’ workshop or will
give a ‘demonstration’ as a stand alone workshop.
portrait workshops
Through
demonstration I will guide the student to paint the portrait from life. This
can be achieved using any materials – the important aspect is to understand how
to take the essential shapes and tones from the subject and direct these to the
canvas, paper or sketch pad.
tone and colour
Suitable for
beginners and those interested in traditional technique
black and white
These
workshops are designed to give the student an understanding of tone using black
and white paint. The first exercise is to create a tonal chart that the student
can use for future reference in all painting.
colour
This
workshop will allow the student to create a personal colour chart using their
own materials from personal paint boxes. This is the best method for being able
to reproduce accurate colour – rather than relying on colour charts from books
and wondering why the colours are not the same! This chart can be used for all
future painting tasks when colour mixing is involved.
workshops
public speaking
salt/ice
Salt
Ice is an illustrated talk depicting the visual comparison between SALT and ICE
- the hot inland desert
of Lake Eyre and the
frozen sea desert of the Antarctic. I will show images of the macro and micro
landscape of these extreme landscapes and show how similar they can appear.
inspirational
A
talk about travelling into extreme landscapes and the sense of ‘other
worldliness’ I have derived from them and how I have used these experiences in
my work through painting, photography and writing.
painting portraits
poets
extra-ordinary-portraits
In
1982 I began a series of 100 Australian poets’ portraits. This series of work
was painted either in my studio or at the homes of the poets whom I painted.
The experience of each portrait was different – I will talk about how some
portraits took many sitting and others were painted quickly with just one
sitting. I will speak about ‘pre-conceived’ ideas, planning and what to expect
and what not to expect.
As
well as the series of poets’ portraits I have began a series of
‘extra-ordinary’ people. These portraits were from a cross section of our
society and included writers, artists, sports people and musicians.
To
discuss any of these workshops and lectures, please contact me at: jenni@jennimitchell.com.au
or:
Debby
Golvan
Golvan Arts Management
golvan@bigpond.net.au
(03)
9853 5341
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