A NEW outdoor painting, or en plein air, group has been formed from members of the Ballarat Society of Artists.<\/p>\n
The group held their first meeting recently near Pipers by the Lake, and was organised by outgoing BSA president John Canham and vice-president Jon Lam.<\/p>\n
Canham said the impetus was in response to a renewed interest in en plein air from their members.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I first joined the Society, we\u2019d have a few of us who\u2019d go out regularly for this sort of thing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had people interested in doing this for a while and we\u2019ve been talking about it since the end of last year. Our aim is to keep it going on a regular basis.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlein air is immediate and you\u2019re painting what you look at. You\u2019ve got to capture the moment you\u2019re looking at because with shadows it\u2019s changing all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The meetups are set to take place monthly on Fridays, with the location to be decided closer to the date.<\/p>\n
Lam was one of 10 artists to attend the first meeting, and chose the Pipers venue itself as his en plein air subject.<\/p>\n
He said it\u2019s been a nice way to socialise with his colleagues.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a certain camaraderie to this as a social event,\u201d he said. \u201cI like plein air because it\u2019s a natural perspective. When you take a photo, trees in the back will be all black, but with your eye you can see so many different shades of green.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A NEW outdoor painting, or en plein air, group has been formed from members of the Ballarat Society of Artists. The group held their first meeting recently near Pipers by the Lake, and was organised by outgoing BSA president John Canham and vice-president Jon Lam. Canham said the impetus was in response to a renewed […]<\/p>\n