Today some of the committee and Deb Munro, a happy helper, hung the exhibition in the Balmoral tea room. Although much reduced in number,...

9 of us had our first experience of handling and modelling clay on Saturday. Our model was unable to get to Aboyne from Stonehaven so the...

This was the topic if our first talk of this term, given by local Artist Stéphanie Vandem. Myself and other members spent a very...

Website Glitch 😞 Most members will have noted that the bookings part of our website is not behaving properly. Jackie has someone helping...

There is an excellent exhibition of drawings, paintings, prints and more at the Tangletree Studio in Station Square, Aboyne every day...

More to come from this work Susie started as a demo at the workshop using watercolour and inks last weekend

Today Susie Hunt set the bar pretty high for us! To interpret our pencil tonal drawings of a still life into a beautiful painting using...

Susie had us experimenting with wax, water soluble pastel, acrylic paint and poster paint and then adding glazes of watercolour, fabric...

Report on Workshop with photos on Monday 18th. Watch this space 😊

Those of us who were fortunate enough to get a place on Brigid Collin’s Impressing and Expressing‘ workshop weren’t disappointed. We were...

They say the sky is the limit, but here are some limitless skies! Thank you Kate for a great workshop. - Ruth Powell

"The Sky as the Consciousness of the Landscape" Friday was a beautiful day and those UDAS members who attended Kate's talk and painting...

I can happily report that all the pictures and craft items UDAS members brought this morning to the Victoria Hall in Ballater are now...

Questions, which were informatively, answered by David Wood an Art Teacher at Aboyne Academy on Friday evening. If you didn’t make the...

Many thanks to Fenneke Wolters-Sinke (Fenfolio) for two enjoyable, creative days of printmaking in Aboyne with UDAS. As you can see, some...

Sandie Youngson is a qualified nurse and a self-taught artist. Her interest in art was fuelled and encouraged by her father- in- law who...

Having just spent a very pleasant social afternoon with like-minded people listening to a talk given by Mel Shand I thought I would write...

UDAS MEMBERS HAD A MOST ENTERTAINING WEEKEND WORKSHOP IN SEPTEMBER WITH CARTOONIST BRIAN PETRIE. AFTER SELECTING ONE OF BRIAN'S...