Thanks to the generosity of well-known Sydney artist, Robyn Ross, the next Gerringong fundraiser for Children’s Medical Research Institute will be a charcoal drawing workshop.

The event will be held on Saturday, 28 March at Gerringong Surf Club from 10am to 3pm with tickets available from the Trybooking website from 2 March.

Cost is $95 per person and includes tuition, paper, charcoal and lunch (catered for by CMRI members).

This is a great opportunity for artists from beginners to the more accomplished as Robyn is a very experienced and inspiring teacher who will show you how to create images using charcoal and all the techniques required in a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere.

Always expressing a particular interest in people, Robyn specialises in portraiture.

Her style and media are eclectic. Equally proficient with paint, charcoal and pencil, she draws different qualities from each medium to create a diverse output of work.

Fascinated by the personalities behind the faces, Robyn’s zest for life and interaction with people informs her work with remarkable results.

Celebrity portraits include Russell Crowe, Sir Tim Rice, Bette Midler, Gordon Ramsay and Harry Connick jnr – and, somewhat controversially – Christine Forster and her now wife, Virginia Edwards.

Considering herself to be mostly self taught, her formal art study includes periods at the Gallery School, Meadowbank and Julian Ashton Art School.

Robyn’s clearly a woman proficient across the creative spectrum.

Her aim is to paint and share something she’s seen in her subject, leaving her audience to further interpretation.

Her art practice includes sittings, photographs and constant dialogue with her subjects. Robyn’s been an invited artist at more than 80 group exhibitions and various solo shows.

Career highlights include, invitations to exhibit at the Australian Embassy in Washington and the First International Biennale Izmir Turkey, as a guest artist.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Goethe Institute in Germany, Robyn was invited to show one of her works in an exhibition that toured Europe in 2011.

Twenty years ago Robyn established Hunters Hill Art Group, has run workshops for Northbridge School of Visual Arts, Charles Sturt University and Lucca, Italy, as well as various art societies.

As a long-term supporter of Children’s Medical Research Institute, Robyn’s donated works have raised more than $150,000 in Jeans For Genes art auctions.

She recently completed two striking portraits of Professor Frank Martin, paediatric opthamologist, and Jennifer Philps, CMRI community relations manager.

The CMRI Gerringong committee is very excited to have Robyn in town to share her knowledge and talent with our community.

Book from 2 March at https://www.trybooking.com/DJJOH.