Art Group Articles

February meeting – acrylics

Published 4th March 2024

The first session for 2024 introduced using acrylic paints with local artist Catherine Smedley. Catherine talked about the introduction of acrylic paints in the 1930s and set a challenge to the group to identify which of a set of pictures she had bought along were painted in acrylics and which were painted in oil. It […]

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November meeting – something seasonal

Published 15th November 2023

In the final session for 2023 the group worked mainly on seasonal topics.

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October meeting – Life Drawing

Published 16th October 2023

The group’s October session was led by visiting tutor Karl Sylvester who was showing us how to approach life drawing.

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September 2023 – Face and Figure Drawing

Published 15th September 2023

This session challenged members to move out of their comfort zone and learn some basic techniques for drawing faces.

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August 2023 – Pen and Wash

Published 15th September 2023

The August meeting was led by member Roger Smith exploring the techniques of using water colour with drawing ink.

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July 2023 – Watercolour Workshop

Published 8th August 2023

This session was led by Ann Chandler who showed the group how to work with masking fluid and a limited colour palette.

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June Meeting 2023

Published 22nd June 2023

The topic for this session was “Reflections on Water” in the medium of watercolour. Here are some examples of the work produced on the day.  Click for a full view of each of the pictures.

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The Rock Park – May 2023

Published 18th June 2023

Some members of the group met for an extra drawing session in the Rock Park on May 24th. These are some of the pictures they produced. Click for an enlarged view of each of the pictures.

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May meeting

Published 26th May 2023

At the first meeting of the group since lockdown the topic was Hares and the medium was charcoal. There was an excellent turnout for this first meeting.

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Next informal Art Group Meeting

Published 18th May 2023

Wednesday 24th May at the Rock Park under the canopy. Meeting at 10.00 am. Please bring a chair, board and or sketch book. Charcoal chalk or our preferred medium.

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