Art Group Articles

Cartoons by Francesca Bantock

Published 27th April 2020

Art group member Francesca has managed to find some humour in the current situation!

Workshops with Karl Sylvester

Published 2nd April 2020

The pictures show two recent very successful workshops with guest tutor Karl Sylvester. We were exploring “tone” using a limited palette of two colours and black and white. There were some excellent pictures produced in a great atmosphere of concentration.

Mandala Art Workshop

Published 5th March 2020

On the 1st March, the Art Group held a Mandala Art Workshop. Mandala is a Sanskrit word that means “circle”. The process of making a Mandala’s is used to help encourage and inspire inward contemplation during the creation of artwork. In the Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions their sacred art often takes a mandala form. […]

Sesshu Toyo

Published 12th July 2018

In July 2018 the art group met at the Rock Park where Steve Ashley gave a repeat performance of the presentation he first gave to the art history group on the work of the master Sesshu Toyo who worked in ink wash and was the “Turner” of his day, changing formulaic landscape painting to creative […]

The Zentangle Method

Published 2nd November 2017

During 2017 we had a couple of very interesting sessions led by Alan Quincey on “Zentangle” “The Zentangle Method is an easy to learn, fun and relaxing way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.” Zentangles are miniature pieces of unplanned, abstract, black and white art created through a very specific method from an […]