Meetings are at 7.30 pm at Bourne Hall in the Camelia room. Members pay £2 for each meeting. Visitors are welcome to meetings (but not to workshops or critiques) at £6 per person per visit. Tea and coffee are provided – free if you bring your mug, 50p for a paper cup. Zoom meetings are for members only.
1 May
Rosie Casselden
Gilding workshop – Members only
29 May
Still life Demo – acrylic and oil
Emil will paint a still life, starting with acrylic as it dries quickly, then he’ll finish it off in oil.
Emil was born in Berat, Albania in 1971. He joined a local Art School at the age of 10, finishing his art studies at Athens Fine Arts University in Greece where his tutor was Dimitras Mytaras. Since 2003 he has lived and worked in London.
Today his extraordinary and spontaneous use of colour is the most personal feature of his work.
Emil is an artist and art teacher and has been semi-finalist on Sky Portrait Artist of the year. He is an excellent and popular demonstrator who has visited us before.
5 Jun
Practical art session
Workshop – a life model wearing flamenco costume will take several poses. One of which she will be dancing and will bring her own flamenco music. Practical art session – an opportunity to draw. This will be untaught so bring your own art equipment, although there won’t be a teacher, members of the group are helpful and happy to give advice. Members only.
12 Jun
Members discussion group
Members are asked to bring in a painting that they are working on or a painting by someone else that they particularly like. And in small groups the painting will be discussed.
26 Jun
Demo – wild animal in watercolour
Peter has spent most of his life involved in communications and public relations, working with international medical, educational, emergency programmes. He has experience in all aspects of media and has developed an easy style of presentation.
Peter is involved in exhibitions, conducting classes and holding workshops. His art work has been published in a number of books as well as illustrations for magazines and greetings cards.
He has developed skills in portraiture and animal studies, for which he receives numerous commissions. He works in soft pastels, acrylic and watercolours. For the last 9 years he has been a featured art teacher on Fred Olsen Cruises. Fine art for Peter is a significant passion in his life – “I love sharing my love for art and meeting interesting and talented guests of Fred Olsen“ – and he enjoys doing demonstrations both on land and sea.
3 Jul
Practical art session
Workshop – a male life model using a walking stick and weights will take several poses, clothed and unclothed. Practical art session – an opportunity to draw. This will be untaught so bring your own art equipment, although there won’t be a teacher, members of the group are helpful and happy to give advice. Instagram account @garylifemodel
Members only.
10 Jul
Demo – Monoprint making using Gel Plates, printmaking
Alison will also show us how to make our own printing plates so that we can create monoprints at home. She will come back later in the year to run a workshop.
Alison can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn and X, all using the name Alison G Saunders.
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Previous programmes are available from our publicity secretary.
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