25th October 2024 – Members had the choice of painting/drawing fruit and vegetables in any medium or making Christmas Tree decorations. As well as providing fruit and vegetables, Lynne brought in lots of craft materials/templates etc for us to use to make unique tree decorations.
18th October 2024 – Chris made a welcome return to tell us about how he created a History Timeline for Bowling Green Academy school, in response to an email they sent to us. It took Chris one year to complete the project due to not being able to work on it when the children were in school. The subject of the Timeline was based on the people and times in the school curriculum.
11th October 2024 – Lynne Hickin led this workshop, bringing in books and lots of photos of artwork from each artist for us to work from. Lynne talked through some of her drawings where she used an image from a Gwen John artwork but interestingly painted it in the style of Laura Knight and visa versa. We learned all about Gwen John last week. Laura Knight was known for painting amidst the world of theatre and ballet in London and for being a war artist during the Second World War. Members had an interesting morning practicing the two different styles.
4th October 2024 – A welcome return from Dominic who gave an illustrated talk on the life and work of Gwen John. It was interesting to learn about Gwen’s wild lifestyle and how she was overshadowed by the artwork and big personality of her brother, Augustus John. Gwen was highly regarded as an artist and is known for her self portraits, domestic interiors (she was proud of the places where she lived) and portraits of other women.
27th September 2024 – We had a welcome return from Winston Plowes who talked through some short films of him and others working outside creating land art. He also showed stills of other works. Due to its nature, this unique artwork only has a short life. Winston supplied a lot of materials and members also brought their own that helped everyone to have an enjoyable and creative morning.
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