30th January 2026 – We welcomed back Jane who demonstrated painting a water feature from a photograph in watercolour. Jane explained how she outlines the picture first, applies masking fluid to areas she wants to keep white, prepares a page of the colours and colour mixing she will use. She also gave members lots of ideas, tips and techniques to create different effects, especially when painting water.
21st November 2025 – Carol, who organised and led this workshop, brought in books, magazines and some of her wonderful artwork to demonstrate the various techniques in using different sizes of charcoal. Carol also gave a short demonstration to help inspire members to create their own artwork.
14th November 2025 – This workshop was led by Lynne who gave a short demonstration of drawing flowers using soft pastels. We also looked at other artist’s works including Peploe and Van Gogh. Members enjoyed creating their own artwork using some of the techniques displayed.
7th November 2025 – This workshop was led by Kate who brought in a lot of materials/old Christmas cards/stickers etc for members to use to create new Christmas cards. Kate also demonstrated different ways of creating a card. It was a very enjoyable and productive morning.
3rd October 2025 – Members learnt how to make handmade paper, well demonstrated by Jenny. As paper making isn’t something we could all practice on Fridays, and can be messy, Jenny will run small workshops from her studio. Jenny brought in lots of samples and ideas to share and plenty of her own artwork to show and sell. This paper is not suitable for watercolour but ideal for acrylics, pastels and pencils.
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