Sally Tyley did a splendid still life including very bright cyclamens
Small scraper board barn owl.
Three A5 sketches: From the Coastguard cottages on Boxing Day.Playing with images of pollarded trees in Brittany, Quick sketch of my birthday tulips.
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There were 14 members today at the bowls Club today Sally Tyley did a splendid still life including very bright cyclamens Sally sitting very still for portraiters The still life and people getting ready for arty tasks Jo starts off with her colourful mixed media painting followed by Jane's, Liz's is very colourful and acurate and Lesleys cyclamen is positioned well. Sally enjoyed working with the candlesticks and Angela's pencil drawing of the pot had wonderful shapes and shadows We start off with Ian's two drawings then Jackie's, Angela's Hiliary's and then Avril's Eileen had to leave early but had started on this tree picture. She expects it to take several weeks to complete From Diana, her work so far today, and then two photos looking towards possibilities for the Chairman's Project 'LOOKING UP' (to be ready for the last winter session in April) - Mahonia in bloom, and then 'millions of cobwebs'! Finally, from Frances - Small scraper board barn owl. Three A5 sketches: From the Coastguard cottages on Boxing Day.Playing with images of pollarded trees in Brittany, Quick sketch of my birthday tulips. Happy New Year to all, from Avril, who was actually there, and compiled most of this, and from Hannah, who finished up the end! Hope to see you all next week, when Jill will be in charge...
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We had a good turnout today for the Christmas party, and much enjoyment of the quiz and the morning's activities. There was a fine spread of delicious food, mulled wine, lots of chat and good company. The pictures produced for the Chairman's project, 'Where on Earth are we Going?' were shown and explained, and the patchwork picture for this year was revealed... Spot the 'photo bomber' below! Thanks to everyone for the very good lunch, to Frances for the quiz (a difficult stretch as usual), and to Richard Court for the Carol music. Maggie-Anne and Jackie made the Pictionary harder than last year, so that we could not guess the answers straight away, and to Lesley for keeping us to the timetable! FORGOT TO SAY - LESLEY ANNOUNCED THE NEW CHAIRMAN'S PROJECT: 'LOOKING UP' to be completed by April 2024 And thanks to Avril for sending me more pictures. she was much more diligent about it than I was!
So here are the Chairman's Project pieces. I have given brief details where necessary for clarification of size etc. We appear a gloomy bunch, as most of us interpreted this in a pessimistic way... So, first a very tall (over 6 foot) collage from Diana - a chaotic road gradually smoothing out into harmony. Next, John was struck by an image from a newspaper of a fireman rescuing a child during the forest fires in Greece. And then two views from Harriet, the choice of pathways for the future, and the deluge submerging a village if the right choice is not made. In Josie's painting, the answer to 'Where on Earth are we Going? is somewhere else! Ian J's picture is a postcard from someone careless sailing away from it all, obliviously! And Sally T gave us Mellis completely under water. From Freda, a more positive image, showing children being taught to grow food; thinking globally to acting locally, Jill's modern day Noah's Ark...and Jenny's 'End of the World' scenario... Bea pictured 'The Last Polar Bear', And Avril gave us a turtle caught in plastic, while Sally P pictured a much-maligned lemming, which, like us, has at times to deal with over-population. Ian C envisages the world after the waters recede, with no vegetation or people and Richard's inscrutable question. Frances gives us The Green Man as symbol of rebirth, together with fire and flood, with words from Milton and Gerard Manley-Hopkins (sorry about the reflections)... Lastly, Angela pictured ruins and people walking towards their unknown future over bodies of the dead. Judith made a collage dealing with the inconsistencies of attitude in society, and my work (Hannah) is about the many, many wrong turns and false starts along the path of dealing with climate change. Don't forget to navigate to the Christmas Greetings page (it will pop up if you hover over Messages From Members), to see the virtual cards.
Hope to see you back at the Bowls Club on 4th January 2024, when Sally T will be in charge. In the meantime, have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year, and let us hope the world starts changing for the better next year. There were 21 members at the Bowls club today and a happy buzz went around the room as we all got to grips with Jane's super still life, she sat very still for us so the results were good. Members busy with the still life pictures Jane sitting sedately with two father Christmases for company The likenesses are great, now for the still life pictures Diana sent this one by email. 'Good shapes in plant and added apples and coffee pot from my old watercolour which I had photo of.' A reminder from Lesley to send in your Christmas greetings into Hannah for the website. Have a look under Messages from Members for the greetings that are already there. See you next week at the Christmas party.
Helen Ball from the cafe gallery in Botesdale visited this morning to see a wide variety of members work on display. *** see note below Sally reprised her still life setting as last week, a useful opportunity to continue and explore further. And a ‘live’ game of bridge Work inspired by the bridge players Pictures inspired by the still life challenge
Hints and tips from Diana…a useful way to decide where to place the lemons on her picture And a picture she completed during lock down in her kitchen. And Finally…
*If you have a Patchwork picture piece to complete, bring it to the Christmas party on Dec 14th. If you are unable to come to the party send Sally P your completed segment preferably by next week by first class post. **If you are coming to the party please let a committee member know, so that they have some idea of numbers. *** a note from Frances, Helen Ball seems more interested in displaying work from individuals, and possibly cards and other craft work. Frances will be in touch with her again after Christmas. On this bright sunny morning 17 members attended. Sally Procner made a splendid still life with lemons and glass, she also did the first portrait sitting. While people were working, you could hear a pin drop due to the concentration. Three different views of Sally, including a very good likeness from Jackie. Elizabeth used her pastels to good effect. Work produced using Avril as model. John was pleased with the smile and faraway look in his drawing. Still life photos: Hannah's creation from the iPad. Carolyn drew a picture of Avril and Richard's dog Sam Diana sent these. Lovely colour in the garden. Son Charlie's art on old piece of tin. Lesley says, "Here are my efforts from this morning from Sally P's arrangement, both in acrylic. First, hydrangeas painted thickly on canvas board. Second, sea hollies and grasses on cartridge paper using acrylic heavily diluted to give watercolour effect." Please can members remember to bring a couple of finished small paintings/drawings next week to show Helen Ball of the Cafe Gallery at Botesdale. She is coming at 10-am so it may be a good idea to try to get to the Bowls Club a few minutes before, so we are settled when she arrives.
Avril Hello everyone, this is Hannah, back from holiday. A productive morning at the Bowls Club today. twenty industrious members (as you can see from the last photo below) worked on John's eclectic still life - different from every angle, and the man himself as model. I had to leave before the 'Show and Tell', so thanks to Avril for sending me photos of everyone's work. So here are the first batch: - Josie, jackie, Frances and Avril... Next, Ian J, Sally L, Sally T, Maggie-Anne and Harriet... And now, Angela’s, Harriet’s, Jenny’s, Elizabeth's, and Sally L... and Hannah (at the end!) As a caution, just to be on the safe side, I shall say, for all of the above, all the right names but not necessarily in the right order!
Frances alerted all present and those who could not make it this morning, that Helen Ball of Santiago's Cafe in Botesdale will be visiting us at the Bowls Club on 30th November to get some idea of members' art for display in the cafe. If you are interested in your work being included, please bring an example in on that morning for her to see.
I thought I would just add at the bottom here two sketches I did while away, on my iPad. The first is a scene in Thorndon, the second is the view from our balcony, then there are two photos, the first showing the same scene with a calmer sea. The second is a West Indian Whistling duck, who visited us, completely tame, and begging (in vain) for food. Hope to see you all next week, when it looks as though Sally P is in charge. Avril will be doing the blog, so any artworks you want included should be sent to her.
Workshop galleryThree pieces from Josie that she has been working on from homeCarolyn has sent this lovely seasonal image of a sprig of hollyAnd finally… two reminders from Lesley
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A wet and windy day but some 12 intrepid members braved the forecast primed their creative juices and headed for the bowls club. Liz had set up a harvest themed still life, and Jackie was appropriately modelling a poppy themed outfit. |
A quick sketch and an acrylic still life from Lesley beautiful bold colours perfectly set off by the dark background |
Jackie and Liz combined forces today, and will so again, but the other way round! This time Jackie was responsible for the still life and Liz was the model (sorry Liz, I completely failed to photograph you, but the drawings below will give a very good idea of the poses). We were a good number for the first week of the winter programme, and Jackie provided an excellent still life, with lots of produce and autumn colour, as well as some of her felted animals. She suggested a method of approach that I have pictured the instructions for, right - if you were not able to come this morning, you might want to give it a try at home with some objects of your own. |
I too was unable to come to Eye, as I had to get a Covid booster, and they only seem to be doing Thursdays. I have done a preliminary oil sketch for a landscape. The original image came into view behind the actors in a scene on TV, which I found intriguing, the landscape not the programme. I think I want the painting to be quite abstract, so I have to be careful not to get too literal... |
And Lesley is on a course at West Dean “Still Life to Abstraction” course. Here is work in progress! 'After two days of charcoal drawings we are now working on a series of ten 20cm square acrylic paintings; we have to keep ranking them and working on the worst, which then goes up the hierarchy. Top left is the tutor’s favourite, but not mine.' What an interesting group of images! |
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