Another very hot day, at least to start with, but all nine of us lasted the full day. Pulham St Mary was very welcoming. The Pennoyer Cantre staff not only kept us fed and watered, but also took the photo at the end of this group, and seemed genuinely interested in what we were doing. The landscaping at the front of the building (by a local volunteer!) also offered subject matter for several of us. This is a pretty little village, with a church and churchyard of a size to tell us that it was once perhaps much bigger and more populous. The font (in the first picture has a very elaborate lid like an architectural model, with a wire running up to the ceiling to lift it off. Most of us ended up at the church for at least some of the day.
First today, Avril, who drew in the churchyard and sketched the house across the road, and a few more not shown here of the flowers. Prolific as usual!
| Jackie wandered further afield, having drawn an almost technical sketch in the churchyard, she found this charming subject for a watercolour at the back of someone's house... |   |
   | Ian C. brought with him a pastel done at Southwold, and then made a very atmospheric sketch of the church. His final work is the view from the porch. |
| And here is Lesley's version of the same view as Ian's second sketch. She said she had tried several different ways of describing the flint in the walls, but felt she got it right by the end, working right to left. The second sketch is a view downhill and towards the countryside beyond the village. |   |
These are Sally P's three sketches from today. She felt the first of the two flower studies was less successful than the second, which she feels is looser and more vibrant.
 | Josie made a great composition of the planting at the Pennoyer Centre. and Ian J made a very detailed drawing of the front of the church. |  |
| Sally L started in the porch of the church with a sketch that captured the light and shade of her subject very well. She then went wandering, and like Jackie, found a charming subject with another washing line pn the edge of a field. Two local housholders with the same idea - a great day for drying! |   |
| Diana said, 'I’ve taken a few liberties this week. Ive moved the village sign and some ghosts have crept in. I felt the hay wagon fitted and the Maypole was used when the new village sign was put up in 1979,' Her collages are based on Pulham Market, where we were supposed to go today... |    |
Frances is in Brittany and said, 'Bonjour Hannah,
'In Brittany and have just done this relatively quick sketch of a lace cap hydrangea. They always inspire me when I am here and the following is an acrylic on a landing here.
'We also found old shutters here during the renovation and I have painted on several. This is my latest, as yet unfinished using passion flowers as the subject.'
'In Brittany and have just done this relatively quick sketch of a lace cap hydrangea. They always inspire me when I am here and the following is an acrylic on a landing here.
'We also found old shutters here during the renovation and I have painted on several. This is my latest, as yet unfinished using passion flowers as the subject.'
| Carolyn has got a bit fed up with garden flowers and sent instead this sketch of an artist's manikin given to her by Peter Brown. |  |
| And this is Penny's work from last week... |  |
| Finally, my two. The view down the churchyard, and the front of the church. Rather alarmingly, the vault in the foreground had a gap between the lid and the box - I hope no one got out! |   |
Frances has been told about an exhibition in Harleston in September. The preview is on the 11th September and the exhibition runs from the 12th to the 21st. I will put the details on Messages from Members tomorrow. There have been some changes made to the Exhibitions pages of the website, and there will shortly be details of the recent exhibition at the Bank and of the individual Open Studios. Next week's blogger is Harriet. Send any contributions to her.
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