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Thursday 25th July at Angela's, Occold

25/7/2019

Enticed by the mention of Angela’s home-made chocolate chip cookies and her excellent instructions for reaching her, intrepid souls braced themselves for the extreme heat and made their way to Occold. Just five of us, unsurprisingly, plus Angela!
A superb summer’s day! But did we have any energy left to sketch or paint? Surprisingly, some did, in a variety of mediums. Angela’s garden offers a wealth of choice for artists, from distant views to beds and flowers, ponds, buildings and objects of all kinds, but we sampled only a tiny fraction, whilst staying in the shade and trying not to melt. Tea and cookies were very welcome.

Next week we go to Harriet’s at Wickham Skeith. In three weeks' time we are invited to Dorothy’s and she will have a selection of art materials looking for a home. See more on messages, click here.

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Thursday 18th July at Wetlands, Earsham

18/7/2019

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We might not have had so many coming out this rainy morning (14 or so), except for the fact that it was changeover day for our exhibition. Well done to all Committee Members who turned out early.
So we started in the café enjoying our morning coffees, admiring the paintings - and viewing the wet scene outside through the windows. Goats arrived (or were they sheep?), then deer, a feisty swan … Les has the bruises for evidence … and distant cattle. As the rain eased, the more dedicated members (10) defied the weather and the wet benches to get some useful sketching done, which you can see below.
This Wildlife Centre is a great place to visit, especially for artists and we were delighted that it faired up in the afternoon.

See photos of our exhibition pictures on the Exhibition page: click here.

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Next week we are at Angela’s in Occold.

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Thursday 11th July, at Avril's

11/7/2019

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A fine day, lovely garden and great hosts, Avril and Richard, for our sketching today. We had a variety to choose from: an enormous walnut tree, other smaller trees, shrubs and flowers everywhere, beehives, chickens (if only they would stay still and not hide!), a little pond and more. Some members arrived early and left early, others arrived later - twelve altogether.
We agreed, there’s nothing nicer than tea in the garden on a summer’s afternoon, but especially when Richard has done the baking.

Next week we’re at Earsham for the river, landscapes and animals - and of course to see our new exhibition there.

PS I gather my cultural reference to “Grasshopper” last week was lost on some of you and may have been taken for loopiness on my part. In Kung Fu, Grasshopper was the nickname given by the old monk Po to the young monk he was tutoring. No wiser? Ah well …

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Thursday 4th July, Flixton Air Museum

4/7/2019

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Were there more planes - or parts of planes - here today than last time we came, in May ’17? I thought there were and I’m sure it was hotter today. And did we have a vulcan flying over to celebrate our visit? (See first photo.)

Planes are notoriously difficult to draw or paint - all those 3-D curves, shiny surfaces and perspective angles to test a saint. And you’d better be quick or it’s all changed, complicating matters even further. But our intrepid members had a go, producing some creditable results in the time.

There are lots of little museums dotted about, a shop, and the NAAFI where we had our tea and viewed our work. The chap in the final photo produced a lap top and showed us paintings he had done, including some superb portrayals of aeroplanes.

PS This little grasshopper was hard to shake off while I was painting. Was he looking for a tutor? Sorry, “Grasshopper”, no monks here to mentor you.

PPS Avril's next week. I have put some instructions for finding her place on Messages.

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Thursday 25th July at Angela's, Occold

Thursday 18th July at Wetlands, Earsham

Thursday 11th July, at Avril's

Thursday 4th July, Flixton Air Museum

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