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mellis, with sally tyley, 29.9.16

30/9/2016

Between morning rain and an earlier than usual time for tea and chat, just a few members did some sketching/painting outside (see right).

This was the last Thursday outdoors of our Summer Programme and for our "Show and Tell" some people brought pieces from our Thursday outings. Others brought work they had done at home or elsewhere in the summer. We had sketchbooks to look at, still life work, abstracts and much more, including intricate, beautiful textile 'paintings'. Lesley explained some of the quite complex processes that go into producing such textile work. An interesting afternoon and another opportunity to enjoy Sally's hospitality in her unique home and garden.

The last three images are of Lesley's textile work.

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eye at maggie-anne's, 22.9.16

22/9/2016

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Maggie-Anne's great garden offered us landscape views, trees, some with fruit growing, even a bug hotel amongst other things .... to exercise our artistic skills on. Here are some of our very varied efforts. We also enjoyed a scrumptious tea while sharing thoughts on our work.

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eye, the pennings, 15.9.16

16/9/2016

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The Pennings is a Nature Reserve, with picnic site, alongside the River Dove. Apart from the attractions of countryside views, the river with its bridge, and nearby Eye Church, there is also in the next field the dilapidated corrugated iron shed - which created some interest! It was a hot (very hot!) day so shade was essential, meaning you could not always place yourself where you would have liked for a good view. Nevertheless, we managed to get engaged with the business of searching for artistic angles or techniques. Good practice and much useful work for future studio efforts! Then we had Angela's welcoming tea and delicious cake in her thankfully shady garden.

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PS You may spot a late but welcome addition to the first set of images.

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Ipswich, Christchurch Park & Mansion 8.9.16

8/9/2016

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A superb park, extending over 33 hectares of picturesque grounds and full of people enjoying themselves. It was opened in 1895.
After coffee and chat some members got busy straight away with some sketching and preliminary painting while others first took a tour of the Mansion with its fine collections of art and other museum items. See some of our work below, which we shared with each other over tea at the cafe. Click to enlarge images.
PS We did not have a nude lady posing for us - one member preferred to work on her life drawing in the beautiful surroundings of the park!

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Pakenham watermill 1.9.16

1/9/2016

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Viewed from the roadside it may not look much, but go inside and it's wonderful: the working mill, which grinds and sells flour, the old kitchen with brewing vat and bread oven, then through to the garden and mill pond with superb views to sketch, paint, photograph or just admire. With sunshine to boot, we had a great day trying in our different ways to capture something of the location. No doubt a number of us will go on to produce finished paintings from our work on the day.
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mellis, with sally tyley, 29.9.16

eye at maggie-anne's, 22.9.16

eye, the pennings, 15.9.16

Ipswich, Christchurch Park & Mansion 8.9.16

Pakenham watermill 1.9.16

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