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September 26th

26/9/2024

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Changeable weather for our last Plein air session today at Maggie Ann’s. Bright blue sky with fluffy clouds in one direction and heavy grey in the other.
Diana said that she suspected we would all be ‘scoffing delicious cake’. MINDREADER! Absolutely true.
We were also joined by two very enthusiastic new members Molly and Dusty, who continually checked to make sure that we were still present, and were extremely interested in sniffing our paint boxes and testing our water containers, but we persevered.
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Avril had completed two pencil sketches at the meeting indoors, and two more outside with a lovely leaf study 
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Jackie painted the steps a nice brickwork and foliage subject, and brought two pictures from Dunwich which she painted the day after we visited.
Lesley concentrated on the colourful Rowan  tree with it’s clusters of bright orange/red berries
​ ( there must be a colour name for this…answers on a postcard please)
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And I made a hasty sketch of a rose trellis arch, I was attracted to the different forms of the foliage, but difficult to capture in a loose sketch.
Continuing with the gardens theme, Carolyn has sent a picture of the Crab Apples in her garden. The great thing about the approach of Autumn is that those reds and oranges in the paintbox come into their own.
Diana has sent three images the original photo and stages one and two of the resulting picture, a lovely free atmospheric interpretation.
And this week Ian has been wearing his other hat, turning ducks, and very appealing they look too, so smooth and shiny.
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  • And finally…
  • Next week we are back at The Bowls Club for our A.G.M. 
    please bring some work from this summer for a ‘show and tell’ session after coffee.

  • Please look at the STOP PRESS and the MEMBERS ONLY  page for information about Sally Procner’s workshop coming up shortly and also obituaries.
  • The winter programme is now available on the EVENTS page
  • I am in charge of the blog next week, so keep those picture coming.
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Sally
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Walled garden  and thornham walks - 19th September

19/9/2024

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What a glorious day for a walk in the woods for our merry band of 7 artists, Lesley joined us later on in the day and Sandra and Frances left a bit earlier
There were some stunning photos taken of the gnarled trees and inside the walled gardens where you could order marvellous cakes and tea served by some very willing helpers. 
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Sandra was by a little pond and made a super charcoal sketch of it showing the reflection in the water and foliage and trees

Sally T produced three sketches, one in pencil which showed distance and two tree ones the first in pencil and the next in ink 
Sally L also showed distance in her colourful paintings you can really be lost inside them
Lesley came later today so only had a limited time on her painting but managed to capture the feel of the building. the tree ink drawing of a Cedar tree was done yesterday at Christchurch Park.
Sally P was busy drawing three stunning views tackling buildings, haystacks and trees
I quickly sketched some trees and berries, one has  a stylised feel
Frances sent these from this morning, the first scribble while enjoying scone and apple juice in the Walled Garden. Second a view in the Walled Garden which she took more time over.
Diana sent these, the first showing Thornham in 2015 and two colourful quick scribbles done today with Thornham in mind.
Harriet sent two sketches done this week in Wales as she had been lucky with the weather.
Carolyn has been adding colour to her BandW drawing  this week and is not sure she likes it, but is experimenting. the second drawing is a Sedum from her garden and I think she has captured the complexity of it.
Sally L sent me her pictures from Dunwich last Thursday
Another lot of lovely entrants this week, Sally L is the blogster next week.
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12TH SEPTEMBER 2024 - DUNWICH

12/9/2024

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Seven members disregarded the weather forecast today to sketch at Dunwich, and of course, on this occasion, the weatherman/woman got it mostly right.  Here in Brundall we had hail and heavy rain at unpredictable intervals during the day.  Autumn has definitely set in.  Sally P took some wonderful photos of the threatening skies overhead, as you can see below...
Carolyn was inspired by last week's sunflowers and produced a lovely study.
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Avril wasn't able to go to Dunwich today, but took a photo while out walking Bob, and painted this landscape in acrylic from it. Another colourful sky...
Lesley is in Northumberland.  She says, 'Greetings from sunny but freezing cold Northumberland.
Two sketches whilst walking in the National Park. First looking across Kielder Water towards the dam. Abandoned due to midges!
'Second of Waterfall on tributary of North Tyne. Have discovered it’s very difficult to convey falling water with basic watercolour. I may attempt this in oils when I get home.'
Here are Sally P's sketches, Pen and ink looking out to sea from the cliff top and  w/c pencil sketch of the view towards Southwold. Rain stopped play before she could start a pastel of the same view.
Here are Ian C's sketcches from today, in preparation for a painting...
And these are Angela's sketches, made before sadly decamping to the cafe after lunch, because of the rain.
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 My drawing this week looks like I visited a very romantic location, but sadly it is taken from an old photo from years ago.  It was nearly as wet as this here today though!
I used pencil and watercolour pencil (with a wash) on grey paper.
Next week will be much closer to home - Thornham Walks.  Hope to see you there.  The blogger will be Avril, so send her your contributions.
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Peasenhall september 5th

4/9/2024

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Five hardy Plein air painters braved Peasenhall this week, not me, I’m afraid the ‘air’ was a bit too Plein for me and I chickened out. The painting conditions were so challenging in fact that members had to spend more time than usual in the cafe…in fact the cafe was such a lure that some found it difficult to leave…
Jackie says, ‘great venue, poor weather otherwise the contrast would have been better. We made good use of the Willows Tearooms, excellent tea, coffee and cake. Very interesting buildings with the thatching group drawing the most attention.
​And as her stunning picture shows a perfect subject.
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Ian C has sent two drawings from Peasenhall, and says that ‘ he was the last one to be working’ 
this sounds like a veiled reference to the frequenters of the cafe to me.
Here are Sally P's drawings from Peasenhall.
Carolyn for a change has been  drawing in 4b pencil.  Very effectively highlighting the different patterns and textures of the textiles 
Diana has been working with her fingers in order to loosen up, and has sent three luscious colourful images
Avril has sent this delightful pastel portrait of a Chimpanzee.
And Hannah has recently been working in collage P1&P2, and the third, with the whale, is collage enhanced with drawing in Procreate on her iPad.
I’ve worked on my last week’s sunflower picture which I started off in acrylics and then worked into with Neocolour crayons and oil pastels.
Hannah is in charge of the blog next week, so send any contributions to her.

​Sally
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