We were very well served by two Sallys today, each offering the opposite of what they did two weeks ago.  Sally L’s. still life setups each had two sides, with different colours and textures in each, giving everyone an interesting view.  Sally P. followed Sally L’s. holiday theme from two weeks ago, but offered one long pose, the holiday maker now ensconced in a deck chair, with a nice cup of tea to hand! 
The two set ups give everyone a closer view, and there is the opportunity for lots of variety. 
Next week is the portraits workshop, with numbers limited to those who have signed up.  Jackie has arranged for those who are not participating to go to The Bank (if they would like to), to be able to have a morning of drawing and painting there.  If you would like to know more, contact her.
We were also told that the first sale was made of the insect paintings within 24 hours of hanging!

Quite a challenge to follow Noreen’s impeccable photography and blog – hope I haven’t let her down!

We started off our winter activities with a good show of people.  Sally P gave us two splendid still life set-ups.  They were autumn-themed, with an excellent array of objects, which could be drawn/painted en masse or selected individually.  She obviously went to town on these.  Sally L chose the airport as her theme and presented us with many imaginative poses - drawn from her observations when last waiting herself at an airport.  She really kept us on our toes with her five-minute poses. (I'm sorry, Sally, I didn't manage to capture more of these for the Blog.)  After the coffee break we enjoyed one long pose.  
The two Sallys paired up to share the load, so next week the roles will be reversed.  
Below are just some examples of our work.
The new arrangement of tables with two still-life set-ups, chairs and easels seemed to work quite well, but please let us have your comments or suggestions.
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