September 26th

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 

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
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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.

• 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