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Thursday 21st July, at Stradbroke

21/7/2022

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A digression first about last week when we had our Summer Exhibition, at the United Reformed Church in Diss, from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th July.  From what I’ve heard and saw, we did ourselves proud, with a good number of viewers, compliments on the strong standard of work and a few sales.  Sales included 7 pictures and 9 cards.  Well done everybody who took part and many thanks especially to those who helped to organise, set up, and steward the exhibition.  For those who made sales, Ian has a message for you on Messages from Members.  (You may need to click on “MORE” to get these.)

Today we were invited to Carolyn and Roy’s garden in Stradbroke. - great to see them again, and I know how much Carolyn enjoys seeing you all.  There were about 11 present at one time or another. What a relief that the temperature had cooled down a little.  The star attraction was their wonderful lilypond, but there were plenty of other subjects asking to be painted.

Carolyn produced two drawings for the blog, the Garden Border with crayons and the interior view with Inktense, here modified slightly with water brush.  She says she looks at the indoor view every day at mealtimes.  She likes the idea of a composition almost entirely made up of straight lines.

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Avril is first in with her three takes on the lilies, not an easy subject in any medium.  (Look how many times Monet had a go!)  Three very lively and colourful pictures from Avril.

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Here we have two artists' work.  First, Sally P used watercolour pencils on SAA practice paper to do a study of a waterlily. She says, "Not a great end result. It looks a bit dull. Might try them on a better quality paper to see if that produces a better result. "   Then Hannah has produced a very gentle work, almost monochrome, of what looks to me like a flowering hosta.
Jackie has sent us two photos, the first of one of the lovely waterlilies in Carolyn's pond.
The second is of the Mere in Diss, 
started last Thursday and worked on during the last week.  She adds, "I would love to capture the essence of Willow trees so if anyone has any tips?"

From Sally T, "Here are my pictures for today of Carolyn's water lilies. Both are sketches which I hope to work on.  One is in pencil and the other in Inktense pencil, water brush and ink. I managed to decorate my trousers with ink in the process!"
Sally L’s subject is not unrelated to gardens and ponds, but with a novel approach.  She says, “I’ve been playing with some collaged bits of gelliplate contact sheets to make some Mythical Moths. The only trouble is I’ve had a fan on because of the heat, and it’s blowing these tiny fragments all over the room!”  
​The second piece is Josie's work, 
which is good to see as she often tends to hide her light under a bushel.​ It comes via Hannah.

Harriet has sent us her work from today, two sketches of waterlilies.  
​She has also submitted 3 from her visit to Wales 2 weeks ago, "not sent before as I was having problems with the signal and then it was too late."

Richard has produced an interesting image as the start of an abstract piece  in Art Nouveau style.  Sally P pronounced it a brilliant idea, so let us see the finished work in due course, Richard.
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Just one more in from Angela, who was painting the side of the border with the trees behind.  She says, "I might do more work on it when it has dried a bit but I don’t want it to get too fussy. I abandoned the geraniums at the front as they were so delicate I couldn’t get my palette knife to convey their translucent qualities - I just pretended they weren’t there! It was lovely to see Carolyn after such a long time and in great spirits."
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The day finished with all present enjoying tea with Carolyn.
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Next week's meeting is at Ian's, at Westhorpe and it is Hannah's turn to do the blog, so please remember to send photos of your work to her.  Keep painting and have a very good week.  
​Cheers, Noreen.
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