Change of venue for next week - please see note at end of blog.
A beautiful day today, at least to start with, and let’s hope it continues for our members going to the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. We have been there before a few times, I believe, and found many interesting subjects to draw and paint.
The railway was intended to build a 50-mile network to open up an agricultural area of central Suffolk, but it never really got off the ground and closed in 1952. Informally referred to as the Middy Line, it is now a railway museum run by a charity.
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The railway was intended to build a 50-mile network to open up an agricultural area of central Suffolk, but it never really got off the ground and closed in 1952. Informally referred to as the Middy Line, it is now a railway museum run by a charity.
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I hear from Sally P that eight people turned up today and enjoyed the warm and sunny day. Here are some location photos she took.
She produced three drawings, which she herself calls "not bad going". (I agree.)
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Frances concurs that it has been a lovely warm day there; “so much so that a Red Admiral sunned itself on my little sketch book for some minutes. Having been sketching quite a few landscapes recently I decided to concentrate on shapes. In my small sketch book, watercolour and pencil, and on A3 sheet playing with oil pastels and ink.”
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We have a variety of sketches from Avril, in which she has cleverly captured a variety of textures, shapes and perspective. Also included is her photo of three members at work.
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| Jane was able to join the meeting this week. It's great to see her beautiful drawing of (I think) the engine shed. |  |
| Lesley decided to use oils today, not having had a paintbrush out for 5 weeks. She says, "I need to do a bit of refining of the rails and foliage when the paint dries. Also remove all the flies stuck in the sky!" |  |
| Ideal sketching weather today, says Sally L. Of her first sketch, she tell us "I did have these engine parts explained to me in some detail, needless to say I have forgotten all of it! The Wissington came from Bury St Edmunds, used to ferry sugar beet to the factory. "I think I might colour it, because the whole thing was in a shed and quite dark, except for the red brake lever." |  |  |
Of the second sketch, she says, "This is a view down to the engine shed at the end showing the Wissington end on. I drew this on top of a partly ready printed background, enabling me to squeeze in some opera pink paving." (Nice to see some Opera Pink back.N.)
| Harriet is in Wales at the moment, where it is raining. She has sent us two sketches |  |  |
Next week's meeting was to have been at Bressingham, but Sally P reports that having chatted to the Plein air painters last week and this, we have decided to change the venue to Redgrave and Lopham Fen.
That's all for this week, I believe. I wish you all the best for next week and look forward to receiving your contributions to the blog. Don't forget, Hannah is away and you must send your work to me, Noreen.
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