Thursday 31st January, with Les Bragg

Our leaders (our self-styled ‘mad and dedicated fools’!) took the brave decision to run our session today.  Just as well they did, as it turned out to be a dry, sunny and truly beautiful morning, with great light for anyone hardy enough to paint outdoors.  Not a sign of snow or even a wintry shower.
But we stayed indoors to wonder at all Les’s art-inspiring treasures, laid out on the still-life tables.  I particularly liked his carrots in a vase of water, which presented a great challenge with its reflections and refractions.  Two took up this challenge, with splendid results.  And what about those multilayered images inspired by various items in the display!

​Les himself posed for us, with multiple changes of dress.  He gave us three five-minute standing poses first, followed by a seated pose for about half an hour.  Another seated pose (in summer hat!) followed the coffee break for about an hour.  Like all our presenters, he put in a lot of work to prepare his session for us.  Thank you Les!