I’m indebted to Sally P as I didn’t get to Westhorpe for this very comprehensive report.
A cold and wet day, at times at Westhorpe. Well for most of the time actually! There were only 5 hardy artists and Ian C! ( He stayed indoors painting from an upstairs window!)
We started with tea and biscuits in the morning and just as we went outside it started to rain. Jackie stayed in the garden and was luckily positioned under a large sun umbrella whilst painting a scene of a Bistro table and chairs.
Josie, Ian and I wandered over to the church where we met Sally T who had started a picture that had to be abandoned due to the rain. I sat indoors to draw some clangers. I had to position myself away from the leaky roof!
Ian J. Chose a complicated view of the interior of the church. He made a good job of it too!
Josie sat outside in the porch and produce two pictures.......with some new pens! I particularly like the colour one.
Sally T also sat outside. She produced one drawing of a window and one of the same view as Josie and I.
I joined them for my second and third pictures. The third one I was trying out Jo's new pens. ( Rather nice)
Ian C. Very wisely chose to stay indoors and painted a Sycamore tree and a pine tree in oils.
Then at just gone 2.00 we decided to head back to Ian's house for a cuppa and two lovely cakes. A lemon drizzle and a fat free sponge with strawberries and cream. Jackie and Ian were already indoors and had finished a cup of coffee!
A cold and wet day, at times at Westhorpe. Well for most of the time actually! There were only 5 hardy artists and Ian C! ( He stayed indoors painting from an upstairs window!)
We started with tea and biscuits in the morning and just as we went outside it started to rain. Jackie stayed in the garden and was luckily positioned under a large sun umbrella whilst painting a scene of a Bistro table and chairs.
Josie, Ian and I wandered over to the church where we met Sally T who had started a picture that had to be abandoned due to the rain. I sat indoors to draw some clangers. I had to position myself away from the leaky roof!
Ian J. Chose a complicated view of the interior of the church. He made a good job of it too!
Josie sat outside in the porch and produce two pictures.......with some new pens! I particularly like the colour one.
Sally T also sat outside. She produced one drawing of a window and one of the same view as Josie and I.
I joined them for my second and third pictures. The third one I was trying out Jo's new pens. ( Rather nice)
Ian C. Very wisely chose to stay indoors and painted a Sycamore tree and a pine tree in oils.
Then at just gone 2.00 we decided to head back to Ian's house for a cuppa and two lovely cakes. A lemon drizzle and a fat free sponge with strawberries and cream. Jackie and Ian were already indoors and had finished a cup of coffee!
Here are Sally T’s pencil sketches, done very quickly she says.
Three from Sally P some metal ‘clangers’ inside the church. A view of the war memorial, and the third ,’in the style of Josie’ using some of Josie’s pens.
a view of Ian’s garden from Jackie, you would never know that it was raining!
an original ‘Josie’ from Josie of the graveyard first in charcoal, and then, using her new pens, and a delicate coloured pencil church interior from Ian J
Two oil paintings of trees from Ian C that he can see from his window at Westhorpe.
Carolyn was first off the blocks today, with this picture of a rose currently flowering in her garden.”at it’s best in bud or partly opened” one of her favourites.She sends greetings to you all.
Carolyn was first off the blocks today, with this picture of a rose currently flowering in her garden.”at it’s best in bud or partly opened” one of her favourites.She sends greetings to you all.
Hannah has been collaging a lot lately, using Gelli prints and adding some ink.
she will also be putting something on Messages from Members about an exhibition she is participating in, so please look there for more information.
Lesley is staying in Boxford and has sent ‘a couple of quick sketches whilst out on a walk before the rain arrived’
and Frances has sent three pictures from France, a brilliant blue Agapanthus with Peacock butterflies, the finished version of a previous sketch, the second, while standing in the sea… that’s rather extreme even for a dedicated member of EAG,…maybe this is the beginning of a trend for extreme sketching…and finally an acrylic version .
Harriet was sorry not to get to Ian’s house today, but has sent a lovely drawing of some of her house plants.
Diana says, ‘I can remember going through the churchyard near Ian’s several years ago these are possibly the sketches.
The third one is what you can do with water on felt tips.Ive seen a lot of water this week,mainly coming through the roof on to my living room floor.’
The third one is what you can do with water on felt tips.Ive seen a lot of water this week,mainly coming through the roof on to my living room floor.’
and from me a mixed media puddle picture,
- Our blogger next week is Hannah, please send pictures to her.
- Don’t forget to check the Members Only section for details of Hannah’s exhibition, and an invitation to the private view at Holton Barns, part of the Suffolk Open Studios late summer exhibition, where Angela and I are exhibiting.
Sally
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