Sara, our own Secretary, made the November presentation, saving the day, having had a call from the planned artist who had a medical problem and could not make the planned event. One of Sara’s “art” passions is Glass Fusion so in a matter of a couple of hours put together a multi-media presentation explaining the technicalities of glass fusion along…

Steph visited the society in October 2023 and demonstrated her mixed media portrait art. Using torn book and song sheet pages glued to the canvas, over drawn with a ball point pen or biro! and a little ink and acrylic paint to produce a stunning portrait image. About Steph:  https://stephcoley.com/ A mixed media artist born in Derbyshire, UK, where she still…

Tim made the visit to the society in September 2023 arriving with just seconds to spare due to traffic but was unperturbed by this and continued to make a very interesting 2 part presentation to the society showing how first to draw wheels with perspective and moving on then to produce a painting in under 45minutes of racing cars on…

Heather Griffin visited the society in August 2023, this being her second visit to the society having  helped us out at short notice in 2022.  In 2022 Heather painted in oils and created a Pig painting, this year moving on to Sheep! To re-cap on the “Pig” follow the 2022 link Heather in 2022 Otherwise see here the 2023 Sheep…

Colin had travelled the UK on his way to the Patchings Art Festival and was able to demonstrate to the society on-route in July 2023, demonstrating the painting of a “sea scape” scene using oils as the medium. The scene was based on a view of the Forth Bridge from long distance, although not in the painting, but having a…

Graham Laughton visited the society in June 2023 to give us an interesting demonstration of making a portrait drawing in pastel, Lynda, one of our members, was the lucky person asked to sit for him as the model. By clicking on the image below you can see the progression of the drawing from initial lines to the final portrait

A change in the programme due to ill-health of the planned artist saw Phil Biggs visit the society in May 2023, Phil’s second visit to the society, the first in 2014, to show us how to construct a landscape in Watercolour based on a Lake District scene.  Throughout the evening Phil was seen “painting” behind the easel – this turned…

Steve visited the society in April 2023 and showed us his approach to creating Cubism art using bottles and a glass as subject matter.  Whilst the video camera was upside down for the first half of the presentation this didn’t actually matter as the picture was continually spinning around as Steve created the art – bottles up or down didn’t…

Leanne Ellis visited the society in March 2023 and entertained us whilst painting not one but two paintings both donated to the society which will be included in the 2023 Christmas social event later in the year. Leanne demonstrated her dynamic approach to painting and shared some useful tip during the evening. About Leanne https://www.leanneellisart.com/index.html I was born in 1980 and…

Kate Wrigglesworth visited the society in January and demonstrated her unique and colourful fantasy art work, creating a beach scene with a boat, dancers and shells! The Society also enjoyed a video short from Kates collection entitled “Angle Garden” showcasing dance and art together which can be viewed on Kates YouTube Channel by following the link here -> Angel Garden…