Local; news - Cannock Library hosting a selected exhibition of original art works by Stafford Art Group
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Our first meet for the summer outdoor sketching took place at the beautiful Moathouse at Acton Trussell. What a day we had! The sunshine was glorious , and everyone found their own unique views in and around the grounds. At least 19 members attended, and most of the images created can be seen in the gallery. Some of these are...
Our regular model sketching sessions on June 10th proved very popular, with our own Graham Lee as the model. Graham provided a different pose for todays session - (reading) which gave additional challenges. The artists have all captured him well. (Apologies that I didn't note down all of the artists names to add to each picture. Please message me...
On the evening of Friday May 9th Stafford Art Group held their presentation evening for the Selected Exhibition. Each of the categories had 2 awards, a Winner and a Highly Commended. The competition judges were Claire Lord and Arthur Tindle who also presented the awards.
SAG welcomed watercolour artist Nicky Hunter today. Nicky is an experienced watercolourist who began her career creating designs for textiles. Her work is loose and full of expression. Although she used a reference photograph she stressed that she liked to let the paint dictate a lot of what she creates.
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Our first meet for the summer outdoor sketching took place at the beautiful Moathouse at Acton Trussell. What a day we had! The sunshine was glorious , and everyone found their own unique views in and around the grounds. At least 19 members attended, and most of the images created can be seen in the gallery. Some of these are...
Our regular model sketching sessions on June 10th proved very popular, with our own Graham Lee as the model. Graham provided a different pose for todays session - (reading) which gave additional challenges. The artists have all captured him well. (Apologies that I didn't note down all of the artists names to add to each picture. Please message me...
On the evening of Friday May 9th Stafford Art Group held their presentation evening for the Selected Exhibition. Each of the categories had 2 awards, a Winner and a Highly Commended. The competition judges were Claire Lord and Arthur Tindle who also presented the awards.
SAG welcomed watercolour artist Nicky Hunter today. Nicky is an experienced watercolourist who began her career creating designs for textiles. Her work is loose and full of expression. Although she used a reference photograph she stressed that she liked to let the paint dictate a lot of what she creates.
Here's a little exercise to help reduce stress, using a calming "bee breath".
Many times in our lives we have to deal with uncertainty but when we are anxious we can over-estimate the danger and the chances of bad things happening.
"By going out of your mind, you come to your senses" suggests Alan Watts.
Take a look at the latest zine for USK for March 2025. There is a brilliant artical on page 38 looking at collage sketching using handmade sketchbooks! What a wonderful idea to get you sketching - whether locally or further afield
https://urbansketchers.org/2025/02/27/drawing-attention-march-2025/?mc_cid=17f892dd18&mc_eid=0ad458210e
A bit late... but better late than never! The most recent zine for the Urban Sketchers is now available
Check out the articles to see how sketchers all over the world are recording their 'moments in time' from a wide variety of countries.
This is a companion to Keith presentation recently on Urban Sketching. Please give it a view. You wont be disappointed- so much to learn !
This button links you to JustGiving which will send your donation to the charity. The current charity is Katherine House Hospice in Stafford. You can edit the amount to donate from £1 up.
We have now reached £874 in donations to Katherine House Hospice in Stafford...... well done
