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In July one of our members Keith Potts joined a 3 day oil portrait painting course in Stroud, Gloucester.

Tuesday 25th 's visit to Aston Marina stayed mostly dry for us , though it was quite a breezy day! Members chose to draw and paint a variety of subjects including the many boats, scenic views across the water, flora and fauna. Sometimes the challenge is what to include... and what to miss out- in such a vast and...

On a very wet Tuesday 11th July, a hardy group of members met at the Oak Tree Rural Project in Hilderstone. Despite the heavy rain, a few of the members found a dry spot in the polytunnel with views of the sturdy tomato plants, while others enjoyed a cuppa in the tearooms while drawing the table tops or views through the windows. ...

One of our members , Sandra, was invited to display some of her work at the Great Haywood Local History and Art Exhibition. Sandra has produced several pieces of work featuring local views and landmarks. The event was attended by the mayor of Stafford.

Sheila's Blog on Enhanced Drawings

This is a chance to draw and paint Graham, our model, in interesting poses before he took up the fixed pose. We did have a bit of fun setting these up. Let us know if you want more of this type to work from.

And ... after working on it in the studio

On Tuesday 21st March Shane Wiseman, our resident artist, joined us to demonstrate adding small figures to landscapes. Shane showed how simple it could be to add just a few strokes of paint to indicate a small figure in a larger picture. His easy to follow instructions created a range of small figures standing or walking- a technique that could...

Friday 17th and Saturday 18th March was our Spring Exhibition at Oddfellows. The weeks of planning and preparation resulted in an excellent exhibition, with around 20% of all paintings sold! This has just demonstrated that we are now back on track after a lean few years due to Covid.

Graham Lee, one of our current members, was today's model. The model session was well attended with the usual variety of media being used- including pencil, pastel and watercolour. Despite everyone having the same model, each approach is different. Some draw the whole figure in amazing detail, others prefer to focus on capturing the figure in tone...