Dear Member It is time to start organising our Summer Exhibition. All the details needed to enter your work in this exhibition have been sent to members with their individual Newsletters. We begin as usual with some reports on recent activities and details of this...
June Newsletter 2023
Dear Member, In April for the first Sunday Painting day of this season, we met in the grounds of Nashdom Abbey in Burnham, a former monastery. Eight painters came and painted different views of the house and extensive grounds. The weather was kind for April, a little...
May Newsletter 2023
May 2023 Dear Member Last month we welcomed Susan Neale, a line & wash artist. We apologise for the late start, there were some difficulties with the camera but in the end, John and Peter managed to get it working again. Susan painted a short row of cottages which...
April Newsletter 2023
April 2023 Dear Member In February we welcomed Rick Holmes who did a very lively pastel image of a garden shed. Rick was both informative and entertaining and shared several tips about how to use pastels with acrylic inks, how to prepare surfaces and how to transport...
March Newsletter 2023
March 2023 Dear Member We hope you like the new club logo. Thank you so much to all of you who submitted a design. We took the few which received the most votes at our Christmas Party and decided amongst the committee which to use. We all preferred a clear, graphic...
February Newsletter 2023
February 2023 Dear Member May we wish you a Happy and Healthy 2023. Last December it was good to meet so many of you at our Christmas Party. Thank you so much for coming along and bringing such lovely food. Your membership renewal was due on 1st January 2023. Many...
January Newsletter 2023
January 2023 Dear Member With our very Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year Your membership renewal is due on 1st January, 2023. We do hope that you will decide to remain a member of Cookham Arts Club. To renew, simply send your fee by bank transfer to our HSBC...
December Newsletter 2022
Dear Member In October we welcomed Mark Warner who, with a help of very ordinary looking photo, created a wonderful landscape in acrylics. He used a blue pastel paper to paint on so no white gaps were showing at the end. Mark also used a flat square brush that he...
November Newsletter 2022
Dear Member The Club Holiday. Based around the village of Selworthy in the beautiful countryside of the Exmoor National Park, this year’s holiday was greatly enjoyed. Unfortunately, Covid appeared at the holiday centre and one of the party had to return home early....