August 2022 Newsletter Dear Member Our demo in June was given by Hashim Akib. He is one of our favourite painters and always amuses us with his anecdotes at the same time as applying paint in broad brushstrokes, gradually refining until, quite magically, cars, buses...
Dear Member Events in July We will hold our Summer Garden Party on Sunday July 10th, from 12 – 4pm. Barry and Linda Wisbey have very kindly offered to be our hosts. They live at Wymers Wood Road, Burnham. It is on the outskirts of Burnham, convenient to get to from...
Dear Member At our Monthly Meeting in April, Geoff Hunt demonstrated a London River Thames scene, using oils. It was fascinating to watch the distant London skyline appear with the Thames and river craft in the foreground. Geoff’s advice on painting trees was...
Dear Member After having to cancel the Spring 2021 Exhibition it was good to gather this March to erect the screens and put on a show. Our artists did us proud and visitors came and enjoyed the displays, despite the worries of Covid. Sales were strong, much to our...
Dear Member The Club Fun Day held in February was certainly fun! Imagine 16 artists either up to their elbows in shaving foam mixed with paint, or trying to paint on huge sheets of paper with metre long brushes and sticks of charcoal, or with one hand in a paper bag...
Dear Member Summary of contents– please read on for further details Covid Safe meetings – an update Reminder of The Spring Exhibition Recent events Monthly meeting with Max Hale Tuesday painting workshops Coming soon – an all-day Workshop and the Cookham Festival Tip...
Summary of contents– please read on for further details Covid Safe meetings – we have decided to ask members to show a recent negative Lateral Flow Test result at every meeting, (but we do understand that the supply of LFT kits is a problem at present). A reminder to...
Dear Member Can you believe it, the January 2022 Newsletter already? As it will still be 2021 when you get this, may we wish all our members a Happy and Safe Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year. We have planned a full and interesting programme of events for the...
December 2021 Dear Member In October Roger Dellar came to give us a real live demonstration of a café scene in oils. It made a delightful change from watching things on Zoom and we had a great turnout of more than thirty members – you can’t beat the real thing! (It...