Dear Member Have you ever heard of Chromacolour acrylics? They are specialist paints developed for the painting of ‘cells’ in the animation industry. Our visiting artist in September, Andrew Forkner, likes to use these paints for his detailed wildlife...
Dear Member Best in show! Each year we put on a summer exhibition in Pinder Hall, Cookham Rise. After having to cancel last August, the Club’s artists, along with a few non-members set up a super display of paintings, drawings, ceramics, glass art, needlework and...
Dear Member Our August Summer Exhibition will be getting under way in Pinder Hall when you receive this Newsletter, so please promote it in any way you can, for example with the flyers we sent you or on your social media. Do bring your friends and relatives along. As...
Dear Member Club members have recently returned from the 2021 Holiday: 12 people,10 painters and 2 walkers went to the Isle of Wight. After few hiccups with getting on ferry, all enjoyed the trip, and found the hotel well prepared to cope with the Covid restrictions...
Dear Member COOKHAM ARTS CLUB – still going strong after 80 years! We did hope to hold our 80th Anniversary Lunch Party on Sunday 10th July, as mentioned in the last Newsletter. However, at the time of writing our PM has just announced an extension of the Covid...
In April, eight club members took part in the Club’s first workshop held over Zoom. The artist Mark Warner was a good presenter, giving clear explanations with a sense of fun. He was very informative and helpful and had a look at every individual's work. We all worked...
Dear Member In March Melissa Wishart gave us a seascape demo, watched via Zoom by about 30 members. She was a very good presenter, calm, with good camera work to show us her painting and the palette she was using. As an introduction she showed us a lot of previous...
Dear Member Keith Hornblower prepared a video of ‘An Icelandic Scene’ for us to watch last month. Most people thought it was brilliant. Video versus Zoom comments: Video can be watched when you like. Zoom is a more social event, which is important and the artist...
Dear Member Watendlath, a watercolour by Lyn Rackley As I settle to the task of composing this month’s Newsletter the weather has been distinctly Icelandic. It seems an appropriate time to ask if you have taken the opportunity to watch Keith Hornblower painting a...