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...
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...