Thursday morning session painting or sketching fruit and or flowers in any medium.  

This session will consist of a short demonstration of painting water by Frances Winder with a chance for everyone to do their own painting after a coffee break. Bring any media for your own attempt.

The next session is down as illustrating a poem or a piece of literature.  If you have decided what you are doing with this subject, great, come and do it; but following Frances Winders inspiring demonstration last week, several participants thought that they would like to try her techniques so I'm writing a list of…

Portrait or figure sketching. Quick poses by members of the group.

This is a chance to work on one of your summer sketches or photos. You could work on a painting you have wanted to finish but never got round to.

Please come along to a full day workshop with a well known local artist and art tutor.  Karen works with a number of different media such as watercolour, gouache, pastel and acrylics, often combining them to make her vibrant artworks. This time we will be using water colour and pastel to make an autumn scene.…

This is an open painting session to do whatever you like. Finish a painting, ask advice or have a chat. it's always good to get together. £1.00 for coffee and biscuits.

Please bring in something interesting to add to a large arrangement. £1.00 for coffee and biscuits

This sounds a little disconcerting but please come and join us.  It will be a chance for you to discuss, in a friendly atmosphere, how your painting or drawing is getting on. Nobody will pull your paintings to pieces but may be able to help you with colour, tone, design, or how to continue.  We…

This should be fun. It will give you a chance to develop a painting fom a small piece of an old master or a photograph, using any medium you like. Use your imagination and see what you can come up with.      

Another amusing session. This time develop an abstract painting from a small piece of a coloured photograph or painting, which will be supplied, using only the colours on thst example. I've done this before and it was great fun.  You can stick the piece you are given on your paper and extend the colours, or…

Collagraph is an exciting and expressive method of printmaking. The method involves sticking materials on to a piece of mount board (called a plate) or cutting into the plate. Through this method you can create interesting textures and patterns. The plate can be printed as a relief print using a roller or as an intaglio…