The Start-rite Children 60 years on
Marsha encouraged the Start-Rite generation of artists to paint figures in a landscape
Sunday, 28 November 2010
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Catch up with the "Black hand gang"
Tony demonstrates that he does sometimes get messy
Trevor showed us a new (to us) technique using water with pastels to create a tonal under painting
Paul Alcock demonstrated the use of an acrylic under painting with oils on top
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Friday, 8 October 2010
Snow scene with Colin Stead
Monday, 27 September 2010
Catching up
Ge Zuqiang (Below) who kindly took me to see the tea picking, picked the winners of the CHINA TEA CHALLENGE
1st Lindall Collins
I choose picture 131 as the first one, it shows people pick up tea as fact and close to life
2nd Allan Vann
Picture 138 as the second, showing the tea scenery
3rd Elaine Unsworth
Picture 127, the third, it shows people on the ghat
Prizes will be handed out on Friday 1st October
To complete the Chinese theme Li Jiali (AKA Sally Leo) joined us at Heybridge as part of her first visit to th UK.
Sunday, 18 July 2010
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
Saturday, 26 June 2010
Winners of the Japan Challenge
Winners of the Japan Challenge
Prizes and organisation by Lyn and Tim
Judged by their fiend Kazuyo
(also a impressive artist we will try and get some of her work to show you)
First price went to Jenny Roe who was on holiday
Second price went to Maureen Dale
Third price went to Gerry Dale
(honest we didn't bribe the judge :))
Please click on the links to see the picture galleries
All entry's for the Japan Challenge must be in by Friday 25th June
Friday, 18 June 2010
Towards Scotland part 1
Please click on the links to see the picture galleries
All entry's for the Japan Challenge must be in by Friday 25th June
Saturday, 12 June 2010
Towards Scotland
Over the next two weeks Trevor Harwood we will be working with us using photographs taken by Derek Gough earlier this year in Scotland. Trevor will be using water colour and acrylics so please download your favourite image to work on next Friday
7th June hard at work without a tutor .
Please click on the links to see the picture galleries
Saturday, 5 June 2010
Working on the Japanese Challenge with Paul Alcock
Paul made the complex seem simple (Ha Ha) with a very quick pastel sketch of one of the Japanese pictures. Creating a simple composition that expressed the subject well but concentration on shape and shade.
Please click on the links to see the picture galleries
Sunday, 30 May 2010
Sticky Fun
Jenny Hill did a session on an introduction to collage
and as usual you can see what we got up to by following the link
Please click on the links to see the picture galleries
Saturday, 22 May 2010
Thursday, 15 April 2010
At last an update
At last an update to cover the last term
and remind you we are back doing
people in a landscape with Paul Alcock
Friday 16th April
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Sky blue pink
The announcement of the winners of the America challenge
was made at the Bull by Barbara
The winner was Allen
2nd Jenny
3rd Silvia
4th Tony
Then we painted the sky with Janet Reid
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