What a fun evening! Great buffet, skittles games and good company. Thanks to the committee putting it all together. Thanks to James Mc for the skittles and our compere extraordinaire.
Monthly Archives: January 2019
15 Nov 2018 – Work night scraper boards
Getting creative with scraper boards. Thanks Lesley and Dave for finding all the books, references, and materials, and Shelley for enlightening us with the results of some of her experiments.
2018 – Exhibition at Kidderminster Library
The exhibition is up and we’ve already had quite a few people through! Many thanks to everyone for your artwork and huge thanks to the hanging team, without them it would not have happened. Shelley, Ed, Colin, Dave and Karen, also to Kevin and Justine for their input and tea!
This year we are featuring a special display to commemorate 100 years since the end of WW1. All members were given a small canvas to paint for the exhibition. They were then available to purchase by the public for £5 each and all proceeds given to the Poppy Appeal
In addition to the poppy display and the regular exhibition a number of members have been creating ‘art books’ this year. Here is sneak preview. They will be on view at our annual exhibition at Kidderminster Library from Saturday 3rd November.
1st Nov 2018 – Demo John Instance
John Instance was our guest artist yesterday evening, 1st November 2018. He treated us to a master class on painting snow, painting a well-known scene of Bewdley which will be available as a Christmas card this year. Thanks John for a very enjoyable evening.
4 Oct 2018 – talk by Steve Ridley
Members spent a fascinating evening in the company of Steve Ridley on Thursday 4th October 2018. Steve gave us a brief insight into the artists of WW1 and their work. Far from the propaganda you would expect of government-funded art, many of the artists of the day used their art to show the horrors of war rather than glorify it. Definitely a subject worth looking at in more depth.
