MARCH
Wednesday 13th 7-9pm – European cities
With Brexit nearly upon us, think of a visit you’ve made to a European city and paint a favourite view. If you haven’t travelled to Europe then paint a picture of a city you’d love to visit. We’ll display our paintings at the end of the sessions and see if we can name all the cities.
Saturday 23rd 10am-3.30pm – Watercolour workshop with Kit Leese
A new artist to us, Kit will be running a watercolour workshop based on a landscape or garden view (final details nearer the time). See Kit’s paintings on his website at www.kitleese.com
If you’d like to attend, check your diary first to see if you’re free. If so, please email or phone Susan asap (her contact details were emailed to you last month) and she will add names to the workshop list in the order received. If there are more than 25 names, then a waiting list will be used.
Do not use the comments box on the blog to ask for a place, as messages can take days to appear.
The fee for today will be £14, which includes Kit’s workshop and hall hire.
APRIL
Wednesday 10th 7-9pm – Topiary
In formal gardens all year round, paint a picture of topiary in any medium. Hall Place in Bexley has many topiary trees, including those called the Queen’s Beasts, planted in 1953 to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II…www.hallplace.org.uk. The world’s oldest topiary is at Levens Hall in Cumbria…www.levenshall.co.uk, Hampton Court Palace has magnificent topiary…www.hrp.org.ukand Hever Castle has many examples too…www.hevercastle.co.uk. Another interesting website is www.topiaryintheuk.co.uk.
You may have visited many more gardens with topiary, so bring any photos with you.
Saturday 27th 10am-3.30pm – Spring Greens
Spring should be with us by now, so use today as practice for making greens in any medium. Try different yellows and blues, or use a favourite green paint and learn which colours lighten or darken the tones. Paint a spring landscape, a vase of daffodils, a tulip field full of greens and colours, an Easter scene, trees full of leaves and blossom etc.
The fee for today is £6.
Medway & Chalk Art Group 