Day: August 24, 2019

Painting outside at Chalk Church August 2019

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What a difference to last month when we had to stay inside the church barn because of the rain. Today was very hot but luckily, for those of us who chose to paint outside, there was plenty of shade from the trees.

How enjoyable to spend time painting ‘en plein air’ with members of our art group and how lucky we are to have such a beautiful spot to use in the summer. We actually lost track of the time and before we knew it, it was time to go home. Nonetheless we all had a productive and very pleasant day.

While some of us started new paintings, others used the day to finish off current projects. Some painted our surroundings and some worked from photographs. A lot can be achieved in just a few hours. What a coincidence that two of us decided to paint puffins!

Brenda’s beach huts

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Brenda made an initial ‘sketch’ of her beach huts by using all types of interesting papers to make the shapes and to get an idea of colours. A photo of this can be found if you scroll down to our beach huts session on the last Wednesday. The first photo is the one.

Then Brenda enlarged her idea to make an embroidered wall hanging. Using a sewing machine for traditional stitching, she also moved the fabric around in freestyle mode to create the patterns you can see in the sand, sea and sky. Brenda finished off by hand-stitching on some tiny bird shapes, a fabric rose and a small confetti shell as hut decorations.

Isn’t it beautiful?