Welcome to the Somerton Group of Artists.

Are you interested in art? Why not join us!

Here you will find a very friendly local artists group from Somerton and the surrounding areas, Somerset, UK. We welcome all new members who are interested in art. You don’t even have to be a painter yourself to get involved – you may just want to meet other people with the same interests. We are well established and have around 60 members of all ages and abilities.

We hold a year round programme of talks and demonstrations by professional artists with occasional day-long workshops. We have ‘painting together’ sessions and outside painting and sketching sessions in the summer. These are usually held with somewhere for lunch or tea nearby! In the winter, some members also meet weekly in the Pinney Room, in the Parish Rooms ,Market Square Somerton , to paint together every Tuesday morning from 10am. to 1pm. 

We hold an annual exhibition of our work, and all members are invited to participate.

If you are interested, or have any questions, please contact us for a chat or just turn up to one of our events or sessions. You will be made very welcome!

 

Kevin Pickles

At our March evening meeting, member Kevin Pickles gave a most interesting talk about his work as a professional freelance comic book artist. He explained the process from script to finished page, showing sketches, notes and original artwork. All are hand drawn with pens and pencils and are all in black and white.

Kevin answered many of the questions from members that were asked about the paper, tools and techniques he uses.

We also learned that comic books have their own language, and the planning of a page of drawings to tell a story, requires skills to match that of Kevin’s drawing.

A most enjoyable evening!