Blog – Page 8 – Somerton Group of Artists

RWA Bristol Annual Open Exhibition.

The SGA is organising a coach on the 23 October 2019 to visit the above. The trip is being subsidised for SGA members (£10) , but is also open to…

Have you heard of Joaquin Sorolla?

Until six years ago we had never heard of Joaquin Sorolla (1863–1923). We were in Bilbao on a cool and gloomy day in late May. Nowadays, ‘Bilbao’ means Frank Gehry…

Anita Pegler’s Talk and Demonstration

Despite it being a very windy evening many SGA members - and visitors - attended Anita's fascinating demonstration on Wednesday evening. During the night Anita produced 2 pictures in acrylic…

Catherine Beale Workshop

14 SGA members had an inspiring day with Catherine Beale at Long Load in early February. She demonstrated how to paint winter trees, using a wet into wet watercolour technique.…

New Year Lunch

16 members enjoyed lunch at the Great Bow Wharf, Langport last Monday. Conversation flowed and we all had a good time. Should we do this again next year?!

Joanna Cobb’s talk on plants and flowers in art.

Joanna Cobb gave a fascinating talk on Wednesday evening illustrating the many examples of flowers and plants in art. Her romp through history started with the Romans and brought us…

Christmas Celebration!

Somerton Group of Artists had a great evening last Wednesday - a pre-Christmas celebration! We had a fun quiz, mulled wine, lots to eat, plenty of chat and a raffle…

Sandra Meech – Mixed Media & Textile Artist

Sandra Meech will be giving a talk and presenting her work on Wednesday 14th November 2018 at 7.30 p.m. Sandra is an artist, author and teacher in textiles and mixed…

Paul Nash – War Artist

PAUL NASH, WAR ARTIST War is a frightful business, but sadly seems to be hard-wired into the human animal. Its depiction throughout the last thousand years has tended to be…

Charcoal Drawing with Kate Lynch

Members enjoyed a fascinating and very informative talk and demonstration from Kate Lynch on Wednesday evening. Kate, who works in oils, pastels and willow charcoal, is well known for her…