Catherine Beale Portrait Workshop

On Saturday 19th October at Long Load Catherine, who is a recognised enthusiast for watercolour portraiture, gave an interesting demonstration of her modern technique for creating exciting portraits. All present…

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Lawrence Belbin Demonstration

At our regular monthly meeting last Thursday the Group enjoyed an evening with Lawrence  who demonstrate his use of oil paints to achieve a wonderful depiction of a rolling landscape.  It was…

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Alex Cree Demonstration

Alex joined us for a varied and diverse evening demonstration on Wednesday. His use of different 'paints' e.g. tea and ink and 'brushes' e.g. swan quill was interesting, as was…

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SGA Cttee Meeting

The members of the SGA Cttee met at Kate Holland's for the latest meeting and, among other matters, discussed the Annual Exhibition held in August.  During the course of the Exhibition we…

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Outdoor Painting – Nunney Castle

The latest outdoor painting event took place on Monday 1st July, the venue was Nunney Castle near Frome.  Personally I found it amazing to find such a large and well maintained…

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Anita Peglar Workshop

 A full class of members enjoyed an instructive and fun days workshop with Anita on Saturday 29th June at Long Load.  The workshop was on the subject of trees and seed…

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Outdoor Painting

Members enjoyed an afternoon painting in the garden of Barry and Valerie Morse's in Long Load - despite somewhat threatening weather! Many thanks to Roger Harvey (colour image) and  Wendy Smart…

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Outdoor Painting at Lytes Cary

13 members enjoyed the fantastic location of Lytes Cary on Wednesday afternoon with weather to match ! Glorious architecture, abundant gardens, countryside walks, and a croquet match in case of painters…

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Moish Sokal – Illustrated Talk

The Group enjoyed an entertaining and fascinating talk and presentation of his work from Moisha Sokal at its monthly meeting last Wednesday. Moisha started by showing work he had created…

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