Peta has been working hard when she visits London and has created more marvellous ink sketches on her travels. The sketches have been published on the website ‘Spitalfields Life’ and each one is accompanied by an informative description of the view.

There’s a lot to learn from each and every one and the details she has captured are amazing. Well done, Peta!

The following photos are screenshots from the website. If you click on the first one you’ll be able to read the description before clicking the right arrow to the next one.

If you want to see the sketches on the website then follow this link… www.spitalfieldslife.com/2023/06/20/petas-bridles-watery-london/ then scroll down past two photographs to the article.

If you’re interested in more articles on the website just click where it says ‘home’ and you’ll see the latest posts.

George has been very busy these past few months, painting portraits in oils of film stars from Westerns and other genres. Lovely work, George!

Can you guess who they all are?

The theme for Saturdays meeting was Fabulous Flowers and Tracy requested that perhaps members could wear something bright and floral, which many did even including Peter.

Here are the ‘fabulous’ paintings in various mediums that we produced.

Some members ‘Did their own thing’ all are ‘works in progress’

Well done all , 22 members attended, what a lovely day.

Ann Brooker, a member for many years, has let me know that as she is unable to drive any more and will not be able to attend meetings in the future. She sends her best wishes to everyone. We all hope that she continues painting and perhaps will send in some of her work to go on the website.

Meetings for next month are.

Wednesday 12th July 7pm till 9 pm. at Chalk hall

Saturday 22nd July 10 am till 3 pm in The garden at Chalk Church

On a beautiful, bright evening ten members met at the hall to create Zentangles. We cleared our minds, put pen to paper and produced pictures with black pen on white paper, white pen on black paper, adding colour and shading to give more interest. No one had tried Zentangles before but we agreed it’s something to continue doing, especially if you’ve only got 15 minutes spare. You don’t need much equipment, just a pencil, pen and paper, even a post-it note pad, enabling you to be creative.

Well done everyone, each and every Zentangle is fascinating to see!

Susan couldn’t make the session so she drew her Zentangle at home and sent in a photo. If you can’t come to a session please use the subject idea to paint at home and send a photo of your picture that day to Tracy, for inclusion in the relevant blog post.

The next session is on Saturday 24th June from 10am to 3pm.

Wednesday 14th 7-9pm – Zentangle Art

Using a pencil, pen, ruler and paper which is 3.5″ square (9cm x 9cm), form a series of repetitive patterns to create original abstract images. Use lines, dots, circles, curls, swirls and squiggles and watch as organic shapes morph into something new.

If you’d rather work in a bigger size and use more colours then that’s absolutely fine, bring more than the basics to draw with. Relax and concentrate your mind.

Try and incorporate the colour Viva Magenta into your picture too.

Google the word ‘Zentangle’ to see lots of images, or click on these links for more info… www.zentangle.com

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Saturday 24th June 10am-3pm – Fabulous Flowers

Flowers are always a popular subject to paint, so let’s have a whole session to get creative with fabulous, fecund florals and brilliant, beautiful blooms.

Wild flowers or garden, tropical or potted, a whole garden or a botanical painting of just one flower, it’s your choice. Use any medium but why not go as bright as you can? Use colourful inks, Inktense pencils and blocks, or pure, intense watercolours. Work large, fast and loose to create images with impact, like Georgia O’Keefe. Or paint more traditional flower paintings like Edouard Manet or Claude Monet.

This promises to be a very colourful, creative session!