Wednesday 12th July – 7 to 9pm –   Shoes

We haven’t drawn or painted what’s in front of us for a while, so bring along some shoes and set up your own still life, or bring one pair if you prefer. The lighting is rather dull in the hall so also bring along the little lamps you’ve been using on a Wednesday evening, to light your still life better. Use flip-flops, sandals, trainers, wellies, sparkly party shoes, works boots, DMs etc, the choice is yours. If you’re feeling inspired then be a designer to create your ideal or imagined shoe.

The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers dates back to 1272 and is number 27 in the order of preference of the City of London livery companies. Click on their website link for more info and photos… www.cordwainers.org

The V&A Museum in London has a collection of over 2000 pairs of shoes. There are photos on their website and you can click through for more info… www.vam.ac.uk/collections/shoes

Saturday 22nd July – 10am to 3pm –  ‘Do your own thing’ at Chalk Church

We return to our summer venue at St.Mary’s Church in Chalk. The church and ‘Monet’ bridge are popular subjects to paint, but you don’t have to. Many of us have painted these several times, so instead start any project for our Open Day (Saturday 25th November) or bring paintings you want to finish.

The area around the Monet bridge has apparently been planted, so that will hopefully look better than last year’s very dry clods of earth!

If it’s raining we still meet at the church as there’s an indoor room in the barn with tables and chairs for us to use. There’s a large car park, toilet, and tea, coffee and biscuits as usual.

Please bring along a folding chair or stool if you intend to paint outside and a packed lunch too. If you can only make the morning or afternoon, please come along and join us for a couple of hours.

The church doesn’t charge us to use the barn or gardens, so any donations to the Church Fund is appreciated, thank you.

If you’re a new member and haven’t visited Chalk Church before, please have a look at this map to see where we’ll be meeting.