The clocks changed recently so we arrived at the hall in daylight, making it much easier to find a parking space. Eight members came to the session and started painting their RNLI pictures of lifeboats and a portrait of Grace Darling in pastels.

Angela D started a snowy painting and also brought along her Heath Ledger Joker painting which she had started in acrylics at the ‘Heroes and Villains’ session last month, then finished at home in oils.

Brenda brought along two collages she has made in preparation of a collage workshop she is running next month. The first collage was made by using strips of coloured paper, most of which she printed herself, glued down with a glue stick following the shape of the apple then varnished with Mod Podge to give a lovely sheen. The second collage is made from strips of fabric ironed down using fabric web glue. Hope the workshop goes well!

Thank you everyone who brought in completed wild animal pastel pictures, they will feature in their own post soon.

The next session is on Saturday 27th April from 10am and will be the final of the competition, so get drawing and painting anything to do with the RNLI.