Here’s what we’ll be up to in August but as usual you can draw or paint anything you’d like to.

Wednesday 14th August – 7-9pm –   Horses – inspired by George Stubbs 

English artist George Stubbs (August 1724-1806) revolutionised the drawing and painting of horses as he studied their anatomy in great detail. Without doubt the most important painter of horses in the 18th century his paintings are in galleries worldwide. Stubbs’ most famous horse painting is ‘Whistlejacket’ in the National Gallery in London and is the most asked-for painting by visitors.

Using any medium draw or paint a horse or horses in detail, either the whole body, just the head and neck or any part.

Here are details about George Stubbs and gallery websites of his paintings and drawings…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stubbs

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/george-stubbs

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/george-stubbs-538

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/george-stubbs-ara

Saturday 24th August – from 10am to 3pm –   Rochester Cathedral’s private gardens

We will be meeting in the King’s Orchard, the private gardens behind Rochester Cathedral, for this month’s outdoor session. We first visited these gardens two years ago when Kay gained permission for us to sit and enjoy the gardens whilst either painting the view or painting your own idea.

There are a couple of benches but not enough for everyone so you’ll need to bring a chair to sit on. You’ll also need to bring your own water container and lunch, but hopefully the cafe in the crypt will be open if you fancy eating there. The Cathedral are not charging us to use the gardens so we will be having a collection on the day.

A few months ago some of our members pressed patterns on to copper, silver and gold coloured metal scales which now adorn the dragon flying above the nave… https://mcartgroup.wordpress.com/2024/05/12/decorating-dragon-scales/

Hopefully we will be able to see Draco Roffensis on the day… https://www.rochestercathedral.org/dragon

Please email Tracy asap if you would like to attend or not, as we need to know names for the lanyards that must be worn at all times.

Further details about dropping off your art equipment and parking information will be sent by email nearer the time.

Here’s the session from August 2022 on the blog… https://mcartgroup.wordpress.com/2022/08/29/rochester-cathedral-august-2022-saturday/