It was lovely to see ten members at the session, all eager to try their hand at drawing and painting horses, which we all thought was quite a challenge. The session was inspired by the birth of George Stubbs 300 years ago this month and his extraordinary paintings of horses in Georgian Britain. His most famous painting is ‘Whistlejacket’ in The National Gallery in London where visitors admire the horse’s perfectly formed body against a plain background so nothing distracts from the horse himself.

A good start was made with the pictures and hopefully they’ll be finished at home. Patrick finished his pencil drawing inspired by an old postcard.

Kay was disappointed not to come to the session as she loves horses. At home she found her sketching book which she had begun at just 5 years old and continued with until her mid teens. The pyrography was done when she was 14 and the last image was painted a couple of years ago as a gift for a friend of her own horse.

Lovely work everyone, do try the subject again!

Details of our visit to Rochester Cathedral on Saturday 24th August will be sent in a couple of days. Do email Tracy asap if you want to come along too.