Nine members attended Wednesday evening’s meeting. The numbers were lower than usual because quite a few members were unwell or away on holiday. In spite of this we had a very pleasant evening with most using the subject for the month ‘Summer’.

The next session will be on Saturday 28th June from 10am to 3pm and will be our annual competition. It’s not compulsory to enter so come along and draw or paint a picture about summer and enjoy painting with friends.

Chris W couldn’t make the Saturday session last month on The Diversity of Humanity , so painted her picture at home. It’s in watercolours and is a striking composition with great use of rich colours. Lovely work, Chris, well done!

It’s time for our annual competition which is a friendly affair and NOT compulsory.  If you don’t want to enter a painting that’s fine, please use the suggested idea as inspiration for a drawing or painting. The competition theme will be on both Wednesday and Saturday sessions, but if you prefer you can come along and ‘do your own thing’ but not enter the competition.

Wednesday 11th 7-9pm –   Start painting for the competition

The subject is –  SUMMER

There are countless subjects to draw or paint for this broad subject…

People – on the beach, wearing a sunhat and sunglasses, sunbathing in the park, paddling or swimming, sailing on a lake or the sea, making sandcastles, visiting a theme park.

Places – your favourite place to visit in the summer, a beach hut, holiday cottage, walking in the woods.

Flowers – summer blooms in the garden, cut flowers in a vase, a bride’s bouquet or groom’s buttonhole

Animals – your pet lying in the sun, farm animals in a field, heavy horses pulling a cart.

Landscape or seascape – your favourite view of the British countryside or coast in the sun (or rain!), trees in full leaf, boats in a harbour or out at sea.

Food – a cream tea, picnic, barbecue, sandy sandwiches on the beach, trees laden with summer fruits, fruit in a bowl or cornucopia.

Words and pictures – add words or a poem to your summer picture.

Twelve poems about Summer – https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/literary/summer-poems-poetry-solstice-shakespeare-bronte

There’s no right or wrong way to paint this subject…just your way.

Saturday 28th    10am-3pm   –    Competition continued

Continue with your Summer picture, or paint another. All pictures to be on the display tables by 2.30pm then we all cast one vote for our favourite painting. There will be small a cash prize for the winner and runner-up.

A maximum of two drawings/paintings per member.  If you have a picture but can’t attend today please arrange with someone to take and collect your artwork. Or if you come to the Wednesday session but know you can’t make the Saturday session, your picture can be put in our storage cupboard upstairs and brought down for the competition.

If you feel uncomfortable entering the competition that’s fine, you don’t have to. Paint the Summer theme but leave your painting on your own table so it won’t be on the separate tables with the submitted pictures.

Good luck everyone!