Wednesday 8th – 7-9pm – David Hockney

The recent death of one of the most significant and influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, British artist David Hockney, resulted in many articles about him online, in newspapers, magazines, on the news and several programmes on tv.

One article said that David grew up during WWII and post war years and he originally painted with oils, but found them and his birthplace, Bradford, very dreary. He moved to the US in his 20s and his world exploded with bright colours in permanent sunlight and his love of radiant acrylics and California began. In his later years he returned to Yorkshire and embraced photography and painting digitally on his iPad.

Many of the group have seen his paintings in galleries and exhibitions.

– Use any of David’s paintings as a reference and recreate it.

– Use any painting as reference and design your own picture but in his style.

– If you prefer portraits then draw or paint David at any time of his life.

– Use your iPad or tablet to paint digitally.

Here is his official website with many paintings and info… www.hockney.com/home

Wiki page… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hockney

Saturday 25th July – 10am to 3pm – The Friars, Aylesford

We don’t meet at the hall two Saturdays a year in the summer. This year we will try one different place to meet not too far from Chalk and see if there’s a good response.

Many of you have probably visited the priory to attend a service or walk around the grounds, but this time come and enjoy the peaceful surroundings to draw and paint what you see.

The Friars is free to visit with a suggested car parking donation of £2. There’s a tea room and shop, toilets, a large pond, the great courtyard, the main shrine with lots of seating, a rosary walk and rooms to go in if they’re not in use. You’re asked to be quiet at the shrine and rosary walk as they are places for prayer and contemplation and there will be a mass at noon. There may be pilgrims visiting so please be aware of them.

There are benches all around the grounds but take a folding chair if you want to sit elsewhere and there are a few places to shelter if it rains.

We need to inform the office how many artists will be visiting, so please email Tracy asap if you’d like to put your name down.

If you can’t make it all day, come for a couple of hours, or if you don’t drive, bribe your other half to take you for part of the session while they have a walk around and have a coffee in the tea room!

The Friars website… www.thefriars.org.uk/home

Map of the grounds… www.thefriars.org.uk/Plan+your+visit/Map+of+the+Grounds

There will be a theatre production in a field there in the afternoon, but as we’re arriving in the morning there should be plenty of parking for us.