Water Colour Painting with, New this year, - Pastel Paintings and Acrylic Paintings
(date is painting completed)

2013

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May with a pastel and an acrylic painting

Left - A Polecat (in pastels) Right - A Garden (in acrylic)

April with a pastel and a painting

Left - An English Setter Right - Painting of Lindesfarme

March and a couple of pastels

Rough-coated Basset Hounds: puppy (left) and "gate keeper" (right

Late February

Family Pets <<< Ruth & Tim's Guinea Pigs & Indira's Sheltie >>>

February 8 - Another Day of Experimentation at "It's all about Art" at Manchester

Similar to last July's event (see below) there were options of attending workshops and demonstrations by well known artists. Each was a 45 minute session with all materials supplied and the pictures we attempted are shown below. At both demonstrations and workshops plenty of hints were given and the opportunity to try activities that we had only read about enabled us to decide whether we liked them or not.

Needless to say, another fantastic day out.

Serena's pictures above Pastel Scene (left) and Pastel Cat (centre) were with the same artist. The watercolour pictures (right) were with different artists Neil's pictures below

Early February

Wild cat in pastel <<< by Serena & by Neil >>>

January

			Night Snow Scene
	Three pastel paintings

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Mainly Water Colour Painting but, from July, with some new materials
(date is painting completed)

2012

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Into November & December

	Andrew trying his luck on Frogett Edge		Tree (using very wet paint) (acrylic)		Chatsworth in the Snow

September paintings

	Chesterfield on the day England played Germany in the world cup!		Still Life (acrylic)		Chatsworth just after the gold repaint
	Our Whaley Thorns Walking Group		Based on Renishaw Gardens		Sunset near Bourne (a 30 minute painting)

August watercolour and first acrylic painting

	First acrylic painting - from imagination		Harringworth Viaduct, Leics. (watercolour)		Hills in Scotland

July 28 - A Day of Experimentation at "It's all about Art" at Manchester

There were options of attending 8 workshops and 3 demonstrations by well known artists. Each was a 45 minute session with all materials supplied and the pictures we attempted are shown below. At both demonstrations and workshops plenty of hints were given and the opportunity to try activities that we had only read about enabled us to decide whether we liked them or not.

Needless to say, a fantastic day out.

	For our first ever soft pastel drawings we tried pastel workshops with different tutors. Serena's (left) was a more conventional style produced on paper. The cat portrait (right) done by Neil was on a velour based material producing a particularly pleasing portrait.
	Neil took the opportunity to try acryllic paints. The picture we followed was a "Hockley" style landscape - not my choice but it provided an opportunity to try out the materials. Watch this space for more acryllic paintings!!
	Our flower paintings used "Artbars" - a waterbased oil type of crayon. Serena's picture on the left, Neils' on the right. Neither of us liked this technique.

Painted during our June Holiday

	Wharren Percy in 1930's "Railway" style		Cayton Bay		Portmerion - five views

May

			The Golden Cross (Coventry)		Stock Church (Essex)

April & May

	Approaching Storm (Essex)		Wisbech		Cornish Sunset

February

	Winslow, Bucks		Old Railway Bridge, Buckingham

January

	Buckingham Gaol		A Buckingham Sunrise (a 1-hour painting)		Church Clock, Old Brampton nr Chesterfield

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