by Annette Hughes | May 11, 2021 | Member News
I love immersing myself in the evening routine that I have built over time now for each first Wednesday of the month. Around 6.45pm I make myself a big mug of tea and settle down to watch Tina Willis Jones work her magic and show me how easy it is to produce an...
by Annette Hughes | Apr 25, 2021 | Member News
This was our first attempt at a critique night via Zoom. Keith was sent ten pieces of artwork in advance and he created a power point presentation for the evening. A very interesting and revealing evening unfolded with lots of helpful and constructive comments for...
by Annette Hughes | Mar 21, 2021 | Member News
This month we were treated to a wonderful demonstration on the subject of creating animal fur using graphite and coloured pencils. Jess Pritchard is an expert with coloured pencils, and she had a few tips for any of us who would like to try out this particular medium....
by Rita Jukes | Mar 12, 2021 | Member News
It is with sorrow that I have to inform you of the passing of Jeniver in her ninety-ninth year. One hundred in May. She was one of our Life Honorary Members and had been an ardent committee member holding the offices of Vice Chair, Chair, Vice President and then...
by Annette Hughes | Mar 10, 2021 | Member News
This month Tina demonstrated how to produce a ‘deconstructed’ portrait using charcoal on water colour paper. The paper she used was A2 Cass Art – a really white 200g paper and she also used charcoal powder (good tip – you can make your own homemade version by placing...
by Annette Hughes | Feb 23, 2021 | Member News
We welcomed Rick into the fold – the weather outside was dark and cold, Happy aye we to listen to this man, who was going to tell us how it all began Poetry and Art and a wonderful collaboration, bringing together the Black Country nation But the gremlins had other...