Garden Artists

 Four members met together on Wednesday to paint and/or draw in Catherine Beech's garden.

Here is Val McDonald's sketch of Diana Veasey and Val McDonald hard at work

And this is what Diana was working on

Flowers and Music for Easter

As it's Easter Sunday flowers and music seem appropriate for the choice of paintings to show. The first is by Sue Murphy and the second by Val McDonald.

Sue Murphy writes, "Subsequent to the discussion at the AGM as to whether it was possible to do a demonstration in traditional oils in a morning you might like to look at the 1 hour free demonstrations weekly by Martin Kinnear, at Norfolk Painting School.  You can access the video st their website as a video and follow it at your own pace, which is easier to my mind than following it live on Facebook.  This is my version, after Ann Rice, oil on mdf 12 x 16in, 30 x 40cm"

And here is Val's musical contribution

After Hobbema

Val McDonald's painting is after Hobbema. You can see what the National Gallery says about the Dutch artist Meindert Hobbema if you visit https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/meindert-hobbema He served his apprenticeship with the more well known Jacob van Ruisdael.