APRIL 2026 - SKETCH IN WITH SONYA VINE
Our demo night in April was led by Sonya Vine who guided a group of members through the art of sketching. It was a lot of fun and we learnt lots from Sonya about loosening up in our approach when sketching
portraits. Special thanks to those members who offerd to be models for the evening.
APRIL 2026 - BROADLANDS MEADOWS FARM
Images from the April sketch out held at the Broadlands Meadows Farm in Sheet. Our coordinator, Caroline, found an absolute cracker of a venue here, giving an enthusiastic bunch of members an opportunity to get up close and sketch pigs, goats alpacas and llamas. The farm staff gave an interesting introduction to the animals and provided hot drinks.
MARCH 2026 -
Judit Matthews - Pen & Ink hare with collage & watercolour
We had a very good attendance for our March demonstration, which was Judit Matthews showing us how she creates her illustrations using pen and ink, watercolour and collage. Her works involve many layers and include both hand made and pre-printed paper collage. Judit has the knack of being able to chat whilst working and came out with many tales, not just about her art but also her life journey, which began in Hungary. She demonstrated her technique working on three images at various stages of completion. She uses a limited pallet to achieve a subtle blend of light and shade and proved that you don’t have to spend a lot on materials to create wonderful artworks. A thoroughly informative and entertaining session.
february 2026
amanda wilsher - sea glass jewellery
Amanda combs the beach near her home for tiny pieces of broken glass that have been churned by the waves and turns them into stunning pieces of jewellery. The glass appears frosted as it has been eroded by sand and sea, but comes to life when set in silver. Amanda showed a fascinated audience how the silver is moulded to the glass to form pendants and earrings. The “magic” as with a little heat the silver flows to form a solid bond, and then the painstaking operation to clean the piece to get it to its finished state. The images below show Amanda at work and selection of her creations.
For our first demonstration of the new year we had the delightful Kate Alger demonstrating the art of printmaking using tetra packs. These are the containers that are used to store various liquids in our supermarkets. They are principally made of cardboard, but the inside face is a very thin metallic layer. This makes a perfect medium for printmaking, being relatively easy to mark with a sharp pointed scribing tool or to remove the foil using a palette knife. Kate demonstrated making a plate by tracing on the image of a cat using carbon paper and then scribing the foil. The whole plate was then inked and the areas where no ink was needed cleaned away before passing the place through a press to transfer the image onto paper. Kate is running a workshop on this technique later in the year. Visit our workshops page for details.
Above :-Kate in action
Below:- some general shots of the evening and Kate’s work
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