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What’s March blowing in?

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March is the last month of the Art Group year, so don’t miss any of the goodies in store! Watch out for a stream of sign-up emails to members for new workshops, both tutored and untutored, and don’t forget your Postcard Animal and your entries for the Spring Exhibition.

White tulips by Joan Willingham

Sunday 10th from 9.30 am

This is an exciting monoprint workshop with Curtis Tappenden. No previous experience required, and don’t be daunted by the list of things you could bring, but don’t have to (I was feeling a little daunted).– details

Wednesday 13th from 10 am

Drop-In Session at the Community Large Hall. If you haven’t got something on the go, why not start by drawing the trees by the hall? Or, of course, get that ‘animal on a postcard’ done :)–  Details

Sunday 24th from 2pm

Life Drawing at the Church Hall. Any medium, but please don’t spill paint. Details

Wednesday 27th from 7.30

Bring and Buy Social Evening with Fish ‘n Chip Supper (if you wish – prebook if you want food, please!)– Dovetail Cafe – details

Sea Bream on my favourite plate by Frankie Colling

And as much a reminder to me as anyone else, don’t forget to renew your subs.

December dawns!

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December dawns pretty late in the morning, so I expect you’ve seen it happen. I was tempted to go out and take pictures to draw or paint later, but then I noticed the temperature!

Christmas Party/Social Wednesday 6th

Part of my aim was to produce something for our Christmas social. This starts at 7.30 on Wednesday evening, and takes place at the Dovetail Cafe. It’s for members only, so if you still haven’t joined and want to come, contact our membership secretary immediately!

It’s a fun evening of mince pies and other goodies, drinks and social chitchat.

As with last year, we have a friendly competition, with your artwork on one of the themes: Christmas, Rain & Reflections, or Snow. No need to frame or otherwise support it, as long as it will stand up on an invisi-easel.

From 8pm you will be invited to vote, using a slip of paper you will have been handed on arrival.

We will also be selling raffle tickets at £1 a ticket in aid of the Naomi House charity, so please bring some cash with you! The prize is a beautiful framed watercolour kindly donated by Phil Biggs.

Barbar Unsworth, Gill Evatt and Chris Marlowe with president Joan Willingham
Last year’s winners with our president

Drop-in Session Wednesday 13th December

The only other event this month is our indefatigable drop-in art group on Wednesday morning at the Community Centre in Hursley Road.

Watch out for –

  • an invitation to our New Years Lunch
  • a questionnaire about HOS24

I hope you have a very enjoyable Christmas!

December delight!

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by Gill Brophy

We had fifty-five members arrive for the Festivities on Thursday night, with very nearly that number of entries for our competition with the theme of ‘Snow’, ‘Winter’ or ‘Christmas’. The Church and adjoining rooms had been beautifully decorated by Church staff, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, including several new members who braved the cold evening to come and join in the fun.

Animated conversation, coffee and mince pies were the order of the evening, with lots of decision making to ensure three votes were placed for their favourite paintings. Thanks are sincerely due to the wonderful ladies who manned the coffee and tea hatch for the evening – very much appreciated. The corridor looked wonderful with so many bright and beautiful works of art adorning both sides.

Janet and Bev nobly stepped in to do the ‘counting’, and eventually decisions were reached … the winners were Christine Marlow, Gill Evatt and Barbara Unsworth. The applause was long and loud!  Well done to everyone who submitted a painting. 

The committee wish all members a very splendid Christmas and Happy New Year.  

Left to right – Our President Joan Willingham, with the winners Barbara Unsworth, Gill Evatt and Chris Marlow.
Gill Evatt’s cyclist in the snow
Barbara’s snowy scene
and finally Christine’s wonderful Christmas tree.

Hillier Gardens and Cream Tea

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Saturday 21st May 22

It was one of those days at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens when you hope the weather forecast is accurate, having planned a day without a brolly! Large grey clouds trundled across the horizon at regular intervals, but the sun triumphed and provided us with lovely warm spells, just enough to keep the coat off and not shiver. Artists were hidden in crevasses throughout the gardens, and cameras were out in force. Well done to all who ‘got on with it’ and produced a sketchpad or paints.  It takes some confidence to paint ‘au plein air’, but once settled it is such a lovely way to spend a few hours.

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March social raises £500 for Southampton Hospital Trust

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Our first social event of the year on 23rd March included an Arty Bring and Buy, with donated items raising over £500 for the Southampton Hospital Trust.

We very sadly lost Sheila Lockyer, our Exhibition Manager, in December. She died very suddenly and will be greatly missed. Her husband gave us a quantity of her studio contents, with which we created a  ‘Spring Bring and Buy’ table. We also invited members to bring along unwanted art items, books, etc. for inclusion in the sale.

From ‘Meadow Walk’, a watercolour monoprint (c) Sheila Lockyer

Many items exchanged hands almost as soon as they touched the table! There is clearly an appetite for other people’s overstock among group members.

People also enjoyed the opportunity to have tea or coffee – and chocolate biscuits – and just get to know each other more, especially after the long wait since our last social event.

Roll on the summer, and our cream tea event!