Winsham Art Club

 

Winsham Art Group was founded in 1960 by John Thirtle FRSA who offered free tuition for a year. He quickly surrounded himself with a dozen or so enthusiastic amateur painters. Interest grew rapidly, and in 1966 Winsham Art Club was formed, led by Tim Spilsbury.

From then on the Art Club established itself as a teaching club and has been an important factor in the development of many talented amateur artists.

Each year the club holds an exhibition of its members work, the first being held in 1962.

The club now holds regular workshops in most of the popular media, during its Autumn and Winter terms. Outdoor painting sessions are held in the Summer.

The Winsham Art Club concerns itself with many different aspect of artistic creativity, and workshops are offered on many different forms of expression, some examples of which appear on this web page . The examples below were created by Karen Hodgson.

New members of all levels of ability are welcome. Indoor sessions are held in the Jubilee Hall on Monday afternoons.

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MEMBER'S NOTICES 

Session Notes:

Dear all,
I have received the following from Richard Corbett for his workshop on 29th September:
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“Reflections of Trees in Water- focusing on dark tones into light.
Please can the members bring acrylic paints and a board or canvas to work on, plus some scraps to experiment on. If you don't have acrylics then watercolour/gouache will work to a degree, as long as you can put some highlights over dark (You may have to adapt the method to suit your medium choice.)

I have included some examples of autumnal colours reflected, 2 are by Monet, one is by myself. The image you work from can be of any season as long as there are reflections of the trees. 
You are going to work loosely to begin, sketching in the composition with a thick brush, focusing on the dark tones and the direction of reflections and then you will add detail in thicker paint using a brush or a palette knife to apply it. 
I will bring a couple of laminated images for those of you who can't find an image or get out there to take a photograph.”
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Best wishes
Suzy
 

Works by Members