Calendar 2020

January

Studio Sessions: Commence Jan 4th


Club Night: January 8th
Mark Frith - Talk:
Portraits of Britain's ancient oaks

Mark will talk about his love of nature and his journey into art and how they combined to produce his series of large scale highly detailed portraits of Britain’s ancient oak trees.

Location: The Cossham Hall


February

Annual AGM: 5th February and a talk by Caroline Stealey

AGM at 19:30 followed by Caroline Stealey - Forgotten Landscapes. Caroline will talk about her involvement with the Forgotten Landscapes project.

Location: The Cossham Hall


March

Club Night: March 4th
Margaret Micklewright Demo - Exploring Inks

Margaret will discuss her affinity with landscapes and the reasons for using ink in her work which is often produced in situ. Talking through various inks and their capabilities, she will then demonstrate some of the ways that the use of ink can be manipulated to achieve ambiguous and expressive work.

Location: The Cossham Hall

Club Night: March 25th
Michael Long Demo - Light and Shade in Landscape

MIchael will be demonstrating his use of acrylics to produce light and shade in landscapes

POSTPONED

Location: The Cossham Hall


April

There are no talks in April

May

Club Night: May 6th
6 Catherine Beale Demo - Watercolour Landscape

Catherine will demonstrate the freedom of mixing real watercolour pigments straight onto board, instead of in the palette. She will show how the behaviour of water creates atmosphere, ranging from intense juicy colour straight from the tube, to running veils of wash. Catherine is an expert SAA tutor, member of the Society of Women Artists and writes for The Artist magazine.

POSTPONED

Location: The Cossham Hall

June

Club Night: June 3rd
TBA

POSTPONED

Location: The Cossham Hall


Moorland Sketch Challenge
16th June

Club members have been set a challenge to sketch a moorland scene. See how our members have done, the Results will be posted on this website.


July

Club Night: July 1st
Demonstration by Maureen Knowles. "The Art of Batik"

A demonstration of the art of Batik. A demo to show how hot wax is applied to fabric and then the cold wax is used to resist the dye to produce a simple picture or design. Maureen will demonstrate the process and try to show how she uses the process to make her pictures.

POSTPONED

Location: The Cossham Hall


August

Thornbury Art Club Exhibition

29th August. Thornbury Art Club Summer Exhibition goes live online

29th August, Exhibition painting poll opens

Look out for our virtual summer exhibition on this website and please do not forget to vote for you favourite painting before polling close date 30th September





September

Studio Sessions: Commence Sept 3rd


Club Night: September 1st
Demonstration by Paul Weaver. " Bustling Market Scenes in Watercolour"

Markets make colourful, atmospheric subjects, but it’s adding the figures that many find daunting. Paul will discuss his techniques for sketching and painting figures in watercolour and how to plan and add them to create a bustling market scene.

OPEN TO CLUB MEMBERS ONLY

To operate in a covid safe environment, numbers are limited and opened to club members only. Club members must express their interest to the club secretary. Entry is on a first come first serve basis. We are sorry for the inconveneince and look forward to when we can invite everyone!

Location: Turnberries, Thornbury


Workshop : September 12th
Paul Weaver - workshop ‘Bustling Market Scenes in Watercolour’.

Continuing on for his demonstration, Paul will guide the group through his watercolour techniques for capturing the vibrant colours and atmosphere of bustling Market Scenes

Location: Turnberries, Thornbury


30th September, Exhibition painting poll closes

October

Club Night: October 6th
Paul Oakley – Techniques for Successful Landscape

Paul will be demonstrating how to build up layers of paint to create a vibrant landscape painting looking at techniques for painting the sky, trees and buildings, as well as how to create visual depth. He will be discussing how the materials used can influence the success of the painting.

OPEN TO CLUB MEMBERS ONLY

To operate in a covid safe environment, numbers are limited and opened to club members only. Club members must express their interest to the club secretary. Entry is on a first come first serve basis. We are sorry for the inconveneince and look forward to when we can invite everyone!

Location: Turnberries, Thornbury


November

Club Night: November 3rd
Mark Warner Demo - "Expressive Seascapes in Acrylic"

Mark continues to draw inspiration from the landscape, although subject matter and application at times can be very different. He adores using colour while interpreting the light, weather conditions and a love for the materials. He works directly in the field (literally on many occasions!) from sketches created outside as well as notes and photographs taken on location then worked back in the studio. Mark’s demonstration at Thornbury Art Club will explain the process he adopts when either out on location or back in the studio. He will explain how drawing is at the heart of his work and how it is incorporated into his painting.

OPEN TO CLUB MEMBERS ONLY

To operate in a covid safe environment, numbers are limited and opened to club members only. Club members must express their interest to the club secretary. Entry is on a first come first serve basis. We are sorry for the inconveneince and look forward to when we can invite everyone!

Location: Turnberries, Thornbury

December

Club Night: December 1st
Yolande Muschamp Talk - "Art and Illustration"

Yolande will reflect on how keeping a sketchbook of observational drawings has led to a present day interest in botanical illustration and will share what she has learnt from her participation in the 2019 RHS Botanical Art Exhibition.

POSTPONED

Location: Turnberries, Thornbury


Virtual Christmas Exhibition
8th December

Please look out for our virtual Christmas Exhibition on this website.

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