Watts Gallery Trip
Photos from our recent trip to The Watts Gallery Artists Village
Members enjoyed the day & we’d really recommend a visit.
Gary Cook Workshop
Plein Air Watercolour Painting with Gary Cook SGFA
16 – 17 May
Day 1 It was apple blossom time in the orchard outside Hadspen village hall, and after a slide show tutorial the group spent the day outdoors painting under Gary’s guidance.
Day 2 was wet so Gary set large colour prints on the walls and used demonstrations to guide the group with many tips from colour choice to using salt crystals.
He was a sensitive and thoughtful tutor showing the group exactly how to capture the light, as promised. The final show of work was very impressive.
We’re now on Instagram
The Society has just opened an Instagram account and we’ve made a good start with 120 followers within 2 weeks!
We’ve been showing images from our exhibitions and are linking up with many other artists in the region.
Quite a few of our members enjoy using Instagram.
For those who don’t know – Instagram allows artists to get their work seen if they want to share it, but they can also enjoy the work of many other artists – locally, nationally & internationally.
https://www.instagram.com/brutonart/
Trip to Watts Gallery 5th June
Our trip to The Watts Gallery, Artists’ Village, near Guildford promises to be fascinating. There’s so much going on there: https://www.wattsgallery.org.uk/
We are filling a coach so if you’d like to join us for the day please get in touch for details: bookbrutonart@nullgmail.com
Kate Lynch Lecture Thurs 11th April
A Rural documentary; Painting and Drawing Farmers in Somerset’
Today Kate Lynch gave us a fascinating lecture and presentation of her paintings. While showing us her pictures her talk was entirely about her twenty plus years of meeting, drawing and painting the mainly disappearing and always changing lives of those who work on the land in Somerset.
“Picasso’s Muse” in Castle Cary; A New gallery Opens.
On Saturday 2 March a new art gallery opened in Castle Cary High Street. It is in the former premises of the Natwest Bank and is a branch of the David Simon Contemporary Gallery in Bath. Continue reading “Picasso’s Muse” in Castle Cary; A New gallery Opens.
Frome Art Fair 2019
Some BAS members may well be attracted to take a stall Continue reading Frome Art Fair 2019
17-1-2019 Dr Chris Davies and our AGM
DR CHRIS DAVIES
In his talk on Eight Contemporary Painters which He gave to a very well supported meeting following our AGM, Dr Chris Davies gave us a most informative and interesting talk about eight contemporary painters as he explored the continuing practice of painting by these artists at a time when there has been a movement in some art school circles to denigrate its importance. Continue reading 17-1-2019 Dr Chris Davies and our AGM
