We have a wonderful selection of demonstrations lined up for you, but please be aware that due to unforeseen circumstances this may be subject to change at short notice.  We will try to give as much notice as possible of any changes.

 

5th February     Teresa Seals  - British Wildlife in Pastels                                                                                                                                                      tsealsart.com

Teresa is a Suffolk artist with a passion for pastels and is now an Associate Artist for Unison. She is mainly a wildlife artist working in a realistic style.  Her main objective is to capture the likeness and personality of her subjects. 

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5th March          Graham Webber ROI, IEA - Marine Scene in Oils                                                                                                         www.grahamwebber.co.uk

Graham is a professional artist from Essex, working in oils.  In 2024, Graham gave us his Summer Landscape masterclass, tackling a  wide range of greens!  For his return visit, he is going to demonstrate a marine scene.

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2nd April             John Patchett - Salty Sea and Sand Dunes

Unfortunately Bryony Knight is unable to demonstrate this evening so John Patchett has stepped in at short notice.  We all loved his pastel demonstration on his last visit.  

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7th May              Christine Lester - Animal Portrait in Pastels                                                                                                                      www.christinelester.co.uk

This is a return visit from Christine, who previously demonstrated figures in a landscape for us.  The subjects Christine finds most engaging are people and animals.

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6th June            AGM and a Talk by Amanda Geitner, Director at the East Anglian Art Fund.

The Society's AGM will be held at the beginning of this meeting then a talk by Amanda Geitner.

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2nd July    Phil Biggs - Traditional Watercolour Landscape                                                                                                  www.heritagewatercolour.co.uk

A welcome return for Phil, a professional artist, who paints the light and atmosphere of the 'wonderful British landscape' in watercolour using traditional techniques, and shunning gimmicks.  His influences include Turner, Wesson Seago and David Bellamy.

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6th August       Dawn Pretty - Landscape in Acrylic                                                                                                                                             www.dawnpretty.co.uk

Dawn specialises in the "Art of Leisure" creating murals, realistic and fantasy sculpture, scenic paintwork, together with realistic looking rockpools for themed parks and attractions. Do have a look at her website to see the wonderful effects that she achieves.  Though this evening Dawn will create a landscape with her own style of acrylic painting.                                                          

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​3rd September Denise Allen - Mixed Media                                                                                                                                                            www.deniseallen.co.uk

Denise loves to paint en plein air, and was once a wild card on Landscape Artist of the Year for Sky Arts.  She is an experienced tutor and demonstrator, including for the SAA, for Pebeo, for water mixable oils and for Cuttlelola (the dots pen).  She is going to demonstrate her 'deconstruction and reconstruction' technique.

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1st October            Kay Barker - Printmaking                                                                                                                                                        kaybarkerfineart.co.uk

Kay is a prize-winning printmaker whose work is in private and public collection, both here and abroad.  She has worked in collographs, lithography, screen printing, etching and woodcuts and her current work uses both traditional and contemporary methods. She is going to give us an introduction to the various methods of printmaking.

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​5th November  Malcome Cudmore -  Portraiture with a Diffierence using an iPad                                                             www.malcolm-cudmore.com         We are delighted to welcome back Malcolm, who is stepping in to demonstrate for us at very short notice.  Malcolm will demonstrate portraiture with a difference using an iPad.

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3rd December   Christmas Social

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