Our annual Christmas Social event will take place, details to follow.

Members’ Painting Together Session

This week’s optional theme is based on Pointillism painting, in your choice of medium.

Members’ Painting Together Session

This week’s optional theme is based on sketching close observation in your choice of medium.

-NOW FULLY BOOKED- Visiting Professional Artist - Andrew Pitt Full day workshop

Members only event. Assembly Rooms 10am - 4pm Well known local artist Andrew Pitt, will led this full day watercolour workshop. Learn about Andrew and view his work at https://www.andrewpitt.co.uk

Members’ Painting Together Session

This will be a still life session. Members are invited to bring along something for a Still Life study. The room will be set up with 2 or 3 tables for the still life subjects. Please feel free to use any medium and material.

-NOW FULLY BOOKED-Visiting Professional Artist - Andrew Pitt Full day workshop

Members only event. Assembly Rooms 10am - 4pm Well known local artist Andrew Pitt, will led this full day watercolour workshop. Learn about Andrew and view his work at https://www.andrewpitt.co.uk

Members’ Painting Together Session Assembly Rooms

This week’s optional theme is based on a floral theme in your choice of medium.

(Painting outside10am) - Wivenhoe

We plan to spend the morning at Wivenhoe. Accessible by train with lots of scenes to paint as well as cafes and galleries to visit. https://www.visitcolchester.com/explore/coast-and-countryside/wivenhoe-1

(Painting outside10am) - Castle Park, Colchester.

We plan to spend the morning at Castle Park. Accessible by train with lots of scenes to paint as well as cafes to visit. http://www.colchestercastlepark.co.uk

Members’ Painting Together Session

This week’s optional theme is based on capturing light in your choice of medium

(Painting outside10am) - Visit to Flatford Mill

Full details to follow for our day painting in a local Aldham garden

Members’ Painting Together Session This week’s optional theme is based on a summer theme in your choice of medium.

(Painting outside10am) This week we will spend the morning at the Munnings Museum. Jim Powers paints every day and has offered to accompany us and provide tips etc. Learn about Jim and view his work at www.equestrianartists.co.uk/index.php/artists-galleries/full-members-2/james-power-sea/

Members’ painting session led by Mary Mudd

’Efforts to Understand Kandinsky’s Painting’ The theme is Kandinsky, fellow member Mary Mudd will provide a brief insight in to Kandinsky’s work followed by practical painting activities. https://www.theartstory.org/artist/kandinsky-wassily/

Members’ Painting Together Session This week’s optional theme is based on a city or town scene in your choice of medium.

This will be a pen and ink sketching workshop led by Wil Harvey. Wil is the font of all knowledge (excuse the pun) about inks and pens. Check out this link below to learn more about Wil Harvey and his work. https://www.wilharvey.co.uk

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(Painting outside10am) - Woodbridge

We plan to spend the morning at Woodbridge. Accessible by train with lots of scenes to paint as well as cafes and galleries to visit. https://www.thesuffolkcoast.co.uk/suffolk-coast-towns-and-villages/woodbridge

Members’ painting session.

This week’s optional theme is to work with limited palate colours using the Zorn palette in your choice of medium. It consists of just 4 colours yellow ochre, ivory black, vermilion or light red, and titanium white. Whilst this may seem like an extremely limited range of colours, Zorn demonstrated through his paintings just what is possible with such a limited palette. Check out more details online at https://drawpaintacademy.com/zorn-palette/

Members’ painting session

This is an optional life study session. Members to pose and sketch each other for 10-15 minutes.

Members’ painting session

An optional collaborative painting session. Members to paint a section of a painting from the Landscape Rebels exhibition. Painting will be selected before hand and divided up into sections for members to paint.

We plan to spend the morning and afternoon at Ipswich’s Christchurch Mansion visiting the Landscape Rebels exhibition.

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AGM and Members’ Art Quiz organised by fellow member, Mary Mudd.

Dedham Art Society Christmas Social

Members’ Painting Together Session This week’s optional theme is based on a winter theme in your choice of medium.

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Dedham Art Society Christmas Social

An ‘Afternoon of Merrymaking’, members are asked to contribute to a collective buffet lunch, from 1.30pm to 4.30pm in the Assembly Rooms. Cold buffet lunch provided by members; followed by an optional “Christmas distraction” organised by Mary Mudd or opportunity to paint; Members show of work from 2022. Lastly an exciting new members benefit will be revealed. RSVP to Marian Jones by 25th November. Full details to follow by email.

Members’ painting together session – Talk by Derek Woodhouse Fellow member, Derek Woodhouse will share his artwork with us. After a career in steel construction, Derek turned to copper work as a hobby. Derek will share with us some of his artwork and explain his process.

Members’ painting together session - Art Challenge. Members are invited to create a miniature piece of artwork no bigger than 5 x 5 inches. Please feel free to use any subject, medium and material.

Members’ painting together session - Still life. This will be a still life session. Members are invited to bring along something for a Still Life study. The room will be set up with 2 or 3 tables for the still life subjects. Please feel free to use any medium and material.

Members’ painting together session - Embracing our wonderful coastline. This will be based in the Assembly Rooms in Dedham. Following on from Hashim’s demo from last session, this is an opportunity to produce some coastal art. Irena will share a selection of costal images from Devon and Cornwall. These costal images will be circulated by email with the reminder a few days prior to this session. On the day members are free to try Hashim’s style, use any medium, work at their own pace or work on other painting projects if they wish