Programme 2024

BROWNSWORD HALL, POUNDBURY

 Doors open at 1.30 so that sessions can start promptly at 1.45pm and end at 4pm.  This includes setting-up and clearing-away time. (some sessions will have to end by 3.45 in order to clear up)

note: BMOYC - Bring Materials Of Your Choice

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DAYS FROM WEDNESDAY TO THURSDAY

(with two exceptions – MONDAY March 4th and WEDNESDAY 1ST MAY)

Thursday 4th Jan 2024

Life drawing with model, tutored by Mike Willdridge

BMOYC

Mike's website is here https://www.mikewilldridge-artist.com/  

Thursday 18th Jan 2024

Workshop in Collage/Mixed Media – Joan Scott


Joan will demonstrate how she creates her paintings using collage and mixed media, showing how they develop from a simple beginning to the finished work 


Joan's website is www.joanscott.co.uk 

Thursday 1st Feb 2024

Judy Tate workshop - abstract florals.

More info to follow.

Judy's website is https://judytateartist.com/ 

Thursday 15th Feb 2024

Drawing session with artist Maureen Nathan.

BMOYC - more details to follow.

Maureen's website is : https://www.maureennathan.com/ 

Monday 4th March 2024

Landscapes in pastel - Demonstration / workshop with artist Richard Turner.

More details to follow.

Richard's website is : https://www.artistrichardturner.co.uk/ 

Thursday 21st March 2024

Artist Lindsey Cole.

BMOYC - more details to follow.

Lindsey's website is :https://lindseyjaynecole.co.uk/ 

Thursday 4th April 2024

Workshop with graphite  artist Ian Hedley.

Exploring a selection of fun and practical tips for making most of both your perceptive brain and imaginative brain. 

Please bring pencils and sharpener, an eraser, sketching paper and bring something to draw!

Ian's website is :https://penpaperpencil.net/ 

Thursday 18th April 2024

Life drawing with Kim Cullimore and model Lily.

Bring paper and charcoal, although Kim will provide some materials if needed.

Kim's website is :https://penpaperpencil.net/ 

CHANGE OF DATE

Due to the council requiring the hall as a polling station for elections, we need to move this session from Thurs 2nd May to Wednesday 1st May

Creative painting from  photographs with Pam Philip.

Using photographs as a starting point to create an original interpretive painting.

Pam's website is : https://www.pamphilip.com/ 

Thursday 16th May 2024

Urban sketching with David Chandler

David will start in the hall with an introduction, then take us out and about (weather permitting!) and return to the hall for feedback and sharing.

David's website is : https://www.davidchandler.net/ 

Plein air sessions begin Thursday 23rd May

Thursday 23rd May 2024

Frome Whitfield Farm DT2 7SF 

An early first session by kind permission of  AiPClub member Paula Bamlet Including blue bridge, lovely water meadows and rive. Meet at the car park at 10-00 am. There will be signs for parking.

Post code DT2 7RY take the Sherborne Road – turning right at the junction by Loders garage. Drive over two hump backed bridges – after 100 yds there are stone pillars and a keeper’s lodge. Drive up the driveway until you see the parking signs.

 

There will also be a possible opportunity for a club BBQ here in the late summer, more details to follow.

Thursday 6th June 2024

 Athelhampton House DT2 7LG

Entry £12

12 acres of award-winning gardens that surround the manor, find out why Thomas Hardy loved the place.

Athelhampton is located between Puddletown and Tolpuddle.  Meet at the carpark at 10am

Thursday 20th June 2024

Kingston Maurward DT2 8PX

As this venue was rained off last year we are visiting it this year!

Car park, loos and café on site. A large acreage containing a mix of formal gardens with water, follies and statuary and grassy areas, pretty buildings and lakes. Lots of possible painting sites. Meet in public car park at 10-00 am.


Thursday 18th July 2024

West Bay and visit to Sladers Yard gallery

Postcode DT6 4EW is for the carpark. There are charges for parking so car sharing might be useful. Then walk to meet at Sladers Yard Contemporary Art Gallery and Café at 10am

6 West Bay Rd, DT6 4EL

See website for details https://sladersyard.wordpress.com/

There are  fully accessible toilets are available in the West Bay Road car park.

Thursday 1st August 2024

Summer Lodge and Village 9 Fore St, Evershot, Dorchester DT2 0JR

The manager of summer lodge has given us kind permission to paint there, set within 4 acres of beautifully manicured gardens,  small lake and vegetable garden. There is also the opportunity to paint in the village. Highly recommended teas and lunch (Pricey!) - booking is essential.

Thursday 15th August 2024

The Old Rectory Pulham DT2 7EA

13m N of Dorchester. 8m SE of Sherborne.
On B3143 turn E at crossroads in Pulham. Signed Cannings Court.

Meet in the carpark at 10am, stay as long as you wish!

Mrs Elliott, the owner, is an artist and is very happy to welcome fellow artists to the Old Rectory. Here you will find 4 acres of formal and informal gardens surrounding C18 rectory with splendid views. Yew pyramid allées and hedges, circular herbaceous borders with late summer colour. Exuberantly planted terrace, purple and white beds. Box parterres, mature trees, pond, and a glorious churchyard. Ha-ha, pleached hornbeam circle. Enchanting bog garden with stream and islands.10 acres woodland walks. 

 £12 per person including tea and cake.

Autumn sessions at Brownsword Hall begin again in September

Thursday 5th September2024

Show and tell session

Critique by popular Teresa Lawton. Please bring ONE piece of work, ideally done during the summer break.

Thursday 19th September 2024

I-Pad session with David Chandler

The iPad is not a replacement for traditional media but a powerful and extremely useful addition to the artist’s kit box that challenges us to think about picture-making in an entirely different way. Colour, texture, gesture and form can all be expressed with the swipe of a stylus (or a finger), but to the beginner, the manifold creative opportunities the technology provides may be bewildering rather than liberating.

While it is a relatively easy matter to use the iPad as an ersatz, battery-driven paintbox, this course introduces you to a variety of procedures and techniques that will help you get even more out of your art, both digital and analog and encourage you to navigate your way around your touch-screen with confidence.

The day will begin with a brief, illustrated talk on my own iPad art,  followed by practical exercises in still-life, landscape and abstraction, plus some advice on how we may use the iPad to further our work with traditional media.

Participants will need an iPad with the Procreate app pre-loaded and an Apple Pencil or similar stylus… plus an item of fruit!

Any questions, please contact me on 07879 624413 or info@davidchandler.net

Thursday 3rd October 2024

Drawing session inspired by nature

Drawing session with Julie Herring. More details to follow.

www.earth-art.org.uk 

Thursday 17th October 2024

Podi Lawrence  -  portrait session with a  dressed female model . 

Details of this session to be confirmed

Thursday 7th November 2024

Pallette knife demonstration

Pallette knife demo and workshop with Erica Fairhurst. More details to follow.

www.ericafairhurst.com 

Thursday 21st November 2024

Drawing session

Drawing session with David Roberts and Mike, who will be playing guitar and singing. BMOYC

More details to follow.