26 August, 2008

#11 of 86

STAITHES

And here's another. My friend gave me a beautiful painting of this scene and it's one of my most treasured posessions, so I thought I'd have a go at painting it. Doesn't even come remotely close to doing his painting justice, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Please note that I did a quick "indoors snap" of this, so the colours are a little lost in the translation to a digital image. I'll try and redo it when I get time.

#10 of 86

VILLAGE ON'THILL


This was done at the art-club last Friday. Started off quite promising and quickly spiralled. Not to worry!

Our Own Art-Club!

Each Friday we go to the local Art-Club in Horwich. It's a thriving club with a broad range of people of all ages and skill-levels. Apart from the regular painting sessions, we have many professional artists visiting us to demonstrate their skills and to run workshops.

But sometimes, it's nice when just a few friends get together mid-week too, and so here we are in Simon's "studio", benefitting from the skill and experience of his father, Brian Waddington. It looks a bit cramped in there, but we were just huddled together to fit in the photo frame :-)



And you can drink beer in this club! :-)