Demo's and Workshops

Photographing your work 2026

-smartphones, ipads, tablets, small cameras, professional cameras

Graham Collier 

4 Things to worry about

a) Lighting - b) Colour c) Focus d) Squareness & Cropping

Flat light, outside but not in sunshine. Place on floor or flat surface, keep camera the same angle as the painting. Photograph painting showing background all around. Use grid to square up and crop image



Christmas Tree Origami session August 2026

Ann Collier & Senner

Life Drawing 3rd August 2026

CNPG  - Life Drawing Session 3rd August

 Two/three shorter sittings of 15 minutes each.

Josie Tipler 20th July 2026

Hello Sue

Thank you for a lovely morning. I’m glad the fact I didn’t have my box of tricks with me didn’t impact the demo. It was good to know I can adapt to use paints and brushes I’m not familiar with! I was really pleased with how everybody embraced the subject and loved seeing the different colours and styles that everyone produced.

I mentioned the article about how to solidify acrylic paint to leave your water pot clean- here is the link (it’s towards the bottom of the article). https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2023/09/28/acrylic-painting-rinse-water-microplastics/

Also, the plant based Acryliks are here: https://naturalearthpaint.com/collections/acrylik-paint I’m sure there is someone in the UK stocking it but I can’t find the link. It’s about £12 a smallish tube so I shall work my way through what I have before buying some.

Thanks again,

Josie

Life Drawing 22nd June 2026

Susannah Griffin 15th June 2026 - Collage Masterboards

 3 stages-ink, watercolour and collage.  Most of us only managed to complete the first two stages. Please send completed pictures for inclusion, if you manage to complete them.

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