Where our artists gather to enhance their skills

We meet at Westcliff Free Church on the third Tuesday of the month,10.30am to 12.30pm. Bring your own art materials and decide what you wish to paint. No instruction is given but leader John Boote offers help where needed. Just come along and paint. Present members are into water colour, oils and arylics. You just have to want to paint and express yourself. There are no tests or exams. Relax!

For information call John Boote on 01702 522681

Latest pictures from our study group members

Group member Diana Hamilton sketching and masking a picture of a Thames barge. She is getting ready

to work her skills on a painting.

Above: Further progress on the wolf painting (see below) - now there are three!

Left: A flower takes shape (by Vivian Brown). Right: Beginning of a watercolour by newcomer Maureen.

Pleasing skills of our group's members go on show

An artist's work in progress

This work in progress is by Diana Hamilton. When she has finished her

painting, we'll show you the result. Diana is a prolific painter whose work in the

Painting for Pleasure study group has often gone on show.

Christmas Card competition winners

This fine picture of a cat in a hat was painted by Valerie Smerdon. In a competition at the Open

Day, it was voted in as winner of our Christmas Card competition. The second picture of barges

afloat was painted by Diana Hamilton. Another popular entry was the robin on the right.

Busy on a new masterpiece - members concentrate on their technique.

Thames barge in heavy weather, by John Boote.