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The calendar is full of activity and preparations for Open Studios Weekend 9th /10th October and the launch of our Exhibition at Wolverhampton City Gallery on Saturday 16th  October.  So it was a pleasure to unwind and relax into our Life Drawing Session in the new...

Dear Members Please note the E-Flyer has been updated to show an additional demonstration on Saturday, 20th November 2021. John Malue-Ffinch  will be demonstrating on the subject of 'Impressionist painting in watercolour and mixed media'

A happy return to life drawing in the studio block at Newhampton Arts Centre.  Our first session in this superb square space.  After three five minute testing poses our model settled into a long pose.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION - Due to continuing Covid regulations it will not be possible for us meet at Cosford Museum.  We will instead take the opportunity to return to one of our familiar venues - Wightwick Manor and gardens for our last painting day: Wightwick Manor,...

Ironbridge is the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.....and a jolly nice painting day venue. The sun struggled to make an appearance however no complaints as it was at least warm and dry. Sitting by the river Severn, watching ducks and people and taking in the...

We had perfect weather for our day at Bodenham Arboretum, a real gem of a venue offering landscapes, lakes and a variety of flora and fauna. Well worth the trip!  

Fabulous day painting day at Witley Court despite the odd sharp shower, we even witnessed a marriage proposal while we were there!

An eventful painting day this week involved a long road diversion.  Then, sent on the Shropshire equivalent of off roading by the Satnav included crossing a ford, to finally arrive at Highley Station an hour late. Happily other members also managed the diversions to...

This was our first Painting Day of the Season. The weather at  NT Dudmaston was  glorious as our earnest members, carrying paints and easels, strolled out onto the green lawns and surveyed the magnificent views laid out before them. A delightful time was had by all...

In 2019 Wolverhampton Society of Artists celebrated its centenary with a large exhibition in Wolverhampton Art Gallery of the work of its members and our famous alumni. The exhibition was opened by Sathnam Sanghera, a celebrated, locally born writer and journalist....

It may have been a balmy, hot and humid evening and I am no scientist, but the weather is my theory as to why the technology decided to be very challenging at the start of our Guest Speaker evening, the last in our current Programme. However, with the great patience...