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Jennifer’s talent is ignited by the process of enquiry and experimentation. After graduating in 1999 with a BA (Hons) degree in textiles, in which she specialised in print, knit and weave, she began her career using unusual materials, paper, fruit, leaves and bubble...

I love immersing myself in the evening routine that I have built over time now for each first Wednesday of the month. Around 6.45pm I make myself a big mug of tea and settle down to watch Tina Willis Jones work her magic and show me how easy it is to produce an...

This was our first attempt at a critique night via Zoom.  Keith was sent ten pieces of artwork in advance and he created a power point presentation for the evening.  A very interesting and revealing evening unfolded with lots of helpful and constructive comments for...

This month we were treated to a wonderful demonstration on the subject of creating animal fur using graphite and coloured pencils. Jess Pritchard is an expert with coloured pencils, and she had a few tips for any of us who would like to try out this particular medium....

It is with sorrow that I have to inform you of the passing of Jeniver in her ninety-ninth year.  One hundred in May. She was one of our Life Honorary Members and had been an ardent committee member holding the offices of Vice Chair, Chair, Vice President and then...

This month Tina demonstrated how to produce a ‘deconstructed’ portrait using charcoal on water colour paper. The paper she used was A2 Cass Art – a really white 200g paper and she also used charcoal powder (good tip – you can make your own homemade version by placing...

We welcomed Rick into the fold – the weather outside was dark and cold, Happy aye we to listen to this man, who was going to tell us how it all began Poetry and Art and a wonderful collaboration, bringing together the Black Country nation But the gremlins had other...

This month’s demonstration from Tina focused on using the Zorn Palette to create skin tones for our portrait work. The Zorn Palette is named after the Swedish portrait painter Anders Zorn (1860-1920). With just four colours you can explore mixing skin tones and create...

On Wednesday night Ed treated us to his story of his very busy Lockdown. Ed has a passion for both drawing and the history of art. Although having no formal art training, he always made time for these passions even whilst working full time and bringing up a family....

Lockdown has provided us with the opportunity to create portraits via Zoom and using photographs. Knowing the sitter and something of their personality can also add value to the process. It can be strongly argued that the best portraits are those taken from a ‘real...

Art Historian Stella Grace Lyons, who is an Arts Society Accredited Lecturer, presented to the Society a special Christmas Lecture entitled 'Painting Winter: Snow Scenes in Art' via Zoom.This was our first Webinar – we are so getting used to this technology now!...

We have been so lucky to be able to offer a life drawing focus to our members as part of our Programme. We are even more fortunate that the very talented Tina Willis Jones agreed to lead the demonstrations which have been both interesting and informative. I felt that...