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T H E D R A W I N G S O C I E T Y B U L L E T I N 2 /2 0
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Gallery appealed during the event. Prof. the exhibition. Member
FROM THE PRESIDENT enormously as it was Ken Howard was one volunteers met on
within the historic of our well-known 'operation leaflet
What a strange time it always a pleasure disappointment to you Menier chocolate exhibition participants drop’ day, each being
to be writing to you, to see the quality and all, but the Council factory building and also opened allocated a personal
our lives have all wide variety of work are currently trying including theatre and the event at times in hand drawn, street
been thrown into that is presented. to arrange an online restaurant facilities. the early years. We numbered, road map
turmoil, so I am gallery, of the selected We could afford the also hired a part time by Jean for placing
We have now had a
trusting that you are work for sale with links reasonable hire fees professional PR man to leaflets through
chance to talk to The
all staying safe and to both the Mall Gallery for a London Gallery help with our national letterboxes in their
Mall Gallery about
and SGFA websites.
well. our Open Exhibition in enabling us to exhibit publicity matters and areas, even in nearby
July, and It will come We let you know there annually for 2 member local profiling Guy’s hospital. It was
Your Council has been
as no surprise given when we have more weeks. which was very useful. always a hard slog but
working hard on the
the lockdown and details,Please stay safe every year an Annual
selection process for It had 2 floors Publicity was
travel difficulties at and well during this Autumn Exhibition
the Open Exhibition accommodating around highly important in
the moment that we lockdown period and took place and sales
in July at the Mall 100 paintings exhibited establishing ourselves
have decided to defer continue sending in eventually began to rise
Galleries and everyone on each floor. Initially at the Menier. Among
our 2020 show to 2021 pieces to Harriet for the in latter years as did
has been notified of we had a large screen many initiatives, council
when hopefully the Bulletin. our membership and
the results. If you were television installed on member, esteemed
situation will be a lot Les Williams, President the Society became
unsuccessful this year, the lower ground floor artist and late past
clearer.No dates have ‘established’ at the
let me offer you some and a continuous loop President, Jean Canter,
been fixed because Menier, building a
words of comfort, there DVD showing the life drew up a publicity
as you might imagine sound foundation and
was a huge entry by and achievements of "plan of action" so that
the Gallery is having to hopefully paving the
members and non- past celebrated artist, roads and businesses
reschedule a lot of its way for the current
members, and also a Sir Frank Brangwyn, were all pamphleted
current shows. modern Society with
high standard of work. showing cinema-style near to the opening of
successive and current
So, please continue I know this will come
fine management
entering your work, as as an immense
teams to move the
SGFA forward with the
THE MENIER GALLERY HAS SERVED THE SGFA WELL firm and unsurpassed
professional reputation
As we look forward to a years of Menier Gallery main exhibition
for drawing excellence
new exciting exhibition participation prior to arrangements to
in today’s competitive
experience whether establishing ourselves the Menier Gallery,
Fine Art world.
physical or online at the now as a Society to be Southwark, after
Roger Lewis PPSGFA
famed Mall Galleries, reckoned with. previously exhibiting
it would be good to at the Hotbath Gallery <
In 2004 the SGFA
recall briefly the past in the wonderful City Felicity Flutter
Council decided All together - Menier
15 continuous eventful of Bath. The Menier Gallery 2019
to transfer our
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BARBICAN LIBRARY EXHIBITION
Oh it seems a artists and societies to Margaret Eggleton,
lifetime ago now show there. Claire Sparkes, Stephen
but we had a really Baker, Karen Neale and
We had 30 member
vibrant regional Anne Carpenter.
exhibit and we
members show
produced a wonderful, As always these shows
at the main City
high quality and varied need people to hang
of London Library
show, the Society at it’s and organise the work
which sits. in the best. There were many so my grateful thanks
Barbican estate. very good comments f=goes out to Stuart and
It has about 3,000 from visitor about the Sue Stanley, Linda and
residents and many quality of the work and Mike Clarke and Jackie
visitors from the City consequently we also Devereux for all their
business community. had a goodly number of valuable assistance.’
The Library always has sales. So well done to Les williams PSGFA
a steady flow of visitors all those members who
and thus attracts many sold which included
Photographs by
Les Williams
Barbican Library 2020
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REBECCA COLEMAN PAUL COUSINS
I love to explore the colours, shapes A sketch Paul did over the garden Direct observation in pen with colour
and interesting perspectives of wall at the end of the first week of wash on A4 paper whilst balancing
these tunnels, which have always isolation when the sun shone every on a step ladder!! He also told us
fascinated me. In this, my most day. And there were no vapour that he is happily self-isolating with a
recent piece, I have chosen a view trails in the sky. full wine cellar!
of the Piccadilly line at Gloucester
Road station in Kensington. The
piece is in oil on board, 25x30cm.
In it, you can see the intersecting
circles which characterise deep
level platforms such as this – and of
course this is what gave the network
its nickname of the Tube”.
Rebecca has captured the entrance
to the platform from the walkway.
You may think this is a slightly
unusual angle to take, as you
cannot see the track and there is
Rebecca Coleman
Gloucester Road no train in view. For her, however,
she often feels that removing some
elements – including most of the
Paul Cousins
people – really helps to enhance Over the garden wall
“The London Underground is one of the appreciation of the architecture
my favourite artistic subject matters, and shape of the scene, as well as
MARION WILCOCKS
and certainly my most popular. adding a somewhat melancholic air.
Marion Wilcocks is lucky to be Wilcocks, you can see her video,
ALICE WHITE locked down in her favourite place, which she hopes you will enjoy. It is
studio, home and garden and very much on the subject of Drawing,
News from Alice White she introduces everything around her, with endless (also features the montage she made
her art practice and published essay country walks at the end of the for the exhibition at RK Burt).
on Alfred Cohen. drive. Ok just a bit boring now and
https://twitter.com/sgfadrawing/sta- then but plenty going on online! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OTV651-g9c
tus/1255032643013480448?s=11
Marion responded to an invitation
from Surrey Arts as part of their
Marion Wilcocks
Sketchbook Challenge (along From her YouTube
with some others), and if you channel
open YouTube and search on Marion
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TANIA BUSSCHAU SALLY WILSON
MAKING ART IN THE TIME OF I felt very guilty about the layer of Sally Wilson has had ‘artists block’ “The piece portrays my mum- who
COVID-19 dust developing all over my studio. I for quite some time. She started this was gutted to find she had been
struggled to feel motivated. piece (‘there was an old lady who....’) portrayed as an ‘old woman’- I may
When I prepared for the lockdown
earlier this year but, like many other need to feed her chocolate through
period, I had great plans. I ordered I decided to shelve all my big pro-
pieces over the last few months, the letterbox for many months to
plenty of paper, canvas, pens and jects and go back to focussing on
Sally discarded it before completion come!
inks. I had a long list of ideas for new the basics. I ordered new smaller
due to lack of inspiration. The
art. sketchbooks and began playing with This is intended to be one of a
Coronavirus has definitely given her
collage, line and texture. Small pro- series”.
Then, I did nothing with it. the time and energy to shut herself
jects that I can do while the children
away from distractions. Sally decided
It turns out that not leaving the are doing maths or practicing some
it was time to ‘bite the bullet’ and
house and not going on walks and spelling.
try to solve this piece. It is still a
visiting my favourite gardens is not
These aren’t masterpieces, but I feel long way off completion but she is
the best way for me to feel inspired.
it will help towards new ways to ap- finally overcoming the compositional
Add to that the sudden extra role of proach future projects once every- difficulties and enjoying the
home schooling and the constant one goes back to school and office challenge of utilising both free v
cooking and cleaning with the whole and I can spend time in the studio machine and hand embroidery. Sally Wilson
There was an old woman
family suddenly at home, you can again.
see how I got nothing else done.
Good luck to everyone and stay safe.
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Tania Busschau
Experiments
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PHILIPPA BEALE SUE LEWIS-BLAKE
Philippa Beale was commissioned by 2019. Badeworthy Wood, Exmoor, Sue is thrilled and honoured that at the Castlegate House Gallery in
The Forestry Commission. From an Devon is oil on canvas. And will be her oil painting “Turning Point” Cumbria and the announcement of
original sketch drawn on site in Spring exhibited in the Somerset Museum. [150x120cms] has been included in the overall winner has been post-
the final 30 shortlisted works for the poned until September. The compe-
prestigious Castlegate House Prize. tition attracted over 700 entries and
Judging was due to take place in May has raised more than £12,000 for the
but for obvious reasons the exhibition “Young Minds” mental health charity.
BARBARA SYKES
Barbara Sykes Working in her flower heads and flowers received
kitchen at home whilst self-isolating on Mother’s Day and from her
filling a small sketch book with garden.
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Barbara Sykes
Flower from her Garden Sue Lewis-Blake.
and Dandelion Turning point
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VINCENT MATTHEWS AND WILL TAYLOR
Vincent Matthews and Will of the beautiful landscape that pub instead and was shivering The landscape drawing was from a
Taylor have work featured in this surrounds it. I use these sketches to when I went inside. This picture is sketch that I did on a warm May Day
article: https://online.aspect-county. produce finished ink drawings from. currently in my solo exhibition at in 2018, sitting under a shady tree.
co.uk/2020/april/#p=7 I know the local pub too, as I usually The Smallholding Restaurant, in I had sheep getting curious after a
end up in there for a pint, to thaw out Kilndown, which is due to end at the while and making their way to have a
About the article by Vincent
afterwards! beginning of May. Due to the current look. Thankfully, I was finished by the
Matthew
pandemic, it is closed to the public time they had got near and I was able
The Old Pump house featured in
“The article was written by Lesley but can be seen on the Pure Arts to make a hasty retreat to the pub!”
the article was from a sketch that I
Samms (Pure Arts Group) about Rye Group website.
did around Christmas time in 2018 vincent@vincentmatthewsart.co.uk
and Winchelsea, which included
and I didn’t feel the cold until I had
the excellent Rye Salts etching by
finished. Several locals stopped to
Will Taylor (who is based in the
chat to me, including a couple that
town) and two of my ink drawings of
lived in the house behind where I
Winchelsea. We are both Pure Arts
was sketching, who said had they
Group artists, as well as members of
known I was sitting out in the cold
the SGFA.
they would have given me a hot
I have often sketched in Winchelsea, mince pie and a glass of mulled
mostly its old quirky and wine. That would have been most
characterful buildings and some welcome! I had to thaw out in the
^
Vincent Matthews
The Thin House Indian Ink Drawing
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Vincent Matthews
Winchelsea Museum Sketch
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MARGARET EGGLETON SUE RELPH
Margaret Eggleton’s painting, watercolour, coloured pencils and Sue Relph This Elisabeth Frink (she work which may have been in a
“Gherkin Reflections”, was accepted gouache and Margaret used her own was 19 at the time) drawing made softer medium.
for the RI Exhibition at The Mall photographs as reference. Margaret such an impact (visiting with Ed and
Sue also said, “Now is certainly a
Galleries this year, but due to and her husband were walking past her late husband). It was displayed
good time to attend to so many
government recommendations 30 St Mary Axe in the City of London, at the beginning of the exhibition
neglected areas of our work. Now
about COVID-19, the gallery is when she noticed the reflections and mainly overlooked - it was so
perhaps has even more purpose - do
closed. The exhibition can now be of the buildings opposite and took tiny and insignificant until close
you think?”
seen online April 2-17. several photographs before going observation AND noting the age of
into the ground floor café for lunch. the artist.
This painting is mixed media, using
Sue returned very soon and made
this frantic (but as accurate as she
could possibly make it) drawing.
She regarded this Frink drawing as
her most valuable work - it displays
such wonderful analysis and her
immense early talent.
(thank goodness for sketchbook
drawings - now even more greatly
valued!)
This small drawing in the original
simple frame was shown in the major
2013 exhibition of Elizabeth Frink’s
work at The Lightbox in Woking -
subsequently at other major venues.
This drawing couldn’t be found in
the catalogue/no postcards etc.
Sue found it to be the most
significant and profound work in the
entire exhibition - and important for
so many reasons...…. ^
Sue Relph
One being evidence of how the A copy of Elisabeth Frink
drawing.
early work of any artist must be
safely treasured. Sue’s sketchbook
Margaret Eggleton drawing is an attempt at copying
Gherkin-Reflections as faithfully as possible the original
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HARRIET BRIGDALE ROGER LEWIS
Harriet Brigdale has an online lock Roger Lewis is keeping safe and the light’. which is where we are all
down book for you to see, just click created this very relevant image ‘Into heading for in time.
on the link.
https://www.bonusprint.co.uk/view-online-
photo-book/37691bb5-3e47-45a8-8f9e-
67919e2c54be
^
Roger Lewis.
Into the light
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Harriet Brigdale
Signs and symbols
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PAUL NEWMAN ROSE SEBER
Pollard Oak, East Water, spending time walking, exploring Rose Seber sent us this wonderful
Cloutsham, Exmoor and thinking about the differences image of Brimham Rocks which she
v
between maiden and pollard oaks visited in January.
From the list of sites provided for Rose Seber
and the nature of wood pasture, he Brimham Rocks
this project, Cloutsham Ball and the
returned to what was the first oak he
East Water Valley seemed like an <
encountered on arriving by the ford Paul Newman
intriguing location to explore. Here, Cloutsham Ball Oak
beneath Easter Hill, drawn to the
there are many oaks, richly draped in 29x25cm V2
hollow form and the trunks radiating
ferns and lichens. These grand, aged
out.
specimens were forlorn and untidy;
many had shed various limbs which This is the link to the Museum of
still lay in situ. In the damp valley Somerset in Taunton where The
air, high above the river, this added Arborealist Group’s exhibition which
a sense of something remote and incudes Paul, https://swheritage.org.uk/
fantastical compared to the grand events/arborealists/ should have been
parkland oaks near where Paul taking place. From May 2 to July 14.
lives in North West Dorset. After
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CHRIS FORSEY MICHAEL WALSH
MIXED MEDIA LANDSCAPES approach to mixed media painting
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AND SEASCAPES and covers combining watercolour, Michael Walsh.
oil pastel, acrylic and ink, and Watercolour study for
Chris is very pleased and excited ‘They Stand Alone’.
putting all the media together in A play on Rochester
that his first book MIXED MEDIA Castle.
different combinations, exciting
LANDSCAPES AND SEASCAPES is
stuff and a very adventurous way to
being published by BATSFORD this
paint, relying on the serendipitous,
week.
accidental and non- compatibility
The preparation and writing of his of the media alongside the planned
book took about 14 months of hard and plotted routes to making a
work, writing the copy and selecting successful painting. It has sample
and painting pictures to illustrate it. paintings, step-by-step paintings,
Chris is not a very organised person advice on media and how to get the
and called on his daughter Olivia to best from it. Chris hopes the book
organise it into a shape to present will encourage an adventurous,
to the publisher. Batsford were very expressive and spontaneous
helpful and it was very exciting to approach to painting.
see the first page proofs, a printed
christopher.forsey@btinternet.com
page no less!
www.chrisforsey.com
The book is about Chris’s painting
SUSAN SHORT
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Susan Short.
Sorting out the
garden
Chris Forsey Her drawing ‘Sorting out the garden’,
Mixed Media is just what a lot of us are doing
during this strange time.
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ANDREW MCMORINNE ELIZABETH BARTON
Andrew enclosed a recent Portrait He was a patient and enthusiastic In spite of the Lockdown, the And Elizabeth encloses an image of
drawing, pencil and watercolour subject who saw the work in pro- building of her studio is still going a work in progress, which is a view
wash, of a dear cousin who sat for gress but not the finished piece. ahead. At this time, all who will be of the Waihou Valley, near Te Aroha,
him. Sadly he was stoically fighting Andrew was so glad that they did this involved are busy at their computers. as seen from the veranda of our
a deadly battle but was still full of together, a consoling thought in the Attached is an image from a villa. The medium is colour pencil on
kindly, generous humour as always. current epidemic, the preciousness poem World Egg. Elizabeth is still Arches HP paper.
It was a gently soothing experience of time. “My Cousin Iain”. ensconced in illustrating her book of
working on it. poetry. It is a labour of love!
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Elizabeth Barton
World Egg Pencil
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Elizabeth Barton
View Waihou Valley
Andrew McMorrine.
My Cousin Iain
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LYNDA CLARKE GARY COOK
Our Hon Secretary and her husband Gary Cook had two pieces selected He is preparing work for an
Mike Clarke our Hon Treasurer are for the postponed Royal Institute of upcoming solo exhibition ‘High
staying at home and Lynda has Painters in Water Colours exhibition Ground’ at The Art Stable in Child
been doing some amazing drawing, at the Mall Galleries, which is Okeford, Dorset. June 20 - July 18.
including some of her staying close still available to view online at
to home badgers and fox cubs. mallgalleries.org.uk.
LOCK DOWN
For me personally, studio time to the Urban Sketchers Challenge
is often a precious and solitary mostly plein air but even in the shed!
time. On a good day getting lost Experimenting with materials I never
in the creation of a piece of work seem to get the time to do, teaching
is a healing and positive process. and projects for Exhibitions always
Sometimes at the end of that time taking over. So, it’s not all bad this
I have no idea how or where the lock down. I am more aware of the
finished piece came from. Since lock space we have and celebrating the
down I have great difficulty using my detail- birds, plants and even the
studio - I guess enforced isolation snake basking by our small pond.
has a lot to do with that. Instead I Lucky days - I think this could be a
am using my sketch book, thanks very creative time for us all.
^
Lynda Clarke
Badger
< ^
Lynda Clarke Gary Cook
Patchwork lock down Under The Ancients
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LYNDSEY SMITH SUE HARDY
Lyndsey Smith has created these on lock down, they are a delight in Sue Hardy is really appreciating their Sue has also been incubating some
wonderful watercolour images whilst these dark and strange days. 4 acres in the Dorset countryside hen eggs for the first time in many
at this time. She can now draw years – she needs chickens to draw!
guiltlessly all the corners of this
Also, as exhibition curator & website
place they have lived & worked in for
manager for a regional art society
37 years.
(Bruton Art Society) there’s plenty to
From 1983-2002 they ran a country do running up to August when the
plant centre there and the history exhibition goes online.
stays a bit, which is nice, but these
“Great White Cherry” recent sketch
days there’s a woodland, a field, a
attached – “tree we planted when we
few sheep and a lot of gardening to
first came here - romantic eh?!”
do.
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Lyndsey Smith
Brighton Place Rhythm
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Lyndsey Smith Sue Hardy
Moonlight Cricketers Great White Cherry
Brighton
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VANESSA SHEARWOOD Your Council Members are
LES WILLIAMS PSGFA
Vanessa Shearwood Is including an “The image was inspired by the life President CHARLOTTE KIRKHAM SGFA
image of a hand printed, woodblock of Anita Berber, a Weimar Berlin 020 8529 7702
print entitled: ‘Nightclub Scene, cabaret performer and silent film les@leswilliams.org.uk
Berlin’. Size: H: 14 x W: 12 inches. star. Her short, fiery career during
Edition: 25. Printed on Japanese the Weimar Republic, for me, sums HARRIET BRIGDALE
Vice President, Bulletin and
‘Kanoko’ paper. up the legend of 1920’ Berlin, at its Catalogue Editor, Drawing
Days STUART STANLEY SGFA
most decadent.”
brigdale@hotmail.com
SUSAN POOLE UKCPS
Vice President
MICHAEL WALSH SGFA
LYNDA CLARK SGFA
Hon. Secretary, GARY COOK SGFA
01883 344493
mikesclark@gmail.com
TANIA BUSSCHAU ASGFA GRAHAM HERON SGFA
Associates Representative (Co-opted)
CLAIRE SPARKES SGFA LUCY CLAYTON
Minutes Secretary (Co-opted)
MIKE CLARK
VINCENT MATTHEWS SGFA Treasurer (external
Exhibitions Curator appointment)
mikesclark@gmail.com
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Vanessa Shearwood
Anita Berber LINDSEY SMITH SGFA Geraldine Jones RAPGC Hon. SGFA,
Social Media and Sponsorship Archivist
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BULLETIN
In these strange times book. It’s up to you. 15th Jan. thank you all
we can’t be certain of Please don’t forget to so much.
anything, but one thing email or write to me Your contributions
is certain, we are all about any shows and should be short and
doing lots of amazing exhibitions you are interesting! Also make
work, - please send participating in. sure to write the
me some photos of Please send information information out clearly
these as well. The for the next Bulletin in your email. Please no
next bulletin will also before July 22. posters. If you would
be online and this Information for August, like to enclose images
means you can include September and they need to be of high
links in your text, so October 2020. resolution and also
that people can click Important to remember don’t forget to include
on the link and go to are: No posters, high- the title. Email me;
where ever you would resolution images brigdale@hotmail.com
like them to go. An and please write for
exhibition or an online example January 15, not
WEBSITE NEWS
Members can send If you want to take Mike Clark
their one free image advantage of having 01883 344493
for the Website to 3 extra images on the who will advise you re
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treasurer. year).
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