Buckland Art Group

We would like to thank everybody who visited our tenth annual Art & Craft Exhibition in Buckland village hall in May, and for the kind comments about our work. Over 250 people took part in the vote to nominate the best pictures, with every artist who displayed a picture receiving at least one vote and no runaway winner. Here are the results.

Our exhibition displayed a very good quality of paintings, with professional artists helping to boost the overall standard, as well as the improved quality achieved by many of our longstanding members -  the result of many years of slow and patient learning. Some of those members joined as beginners and have helped and encouraged one another over a long period of time. If you have felt inspired and are looking for the opportunity to learn from scratch or to improve then Buckland Art Group will certainly welcome you. We meet nearly every Monday evening and every other Thursday afternoon throughout the year with a mixed programme of activities mainly using watercolour or pastels. We are very hands-on and most sessions result in a picture. From September Richard Mabey will be running our annual watercolour beginner classes on Monday evenings. This usually includes six sessions spread between September and November to cover the basic skills of washes and colour mixing using a variety of simple compositions so that lack of drawing skills will not be a problem.

To encourage new members these initial beginner sessions will be £2.50 ‘pay as you go’, and then if you wish to continue you can take out full membership. To find out more please contact Iain Grant on 855683 or basmudoc@gmail.com; Derek Mahoney on 855032 or derek.mahoney@care4free.net; Richard Mabey on 853495 or ramabey7@sky.com or just come along.