WBAS Calendar of events
Our monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm are packed full of interest with demonstrations or talks from top professionals and we have a great line up for this year.
You can view our programme below which will have lots of arty ideas to inspire us all! Please click on each event to open a new page with more details on each one.
If you would like to print out the programme for 2025 please click the following link: programme 2025
All meetings take place at our normal venue at Tennet Hall, Watford Grammar School for Girls, Lady’s Close, Watford WD18 0AE. See Tab ‘Directions’ for further details
THE MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE FREE FOR MEMBERS & £10 FOR VISITORS
Our annual battle between Art versus Photography with Watford Camera Club. 15 of members work selected at the April meeting will be compared with 15 of their photographs all from different people. Ronnie Ireland will be our judge who will give a short critique of each and awarding marks out of 20 for each. The […]
Inspirational and lively watercolours are the key to tonight's demonstration from the amazing Jake Winkle. He will show us how he creates his unique paintings. Members free visitors £10.
We have been inspired before by Mark's unique style in using acrylics and other media. He joins us once again for more of the same. Members free visitors £10.
Joels paintings are made from sketches and photographs taken on location and created out of a desire to translate an atmosphere with the finished image. He is a practising artist and teacher based in Surrey. Members free visitors £10.
This beautiful painting will be the subject of our August meeting. Tony will explain that it is crucial to have a realistic relationship between the figure and the background. Members free visitors £10.
Mike Rollins' style is a mixture of traditional and expressive techniques in a variety of mediums. Members free visitors £10.
Phil Biggs has kindly stepped in to paint for us, as the planned demonstrator Keith Hornblower, has had to cancel his visit unexpectedly. Phil, also a watercolour artist, loves to paint the light and atmosphere of the British landscape. He enjoys passing on his enthusiasm and knowledge to others and seeing them succeed. So let's […]
Nicky Hunter is a new artist to visit us. She will use traditional watercolour methods in a contemporary and expressive way, aiming to be bold yet beautiful in her approach to flowers.
To celebrate Christmas, Peter Keegan will be bringing some Festive Fun to WBAS. He will be painting something seasonal and adding in one of his quizzes too. Come and join the fun.
Ruby Lewis will start our year off in her own imaginative way. Ruby is a local artist, who works in a variety of mediums, drawing on myths, folklore and fairy tales for her inspiration.
Ronnie, a true Scotsman himself, will no doubt have the inside story on The Glasgow Boys. They were a radical group of young artists who grew up in and around Glasgow, rebelling against the accepted art of the time, bringing a much more realistic approach to their paintings.
The AGM is a necessary part of running the Society, but we like to keep it brief! Barry Saunders will follow the proceedings and will give an illustrated talk about his holiday to Austria to see the traditional and colourful Cow's Down Festival. Barry will show more pictures-to-music sequences in his usual engaging way. Paintings […]
This year, we will be guests of the camera club who will be hosting the annual head to head. Rivalry? Yes, of course, but all friendly and great fun. This event will take place at the Watford Quaker Meeting House, 150 Church Road, WD17 4QB.
Susan is a land and seascape artist. She works plein-air, creating small studies and sketches to develop into larger paintings or painting directly on large boards on the beach or in the landscape. She draws her inspiration from the West Country, Cumbria and her home in the Chilterns. She often paints at high tide, the […]
