Acrylics and mixed media with Mark Warner.
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.
Events
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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
Perfect Pastels with Joel Waring
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 […]
TONY HINCHLIFFE….”nothing less”
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 […]
A painter of rural and urban landscapes.
Mike Rollins' style is a mixture of traditional and expressive techniques in a variety of mediums. Members free visitors £10.
PHIL BIGGS SAVES THE DAY!
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 […]
Watercolour once again, this time, ‘realism with a touch of romance’.
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 […]
IT’S CHRISTMAS WITH PETER KEEGAN !! A demonstration and a quiz too. It’s going to be a cracker.
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 […]
RUBY LEWIS Our local artist is back to wow us with her spontaneous picture making. I wonder what she will create for us this time?
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 […]
Ronnie Ireland and The Glasgow Boys- a group of radical young artists who rebelled against the Victorian passion for highland scenes and story-telling pictures.
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 […]
AGM swiftly followed by Barry Saunders who will lighten things up with an illustrated talk about the Austrian tradition of the Cows Down Festival.
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 […]
WBAS v WCC It’s the annual competition between our great Society and the equally great Watford Camera Club.
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 […]
SUSAN GRAY
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 […]
TONY HINCHLIFFE – A STUDY IN OILS. This long-awaited artist will paint his beautiful portrait called Nothing Less.
Tony Hinchliffe will demonstrate how important it is to connect a portrait to the background and he achieves this, with brilliance, in this summery painting.
MATT WARUSZYNSKI
WE BRING YOU A NEW ARTIST-MATT WARUSZYNSKI How exciting to bring a new artist to WBAS! Matt lives in Northamptonshire and he specialises in figurative work and portraits. He is […]