Outdoor Sketching I
Programme for February to July 2007
Please note - if you are concerned about the weather and being the only one to turn up at a venue, please phone a coordinator or anyone else on the list of members to check if anyone else is going.
We meet 10 a.m. to 12 noon unless otherwise stated.
| February 2 |
Western Park Museum. Meet in the main entrance at 10.a.m. A visit to enjoy the refurbished museum. Bring a sketchpad if you wish. |
| March 2 |
Carter Knowle Methodist Church Café, Edgedale Road. “Working from photographs”. Bring your preferred medium and photos. |
| March 30 |
Millennium Gallery, Winter Gardens, Peace Gardens. Meet at the Arundel Gate entrance at 10 a.m. Visit exhibitions or sketch according to inclination or weather. |
| April 13 |
Whirlow Park. Meet in the top car park behind the Hall. |
| April 27 |
Heeley City Farm, Richards Road. From Queens Road,(A61) turn up Myrtle Road, turn right into Prospect Road and take 2nd left into Richards Road. Meet outside the main gate. There is parking in the roads around the farm. The U3A AGM and Members’ Meeting is in the afternoon . |
| May 11 |
Rother Valley Country Park. Entrance is on the Mansfield Road, (A618). Meet in the main car park by the lake and Visitors’ Centre. |
| May 25 |
Beeley. Meet near the church. |
| June 8 |
Chatsworth Car Park. (near the House). There will be a charge for parking. Meet by the bottom Stable Block entrance. Some may wish to walk down to the river to sketch. |
| June 22 |
Fanshawe Gate Hall. At Owler Bar, turn left down the B6054 towards Holmesfield. Take the second turning left (Fanshawe Gate Lane) This lovely house and garden are some way down on the left. Park in the stack yard beyond the main gate. There will be a pound collected for the charity that Mrs and Mrs Ramsden, the owners of the hall, support. |
| July 6 |
Our full day out. Conisbrough Castle. Meet at the Visitors’ Centre. There is a free car park at the bottom of the hill, and a small car park for those with a disabled sticker up near the entrance. Conisbrough is on the A630 between Rotherham and Doncaster. The castle has a fine Norman keep and curtain wall. There is a café. To find out more there is a good website www.conisbroughcastle.org,uk |
| July 20 |
Baslow. Meet by the church. At the big roundabout, turn left on the A619 as though going to Chatsworth, and over the bridge, take the first right (Bubnell Road) . Park near the church if possible. |
Would you like to try your hand
At drawing sheep that never stand
In one place – for very long?
Perhaps you’d rather paint things growing
Trees, some flowers, the river flowing
And try to get reflections!
Maybe a cottage you could draw
With crooked chimneys, open door
And black cat in the garden.
You could blame a wobbly line
On to the ravages of time,
And no one any wiser!
It’s very good to share a car
Because we sometimes travel far
To draw and paint our picture.
Friday is the day we meet,
Every month it is a treat
To share our art together.
To join our group, pick up the phone
Outdoor Sketching will be at home.
In Links you’ll find the number.
We will be glad to welcome you,
Delighted in your interest too,
So don’t delay – phone today!
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