It was lovely to meet with the Holland-On-Sea Art Group last night. They had booked an oil painting demonstration and talk. When I arrived, they had set out about 8 large tables. Me, being a bit of a 'spreader' used each and every one of them. Alan even managed to set up an art store in the corner of the room which proved really popular before, after and during the tea break. Several members of the group are already active oil painters, probably the highest percentage that I have come across in an art group to date. This group are really lucky to have a facility where they can run an ongoing exhibition along the sea front from March right through to September, being manned by volunteers from within the group. The group are always looking for new members and to be honest, with this exhibition facility on a plate for you, I'd highly recommend anyone within the area to consider joining up. E-mail me for contact details if you're interested. If you'd like me to come along to give your group a demo, you can find the details HERE At the end of the evening, just as I was putting the final brush strokes on the mountain and lake painting, I told the audience 'If anyone can read this next bit, you can have the painting'. I started to put in my Arabic signature, pausing between letters. One cheeky lady asked 'Is it the Loch Ness Monster?' So I explained about my Sue's News page and told her 'you're gonna be on it...........' (The painting was given to the Chairman of the group, who very kindly helped us to set up and clear away).
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