Wishing a Happy Christmas and New Year to all sketchers.
Put a date in your diaries now for our next drawing session at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff on Saturday 10 January 2015 from 10 till 12.
23 December 2014
13 November 2014
Saturday 6 December from 10 till 12
Remember to join us for another lovely drawing session at the museum.
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Meet in the foyer at 10am.
Free entry - everyone welcome
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Meet in the foyer at 10am.
Free entry - everyone welcome
26 October 2014
Saturday 1 November from 10am
Lots of things to sketch at the National Museum, Cardiff ...
We meet in the Main Hall reception area at 10:00
We draw
We drink coffee and chat at 11:30
Free entry, see you there ... bring your sketchbook and a friend
We draw
We drink coffee and chat at 11:30
Free entry, see you there ... bring your sketchbook and a friend
24 October 2014
Cardiff Open Studios Weekend
Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th October 2014
Artists are everywhere but not often visible!
( Don't miss The Broadway Drawing School with work by Jac Saorsa and Anna Polya )
Visit the Cardiff Open Studios website for information .....
Artists are everywhere but not often visible!
( Don't miss The Broadway Drawing School with work by Jac Saorsa and Anna Polya )
Visit the Cardiff Open Studios website for information .....
12 October 2014
The more you go, the more you find..
We've had excellent drawing sessions at the National Museum of Wales - nice to see new people at the last 2 visits.
The museum is a godsend in the winter months (dry, warm, free) as well as being a huge resource area for inspiration.
Everyone’s drawings showed the benefits of working as part of the group and also in isolation - knowing others will see your work puts an extra spur into one’s efforts!?!
The coffee and chat afterwards provided a further chance to look at our different working approaches.
So another two sessions have been arranged at the museum -
Saturday 1st November and Saturday 6th December 2014
Meet in the main reception area at 10am.
The museum is a godsend in the winter months (dry, warm, free) as well as being a huge resource area for inspiration.
Everyone’s drawings showed the benefits of working as part of the group and also in isolation - knowing others will see your work puts an extra spur into one’s efforts!?!
The coffee and chat afterwards provided a further chance to look at our different working approaches.
So another two sessions have been arranged at the museum -
Saturday 1st November and Saturday 6th December 2014
Meet in the main reception area at 10am.
10 October 2014
1 October 2014
Saturday 4 Oct from 10am at Cardiff Museum
Lots of things to see and draw at the National Museum of Wales Cardiff
Handle specimens and use microscopes in the Discovery Room ...
Look at the I Spy.. Nature exhibits and sketch the insects ...
Visit the Richard Wilson landscape show and see his sketchbooks ...
Get inspired by the Prints of the First World War exhibition ...
Meet in the Main Hall reception area from 10am to 10:15am.
Free entry, see you there ..... bring your sketchbook and a friend.
Handle specimens and use microscopes in the Discovery Room ...
Look at the I Spy.. Nature exhibits and sketch the insects ...
Visit the Richard Wilson landscape show and see his sketchbooks ...
Get inspired by the Prints of the First World War exhibition ...
Meet in the Main Hall reception area from 10am to 10:15am.
Free entry, see you there ..... bring your sketchbook and a friend.
28 September 2014
Cardiff Life magazine
Issue 121 September 2014 of the Cardiff Life magazine has mentioned us as part of an article on being creative in Cardiff. Take a look at page 33.
26 September 2014
Saturday 27 Sept 10am - 12 noon drawing at the National Museum of Wales Cardiff
Things to do – visit the Richard Wilson landscape show and see his sketchbooks / visit the I Spy.. Nature show and sketch the insects ...
Meet at the Main Hall reception area from 10am to 10:15am and then upstairs to the Wilson show ...
Coffee at 11:30am
Free entry, see you there ..... bring a friend.
Meet at the Main Hall reception area from 10am to 10:15am and then upstairs to the Wilson show ...
Coffee at 11:30am
Free entry, see you there ..... bring a friend.
24 August 2014
Two mornings at the Museum
We love drawing at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Join us on two mornings, Saturday 27 September and Saturday 4 October, for an exhibition of work by the Welsh artist, Richard Wilson, who exerted a powerful influence upon the art of Constable and Turner. See his sketchbooks and draw from his landscape paintings.
Afterwards, sketch the gulls and birds of prey in the Nature Gallery on the ground floor! They hang suspended and don’t fly around annoyingly, as when outdoors .......
Meet in the foyer at 10am.
Free entry - everyone welcome
.... more information ....
Join us on two mornings, Saturday 27 September and Saturday 4 October, for an exhibition of work by the Welsh artist, Richard Wilson, who exerted a powerful influence upon the art of Constable and Turner. See his sketchbooks and draw from his landscape paintings.
Afterwards, sketch the gulls and birds of prey in the Nature Gallery on the ground floor! They hang suspended and don’t fly around annoyingly, as when outdoors .......
Meet in the foyer at 10am.
Free entry - everyone welcome
.... more information ....
20 August 2014
14 August 2014
Drawing at Cardiff Bay Beach 2
Monday 18 August from 6pm
Here we go again ………..
Meet after 6pm inside the Wales Millennium Centre. Same as last time, by the ground floor performance stage (there will be a free music session from 6:15pm - Youth Orchestra performance) so we could sketch again from inside the cafe, looking outwards to the Cardiff Bay Beach or looking inwards to the performance. .... more information ....
Here we go again ………..
Meet after 6pm inside the Wales Millennium Centre. Same as last time, by the ground floor performance stage (there will be a free music session from 6:15pm - Youth Orchestra performance) so we could sketch again from inside the cafe, looking outwards to the Cardiff Bay Beach or looking inwards to the performance. .... more information ....
7 August 2014
Drawing at Cardiff Bay Beach
Tuesday 12 August from 5:30pm
A variety of things will be happening at Cardiff Bay that we can sketch - people at the funfair, seaside rides, food and craft stalls, giant deckchairs in the sand and volleyball tournaments on the beach, starting at 5:30pm and continuing until late. Free to watch (and draw!!!!).
Zumba taster sessions.
A free jazz performance at the Millennium Centre.
Lots of cafes and outdoor/indoor venues in case of changeable weather.
Meet 5:30 to 6pm inside the Millennium Centre by the ground-floor stage.
Or join us later in the evening, outside at the Cardiff Bay Beach.
Will you be there? .... more information ....
A variety of things will be happening at Cardiff Bay that we can sketch - people at the funfair, seaside rides, food and craft stalls, giant deckchairs in the sand and volleyball tournaments on the beach, starting at 5:30pm and continuing until late. Free to watch (and draw!!!!).
Zumba taster sessions.
A free jazz performance at the Millennium Centre.
Lots of cafes and outdoor/indoor venues in case of changeable weather.
Meet 5:30 to 6pm inside the Millennium Centre by the ground-floor stage.
Or join us later in the evening, outside at the Cardiff Bay Beach.
Will you be there? .... more information ....
31 July 2014
Drawing the landscape
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| Five A4 panels make up this joint landscape drawing by Anna and Linda click to enlarge - - |
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5 June 2014
4 June 2014
21 May 2014
10am Friday 23 May - draw at the Museum
Anna has arranged a drawing session at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff on Friday 23 May.
Free entry - everyone welcome
Meet in the foyer at 10am then go to the upper gallery for the exhibition by Andrea Büttner looking at parallels between the drawings of Gwen John and mosses.
The exhibition features over 80 drawings and watercolours by Gwen John selected by Andrea Büttner – many on public display for the very first time. These feature in the installation alongside new work by Büttner across a range of media including photography, drawing, sound, and sculpture.
Free entry - everyone welcome
Meet in the foyer at 10am then go to the upper gallery for the exhibition by Andrea Büttner looking at parallels between the drawings of Gwen John and mosses.
The exhibition features over 80 drawings and watercolours by Gwen John selected by Andrea Büttner – many on public display for the very first time. These feature in the installation alongside new work by Büttner across a range of media including photography, drawing, sound, and sculpture.
28 March 2014
Artist in Australia
Richard has been visiting his daughter in Sydney and couldn't resist the challenge of sketching the Harbour Bridge.
"Sydney Harbour Bridge is ideal for drawing: painted dark grey and made up of box-like sections with huge cross spans.
From the ends it appears as a gigantic piece of meccano.
Seen from the side it is a graceful arc.
Seen from the side it is a graceful arc.
My first attempt, a painting, failed and was destroyed. My second attempt,
now shown, has a poetical element.
The moon is really in that position down under. And the little boy was
really there at the water’s edge, fishing.
I would like to make a third attempt just to capture the sheer massiveness
of the structure".
23 February 2014
...oops...
... our meeting at the Lansdowne on Thursday has been postponed ... a new date will be arranged in March.
17 February 2014
Before the end of the month ...
Thursday 20 Feb - 11am to 1pm - at Turner House Gallery, Penarth.
Everyone welcome to meet at the gallery and get inspiration from the current exhibitions We Make the Path by Walking and Clear of People
Free admission
Tables, chairs, tea and coffee provided.
Thursday 27 Feb - meet and draw at the Lansdowne Pub
The Lansdowne Pub, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1PU Tel: 02920221312
A regular CDG get-together spot.
Arrive about 7pm
Bring sketching materials.
Everyone welcome to meet at the gallery and get inspiration from the current exhibitions We Make the Path by Walking and Clear of People
Free admission
Tables, chairs, tea and coffee provided.
Thursday 27 Feb - meet and draw at the Lansdowne Pub
The Lansdowne Pub, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1PU Tel: 02920221312
A regular CDG get-together spot.
Arrive about 7pm
Bring sketching materials.
8 February 2014
18 January 2014
IMPORTANT CHANGE OF DATE
The second drawing session at the National Museum, Cardiff was previously planned for a Saturday but this has now been changed to the morning of Sunday 2 Feb.
See new information below -
See new information below -
6 January 2014
A double dose of drawing ....
Friday 31 January 2014 from 10am to 12pm
Sunday 2 February 2014 from 10am to 12pm
Come to both mornings if you can, or choose just one session of drawing at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Meet in the foyer before going to the upper gallery of the Natural History department with the whale, slippery things in bottles and the Alfred Wallace ‘Evolutionist show’!!!!
Sunday 2 February 2014 from 10am to 12pm
Come to both mornings if you can, or choose just one session of drawing at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Meet in the foyer before going to the upper gallery of the Natural History department with the whale, slippery things in bottles and the Alfred Wallace ‘Evolutionist show’!!!!
- maximum size boards / paper is A3
- drawing materials only - no paints
- chairs provided
FREE admission
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