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31st August 2011

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6th July 2011

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Cezanne at Marlborough

5th July 2011

These are paintings in acrylics made by the Marlborough group during the last 5 weeks. We decided to try and copy the work of Cezanne using his techniques and style. It was harder then we expected, and resulted in much studied concentration and just a little frustration for some. However the results are amazing and […]

Marlborough recipes online

3rd July 2011

Prints and designs based on favourite recipes are now accessible on the Arts Together website or by following this link. Group members also have individual recipe cards and a poster print of all 12 designs.

Award from Devizes Lions Club

At the Devizes Lions Club’s presentation evening at the town hall Mayor Sue Evans presented cheques totalling more than £11,000 to 60 organisations. First time recipients included the increasingly successful girls’ teams of Potterne Cricket Club and Arts Together, which runs arts projects for elderly, vulnerable people. Karolyne, seated third from right in the front […]

Drumming up a storm in Devizes

17th June 2011

The Devizes group were joined by Charlie (Sainey) Camera from the Gambia on Tuesday and enjoyed making some noise. And why not? Not sure I have the words to describe the session – hilarious! Karolyne

Light graffiti

14th June 2011

Marlborough turned its hands to a spot of graffiti. They had seen some pictures of light art performance photography – a one-shot time bulb exposure capturing an entire performance of movement traced with colourful light. Impressed – you can make graffiti and leave no trace! So we had a go. We used torches covered with […]

Painting – experiments with colour

10th June 2011

Marlborough members had a quick tour of colour theory, looking at what colour does to us and what we can do with colour. Next session they were set a brain teaser – paint a landscape with three colours maximum, and NO MIXING. They were experimenting with how colours interact and how they could construct a […]

Design with colour at Marlborough

18th May 2011

“Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul” Wassily Kandinsky “I advise students on the subject of color as follows: If it looks good enough to eat, use […]

Enthusiasm for mosaics in Pewsey

We thought about doing a mosaic forest – saving woodlands was in the news – by each making a tree with a connecting landscape running behind each one and then joining them up as a frieze but that idea got put aside for another time. So everybody developed their own ideas for personal pieces: […]