Virginia Water Art Society Summer Exhibition 8th September 2012

After two false starts with the weather so bad that we found it impossible to stage the Summer Exhibition on 7^th or 15^th July we eventually decided we would not be beaten and would attempt 8^th September and hope for an Indian Summer. It is the highlight of our year were we can all get together and catch up and also welcome our newcomers to the Society so we felt it was important not to miss out this event.

After much re planning and re booking our Summer Exhibition took place under a glorious sun with 25 exhibitors we had an amazing day there were dozens of visitors on the green and many compliments about the standard of our work, we exceeded last year’s sales which is always a good sign that things are picking up. We sold 30 paintings by 10 different Artists and nearly £270 in cards and crafts, which made all the effort worthwhile. We exceeded our expenses by £56 which is very comforting. Well done everyone and a special thanks to The Committee and all the helpers.

Jean Haines Demonstration 5.9.12

Today we were treated to some wonderful techniques with water colour by Jean Haines. Many of us had seen Jean's work in the SAA magazine but today we had a chance to see how Jean created some of the those beautiful effects using just two or three colours. Jean also showed us some unusual ways with salt and cling film not that we haven't all tried cling film and salt but not the way Jean uses them and the results can be both subtle or bold, we all enjoyed learning from Jean and feel sure she will be visiting us again in the future with more techniques and advice. Thank you Jean for a splendid Demonstration.