Blog Posts
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Creative Writing
Blog post by Jo Morris “So……. we draw, we paint, we sculpt, we mosaic and now we Creative Write! Friday afternoons will never be the same again! It’s always great when we are approached by people offering to share their particular skills with Centrepiece artists. This was the case with Jo Morris, an English teacher with a passion for creative writing who came to us at the right time. As with all our new tutors we ran a trial session to the members and it was so well received that the follow up sessions started almost immediately.” Karen Larkin, Assistant… Read more
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Canaletto at the Queen’s Gallery
A group of Centrepieces artists and friends visited the Queen’s Gallery in London on 6th November 2017 by invitation, to see the current exhibition of paintings by Italian artist Canaletto (1697-1768) and to take part in a drawing workshop led by Emma Finch, one of the gallery’s artists. We were given a quick talk about Canaletto, then we went into the exhibition to look at some of Canaletto’s paintings of Venice and Rome. We were all asked to choose a painting that we liked, and to draw or sketch part of it ourselves. Fortified by royal tea and biscuits, we… Read more
