Figure painting inspired by watercolourist John Lidzey

On Saturday 2nd March, our penultimate Saturday Workshop of 2013 took place at the English Bridge Workshop. This month the artist chosen by the members of the group as the starting point for their day’s painting was the distinguished watercolourist, John Lidzey. His subject matter includes landscapes, still lifes, flowers and figures, the latter typically …

Ben Nicholson inspires first Saturday Workshop of 2013

In spite of low temperatures, sleeting rain and a few telephoned cancellations from far flung members who feared serious snow later in the day, seventeen of us assembled to launch our creative New Year together in the familiar surroundings of the English Bridge workshop. The artist whose work was to provide the focus and stimulus for …

Celebrating the close of the Saturday Workshop season – we resume again in the New Year!

Our thoroughly enjoyable Autumn season of Saturday workshops has drawn to a close. Over the past four months guided by the creativity and inspiration of SAS members Lynne Morgan and Mick Krupa, we have had the opportunity to explore and respond to the work of a range of art and artists. Floral art was our …

Exhibition celebrates Shropshire Art Society Saturday Workshops

An inspiring exhibition of paintings and artists’ prints created by members of the Shropshire Art Society’s Saturday Workshop and Printing Groups was held in the Gallery at the English Bridge Workshop on Saturday 27 October 2012. This one-day exhibition was a new venture for the Society, additional to our well established Summer and Autumn Exhibitions, …