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<p>Dear Members,</p>
<p>Plans are well underway to offer you some great events for 2023
but here are the forthcoming events:</p>
<p><b>1st Friday 3rd February 7pm - 9pm.</b></p>
<p>Whilst the weather is still cold we have organised a unique
online Zoom demo by Paul Berryman - "an accurate figure drawing
from life using charcoal".</p>
<p>Paul will take us through his quick figure drawing practice,
giving his tried and trusted tips for accuracy, proportions and
time-management. He’ll be working on some live drawings (from
photos which he’ll share so we can see the source he’s working
from) and show us how he develops drawings of different durations.
Also he’ll run through his full charcoal inventory which he
assures me does a lot more than just make black lines!</p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.M5jRtVC0.MvOaWadn@bromleyartsociety.org.uk"
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<p><b>Art Matters - "Old Masters" </b><b>Online Friday 17th
February 7pm - 8pm<br>
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<div>A note from Deborah. .."I thought we would go with Art Works
inspired by two very different figure based Old Master paintings</div>
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<div>Option 1 Portrait of Omai - I guess we are likely to hear
more about this painting as the NPG tries to raise the funds to
keep him in the country -</div>
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<div><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joshua_Reynolds_-_Portrait_of_Omai.jpg">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joshua_Reynolds_-_Portrait_of_Omai.jpg</a><br>
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<div>Or Option 2 The Merode Altarpiece. Discovered in a book about
the history and meaning of Triptychs <br>
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<div><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rode_Altarpiece#/media/File:Annunciation_Triptych_(Merode_Altarpiece)_MET_DP273206.jpg">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rode_Altarpiece#/media/File:Annunciation_Triptych_(Merode_Altarpiece)_MET_DP273206.jpg</a><br>
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<div>So we challenge you to create an art work inspired by the
paintings -</div>
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<div>It could be a study of one of the figures? A modern
reinterpretation? A collage? Triptychs are fun to make and can be
as simple as card and masking tape or even folded card.</div>
<div>As usual you are very welcome to come along on the night even
if you haven't done your homework! But I hope that you will feel
inspired to try something out…</div>
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<div>Deborah".</div>
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<div>PS If any one is really struggling with downloading the images
then let Deborah or myself know and we I can email them to you. <br>
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<div><b>Save the date for our AGM & 1st Friday 3rd March 7.30pm
- 9.30pm Daylight Inn followed by a live demo.</b></div>
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<div>In March we return to our live venue events and start with the
Societies AGM where we will proposing to tweak a couple of our
constitution rules to help us keep up to date with today's
requirements. I am excited to say that we hope to have Zsuzsanna
back from Budapest to give us one of her lively demonstrations in
the second part of the evening. Details to follow shortly.<br>
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<div><b>Membership subscriptions are due now please.</b></div>
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<div>Thank you to all of you that have again renewed your membership
this year. There are still quite of few people that are yet to
renew for 2023 please. Your membership is of course vital to the
society and enables us to continue to offer a range of events
tailored to members interests.<br>
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<div>Details on how to renew can be found at <b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bromleyartsociety.org.uk/members/membership-renewal/">https://www.bromleyartsociety.org.uk/members/membership-renewal/</a></b></div>
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<div><b>Finally for 2023</b><br>
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<div>We are actively working on some very special events this year
to rejuvenate our society, so keep an eye-out for updates in our
future Newsletters.</div>
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<div>Kind Regards,</div>
<div>Paul<br>
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