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Big Spencer - Art in Action
posted 21 April 2007
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The first day of the Cookham Festival 21 April 2007. In spite of forecasts of snow and storms, it was a beautiful warm day for the Big Spencer project, much to relief of the organisers. The project was to paint a copy of Dinner on the Lawn by Stanley Spencer. However 70 people were to do it, doing one piece each. It all started off on Saturday morning at Holy Trinity School. |
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Bob and Mike welcome the artists |
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| Most people set up in the main hall of the school. Everyone picked up a canvas which was numbered and the plan was that they should paint that part of the painting. | ||
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A palette of Artists |
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| Rolf Harris was there to help and give advice on how to use the paints and get the best possible results. Josh Dorrington, one of the younger artists, was shown some techniques by Rolf. | ||
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Play Your Digeridoo, Josh |
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| Rolf even gave advice to Juliette Palmer RA, Cookham's well known artist, Juliette listened attentively to Rolf's suggestions. | ||
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This is how you do it Juliette |
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| As well as the seventy artists there were lots of helpers to show people where to set up their easels and where they could get hold of paints and also the odd cup of coffee. | ||
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Janet and Cynthia at your service |
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| Some people decided to move outside as it was such a lovely day and it was getting quite hot and noisy in the school hall. A small group in the playing fields were working well as a team, although one member had drawn the short straw with number 1 square which was totally grey apart from a small square of black. Easy to paint though. | ||
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My bit is all one colour!! |
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I guess you're doing a bit of lawn? or is it the sky? |
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Timmy and Sue talk green! |
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A bunch of hands (we think) painted by Timmy Mallett |
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