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Celebrate Vera Lynn and paint the bluebirds over the White Cliffs. Arty Class for all ages.

With the sad passing of Vera Lynn, relive one of our previous weekly Arty Classes where professional artist Helga Picknell guided us through painting the White Cliffs of Dover in celebration of VE day. It used a number of mixed media including the use of a candle!

See below the step-by-step video, materials list required as well as some of the paintings we've had sent in to us, from young and old artists alike.


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Materials required to paint along:

• Pref watercolour paper (about 15x20 cm)

• A pencil (HB or 2B) and rubber

• A black waterproof/permanent pen or fountain pen

• Gel pens (white?) or colouring pencils

• Watercolour paints

• A white candle (or a white wax crayon or a white oil pastel)

• Watercolour brushes

• 2 jars with water

• A sheet of kitchen roll

• Something to create a circle like a compass or a bit of string attached to a pencil


Art received:


Gerry Blofeld


Carrie Dring


Julie Pearce


Michelle Mould


Jill Marsden


Audrey Sibert


Julie Barnett


Maureen Holmes


Andrea Harrison


Nicola Garrett


Jan Yardley


Jill Exell


Jean Eustace


Annie Reynolds


James McGuinness (aged 9)


Emma McGuinness


Joseph Bartram


Rookley Dring, age 4


Rishi Kondepudi, age 12


Denise Jones


Stephanie Donaldson


Charlotte Della Maestra, 12yrs


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