
Gap Art Club
A RELAXED ART GROUP FOR CREATIVE PEOPLE
About The Gap Art Club
We're a friendly art club, based in Streatley, Berkshire where we meet fortnightly on Wednesday mornings. You can work on a group subject, or on your own art or project in a pleasant and social environment, where we encourage each other and share techniques. Just bring your own subject matter and materials. We warmly welcome any level of art enthusiast to our sessions.
Tutor Led Sessions
Many of our sessions are led by local tutors from a variety of backgrounds, helping us explore new techniques and styles and giving encouragement and guidance to those who are more experienced. We've highlighted below some of the results from our tutor led sessions, covering a wide range of mediums and techniques.

Collage with Acrylic
ANNIE MONK
Creating artworks with premade collage papers and torn papers

Watercolours Techniques
KAREN CARTER
Experimenting with watercolour techniques
Watercolours Techniques
KAREN CARTER
Experimenting with watercolour techniques

Inks and Watercolours
MANDY MONKCOM
Trying several techniques combining both mediums

Collage Papers
JANE DIPPLE
Creating tonal collage papers for use in a future session

Pastel Portraits
MANDY MONKCOM
Using soft pastels to create texture and depth in a portrait

Winter Watercolours
KEVIN SCULLEY
Painting Winter scenes, using a limited colour palette

Festive Lino cuts and printing
CHARLOTTE ADCOCK
Adding some sparkle and texture to cards and tags

Soft Pastels
MANDY MONCKOM
Using Wolf Khan for inspiration with soft pastels on dark paper

Kickstarting your Painting
ANNIE MONK
Learning how to start painting when in a 'blocked' moment

Limited Colours
JANE DIPPLE
Working with a restrictive colour palette, placing colours in differeing postions

Soft Pastels
MANDY MONCKOM
Using Wolf Khan for inspiration with soft pastels on light paper

Floral Watercolours
KAREN CARTER
Using houshold items to help create watercolour florals

Plein-Air by the Thames
Glorious morning painting by the river in a variety of mediums with coffe, cake and lunch !

Circus letter prints
CHARLOTTE ADCOCK
Cutting lino and printing in a range of inks on paper and card.

Watercolour Pebbles
KAREN CARTER
Experimental techniques to create textures in watercolour

Sunny Seascapes
SUE BRIDGE
Learning techniques to master sky and seashores

Abstract Acrylics
ANNIE MONK
Using inspirational paintings to develop loose and fast acrylics

Scottish Colourists
MANDY MONKCOM
Using their style of painting in our own works

Acrylic Colours
KEVIN SCULLY
Painting using 3 key acrylic colours

Reduction Lino
CHARLOTTE ADCOCK
Cutting lino using a reduction technique

Botanical Books
KAREN CARTER
Creating printed materials with fresh botanicals

Painting
EDWINA SERCOMBE
Loose style painting using acrylic inks

Printing
CHARLOTTE ADCOCK
Using Gelli plates with botancial silouettes

Large Canvas
ANNIE MONK
Painting Freely & Without Fear with Acrylics

Gouache Resist
JANE DIPPLE
Using a 2 part process to create bold graphic artworks

Soluble Oil Paint
MANDY MONCKOM
Still life using a new medium to the group

Lovely Lemons
KAREN CARTER
Drawing, Painting, Printing - all studying lemons !

Plein Air
MANDY MONKCOM
Sketching around St Thomas' church to create watercolours

Wood Cutting
KAREN CARTER
Creating Japanese wood blocks and printing onto watercolour paper

Pastel Still Life
MANDY MONKCOM
Using soft chalk pastels for vibrant still life

Lino Cuts
ANN SPENCER
Cutting linos & test printing for final adjustments

Figure Drawing
JENNY FAY
Sketching from a live model

Watercolours
JONATHAN NEWEY
A masterclass using various watercolours techniques

Figure Drawing
MANDY MONKCOM
Outlinesketches to capture shape & movement

Dry Point Etching
KAREN CARTER
Printing with coloured inks from our dry point etchings

Pastel Portraits
MANDY MONKCOM
Applying & blending soft chalk pastels in portraits

Collage Papers
JANE DIPPLE
Creating & using collage papers in paintings

Floral Decoration
SARAH RASMUSSEN
Table decorations with mulled wine & mince pies !

Fast Acrylics
KEVIN SCULLY
Learning to paint fast and loosely with acrylics

Pastel Landscapes
MANDY MONKCOM
Sketching and layering chalk pastels to build landscapes

Mono Printing
KAREN CARTER
Using printers inks and oil paints in a fun and messy session

Acrylic Painting
KEVIN SCULLY
Blending acrylic paints to create lively landscapes

Lino Printing
ANNE SPENCER
Experiment in mark making & black ink printing

Pastel Portrait
MANDY MONKCOM
Working with soft chalk pastels

Pen & Wash
MANDY MONKCOM
Sketching with water colours & inks
Future Sessions
Session dates with an outline plan of activities

Late Spring 2026 Sessions
March to Mid April 2026
DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES

Summer 2026 Sessions
End April to June 2026
DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES

Richard Cave
29 April 2026
A Cotswold Barn - Watercolour Painting
Richard is new to the Club and will be taking us through stages of creating a landscape watercolour including under-drawing and feint pen and line. We'll be painting onto 320gsm textured paper which will be supplied on the day.
Please bring these materials; Watercolours, Water pot, Brushes, Hb pencil, Waterproof fineliner pen (if you wish to use), Drawing board, Masking tape.

Richard Cave
29 April 2026
A Cotswold Barn - Pen drawing
Some may wish to do this stage but it's not neccessary

Richard Cave
29 April 2026
A Cotswold Barn - under drawing in pencil in preparation for the watercolour painting

Richard Cave
29 April 2026
Additional Landscape if you have time

Richard Cave
29 April 2026
Additional Landscape underdrawing - if you have time

Berkshire Printmakers
13 May 2026
notan printing
Sarah and Cipriano will takes us through Japanese Notan printing techniques. Thsi involves balancing light/dark, using paper stencils and monochrome inks to create striking, high-contrast screen prints. A great transition from our last printing session.

Charlotte Adcock
3 June 2026
TBC

Untutored session
17 June 2026
Sketching by the river
Plein Air session, weather permitting, under the trees by the Lobstar Bar at the Coppa Club. We'll be sketching and watercolours by the River Thames, along with coffee, cake and chat !

Autumn 2026 Sessions
September to October 2026
DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES

Autumn / Winter 2026 Sessions
November to December 2026
DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES
Gallery
Some of the incredible work created by our club members
Tips and Know How
Hints, tips and thoughts collated from previous sessions
2026年4月6日Watercolour Techniques Colour Palette for Pears: Phthalo Blue, Cadmium Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Permanent Rose (mixed with Cad Yellow for the ‘blush’ on pears), Ultramarine Blue & Burnt Umber for underpainting shadow colour – Burnt Umber is also good for knocking the brightness out of the darker...Kick-starting your Painting when in a Block - Annie Monk A painting 'block' happens to all of us a some time. Here are some techniques to over come it; Prompts and Ideas for Inspiration: - Observe and study art in magazines, books, catalogues and the internet. - Visit exhibitions in...2025年1月22日Mixing Colours with Kevin Sculley Using a colour wheel and basic colour theory will help in creating blended colours using 3 basic primary colours - Cyan or process blue, process yellow and Magenta. Secondary colours are blends of the primary colours on a 50% of each colour. Bear in mind...Materials List
Whilst we do bring some specialist materials to share for selected tutored sessions, please bring the following to each session
Paints and mediums
Core palatte of acrylics in primary colours yellow, red and blue tones, also Titanium white and Burnt Umber
Core palette of watercolours in yellow, red and blue tones and others in either pans or tubes
Inks - if you have any, Soft pastels and a few oil pastels
Brushes
A few inexpensive brushes for watercolour and acrylics, flat and/or round brushes, natural bristle or nylon.
Palette knife is useful to mixing and applying paint
Paper
Watercolour 300gsm paper, Sketch pad or rough paper, Acrylic or mixed media paper, art canvas board or stretched canvas, or primed mdf or other board. Most bought ones are already primed but if you are working on mdf or similar you need to put a couple of layers of gesso on it. Masking tape
Containers
2 containers (for watercolours), Stock pots or small containers to hold ink or specialist materials
For acrylics - 'Staywet' palette or plastic tray / plate or paper plate. For watercolours, plastic or ceramic plate / tray
Other Materials
A3 drawing board
Waterproof Fineliner Drawing pen or dip pens or sticks and waterproof ink / HB & soft B2 pencils / charcoal / crayons / sharpener / putty rubber / scissors / ruler / kitchen paper, PVA glue / Apron
Membership and session fees
We're a 'not-for-profit' club, entirely managed and run by volunteers. All fees charged cover our running costs including venue hire, insurance, tutors and some specialist equipment and materials . We encourage all members to get involved with the organisation of each session, setting up and clearing down, events and future subjects.
Session costs for 2026
Payment is £50 for a 4 session block. Book in advance by emailing us, as spaces may be limited.
BACS payment preferred - contact us for details.
Say Hello
Just drop us an email if you're interested in joining, to book 4 sessions or to ask any questions.
The Morrell Room, Church Lane, Streatley, West Berkshire, RG8 9HT1st and 3rd Wednesdays most months (See Future Events above), 10am - 1pm
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