October 2020 innings

Our 'stay at home' topic for October was layered local history, which was also the stay at home option for September. This is a wide subject and we received a very varied number of 'takes'.

There is a promised response featuring a highwayman, who has been unfortunately delayed in Crouch End, but watch this space.

Meanwhile Gill Steiner sent a pic of two very frightened women whose house, 4 doors away from Gill's, was bombed out in WWII. By chance Gill found a devastating account of the bombings and the destruction in a local newspaper.

 

Avis Dennis sent a pic of the grounds of Blenheim Palace, which were designed by Capability Brown. The Palace is of course redolent with layers of British history. Avis also sent a picture of her godson's demised pear tree.

Tricia Sharpe's contribution was a mixed media pic of swans in the local park, where the poet Stevie Smith used to walk.

Priscila Worley lives close to Hackney Empire, one of the architect Frank Matcham's designs. It is a real part of the local community with great panto but unfortunately closed at the moment.

Janet Payne sent a pic of the Phoenix rising from the ashes above the porch on the river frontage of St Paul's cathedral, rebuilt of course after the Great Fire of London. The city survives with new life.

The next innings will be on Tuesday 17 November and the subject will be the "Tree of Life".

20 October outing postponed

Due to the Covid alert level being raised so that London is in Tier 2, it is best if we postpone the outing planned for Tuesday 20 October until it is safe to meet up again. This decision is made with a heavy heart but it is in the best interests of participants, Islington Art Society and the cafe.

We do have the stay at home alternative courtesy of Urban Sketchers. Here it is again:

Delve into the history of your local area, and produce an image (or something 3d!) which reflects some aspect of its past times and change.  This may be a series of images on one page, possibly including collage.

For a fuller (and better) explanation of this project, please go to the Urban Sketchers themselves, here:  http://urbansketchers-london.blogspot.com/2020/09/sketch-history-which-surrounds-us.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UrbanSketchersLondon+%28Urban+Sketchers+London%29

Images to janetat48ock@hotmail.com.

For the future we are exploring using Zoom through IAS so that we can show our work to each other and for a more interactive approach. 

Send your pics to:

Janet

janetat48Ock@hotmail.com

or Sue

susan@lees.org.uk

Please could you do this regardless of whether you do the 'on site 'or the 'stay at home' alternative. Taking the pics on site is very difficult to do whilst maintaining social distancing. Also artists taking their own pics generally results in better images. Thanks.

Stay at home plan for 20 October

 

Your organisers were very excited by the local history alternative for September and there is plenty of scope here for another go at this. Thank you Urban Sketchers.

So:

Tuesday 20 October: Alternative plan in event of bad weather, or if people prefer to stay at home

 For an alternative to our planned day out at Park View Cafe, Finsbury Park, in case of either bad weather or for those who do not wish to travel, once again we have turned to the  London Urban Sketchers for inspiration. 

We thought that their latest idea sounded rather good.   The idea is to delve into the history of your local area, and produce an image (or something 3d!) which reflects some aspect of its past times and change.  This may be a series of images on one page, possibly including collage.

For a fuller (and better) explanation of this project, please go to the Urban Sketchers themselves, here:  http://urbansketchers-london.blogspot.com/2020/09/sketch-history-which-surrounds-us.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UrbanSketchersLondon+%28Urban+Sketchers+London%29

20 October 2020 Outing

After much debate we have decided that our next outing will be to the Park View Cafe on the edge of Finsbury Park. The cafe is at the entrance to the park opposite Manor House tube. It has a garden with outside sitting space as well as indoor seating. There are interesting plants and shapes in the garden and if the weather is good, there is of course plenty of opportunity to sketch in the park.

Meet 11 am Tuesday 20 October at Park View cafe, 327a Green Lanes, N4 1BZ.

Please remember the rule of six and be careful to socially distance. Participants were really good about this when we went to Parliament Hill.

We will publish a stay at home alternative nearer the time.

More from Hampstead Heath

 There are some late arrivals from our outing to Hampstead Heath, but worth well waiting for:

   Lindsay Topping

   Alison Sandifer