Visit to St Dunstan in the East on Tuesday 21 October

We were incredibly lucky with the weather on our visit to the roofless remnants of St Dunstan in the East, it rained heavily on both the day before and the day after!   Around a dozen artists arrived at this hidden gem of a church garden in the City, in fact this gem is apparently not so hidden nowadays as there was a constant flow of other visitors with cameras and various tour parties.  Some of the visitors were incorporated into our artwork.   We had hoped to get stunning autumn colours from the climbers on the church walls, but mostly the leaves were still dark green; there was some yellow, but the virginia creeper which should have been red had lost most of its leaves.  One of our artists was particularly charmed by the coloured leaves on the ground as you will see.  Most people concentrated on the interior arches, but one intrepid soul sat outside and captured the City contrasts of the old and the new rubbing shoulders together.  St Dunstan's is very beautiful and evocative, and we had a good time sketching it, but probably is best seen, in the absence of autumn colour on the walls, in the summer when the sun is high enough to produce shadows on the walls.

We had a very nice lunch in Indra's, round the corner in the Light Centre Monument.

Our next sketch date will be on Tuesday 18 November, when we have a kind invitation to sketch inside the Broomfield Park Conservatory, which will be opened especially for Art in the Park.  Full details to follow.

Meanwhile, please enjoy our images below.

Image above by Gafung Wong

 

Image above by Avis Dennis

 

 

Image above by Janet Payne

 

 

Image above by Diane Umemoto

 

 

 

Image above by Diana Marshall

 

 

 

Two images above by Ann Funston

 

 

Image above by Gill Steiner (done on our previous visit and unaccountably not posted)

 

 

Image above by Janet Perkins 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image above by Peter Colley

 

 

Image above by Priscilla Worley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image above by Betty Wang

Image above by Sue Lees

Tuesday 21 October: St Dunstan in the East, 20 St Dunstan’s Hill, Billingsgate, London EC3R 5DD

On Tuesday 21 October we will revisit the ruins of St Dunstan in the East, last visited sometime before Covid.   Regulars will remember this fabulous Church down near the Tower of London.   Most of the walls are standing, along with the arched window apertures, but no significant roof following the bombing in the War.   The interior of the Church is now a garden, and the walls are covered with creepers.   Hopefully our visit will catch the autumn colours on the climbers.   Our previous visit was when the climbers were green, and you can view our images here:  (Please scroll down the page to find the St Dunstan images.)

We will meet at 11 o'clock in St Dunstan's. 

There is no rain cover, except possibly in the tower, though depending on the direction of the rain, it may be possible to sketch from the shelter of the walls and under an umbrella.   No loos either!   The nearest cafe is Indra's net cafe (which has excellent reviews), which is in the Light Centre Monument, accessible via St Mary At Hill street close by.   There may be others not showing up on a google map search.

The nearest tube stations are Monument and Bank,  and there is an eight to ten minute walk from them.

 

  

In the event of heavy rain, we could go to All Hallows by the Tower, which is a five minute walk away.  

Please bring your sketching stools (though there are benches) and umbrellas, as appropriate.

Sue's telephone number for the day is 07975 864 142.