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TRIP TO TONY & BETTY RACKHAM'S GARDEN JUNE 2007
Nine of our members took up the kind offer from Tony and Betty to paint in their garden. The weather was fantastic and perfect for outdoor painting. We arrived about 10.30 a.m. and were given a lovely welcome, cups of tea and coffee, and a tour of their enormous garden - full of trees, blossom and ponds. We found ourselves ooh-ing and aah-ing at the twists and turns, the nooks and glades plus the huge variety of plants, each plant had a story behind it. It has been open to the public in the past and been on a TV gardening programme.
We each found
a corner to paint in - what a magical experience - bird song light breeze
and sunshine plus more tea and coffee. After lunch we painted another
view, we were spoilt for choice, so many different aspects to choose from.
The last of us left just before 5.00 p.m. Tony and Betty volunteered to
host us again in the future, perhaps spring next year looks a good time
to repeat the day, so try not to miss it! Tony and Betty have their own
website www.bettony.co.uk well worth a visit for those who like scenery,
flowers and wildlife.
Claire
Palmer
Our congratulations to Betty Rackham whose photograph "The Test at Brook" was voted favourite picture at the Romsey Camera Club's annual exhibition recently, as featured in the Romsey Advertiser. - Editor
NEW FOREST CAMERA CLUB AUGUST VISIT
About 12 T.A.S members attended,( as guests), an evening of shared knowledge re photography and painting. We were very warmly welcomed and really were among friends: 3 T.A.S members are also members of the camera club, Tony & Betty Rackham and Roy Fisher.
Alternately, a photographer would explain how he got his effects, the lighting and the tweaking on a computer that he used to achieve the finished picture. Then an artist described how they had achieved their end result, the medium and the reference material or photo they used to produce an original painting. Then again it was a photographer' s turn and so on 'till the evening's end.
In the interval we were provided with refreshments and could closely inspect the various works of everyone. After the evening I felt strongly that artists have always had the advantage of moving, excluding or adding objects into a scene to enhance the finished painting, whereas photographers were, in the early years, tied to what the lens saw; but seeing the artistic results of these people and their artistic tweaking means they are now as versatile as painters in what they can create.
Claire Palmer
