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Art Connection - Tuesday 21st October 2025 - 6.45 pm to 8pm

Hello Everyone

Hope you will join me online this Tuesday where we'll work on using Soft pastels and Pastel pencils (or coloured pencils) to paint some beautiful shiny fish. Image from Unsplash.

This season (Autumn 2025) we'll meet every Tuesday evening from 6.45pm to 8pm to draw/paint together. No experience needed. Complete beginners are very welcome.

John 21: 4-11

"4 At dawn Jesus was standing on the beach, but the disciples couldn’t see who he was. 5 He called out, “Fellows, have you caught any fish?”

“No,” they replied.

6 Then he said, “Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you’ll get some!” So they did, and they couldn’t haul in the net because there were so many fish in it.

7 Then the disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his tunic (for he had stripped for work), jumped into the water, and headed to shore. 8 The others stayed with the boat and pulled the loaded net to the shore, for they were only about a hundred yards from shore. 9 When they got there, they found breakfast waiting for them—fish cooking over a charcoal fire, and some bread.

10 “Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught,” Jesus said. 11 So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore. There were 153 large fish, and yet the net hadn’t torn"

If you are able to print out the image to have it beside you whilst drawing, hopefully you'll find this helpful on the day. Otherwise, you can perhaps view it on your phone as this will allow you to zoom in on the detail also ?

Download this weeks Image

If you want to pre-sketch the outline of image to give more time for the detail (no need to do so though), we'll only include the two or three of the fish in our painting to keep it simpler

What you'll need

If using pastel pencils, use Pastel paper or very fine sandpaper (400grit or finer) OR if using coloured pencils, any paper is fine to use

Sticky tape (decorators masking tape is best) to hold the paper down to your desk/table

Any size of paper you have available

A selection of soft pastels, pastel pencils or coloured pencils

Kitchen paper to wipe your hands on

A pencil, eraser and pencil sharpener

How do i join?

The zoom link to join will appear above on this page at 6.45pm on Tuesdays. To join you will need a phone/tablet or laptop with a built in camera and microphone (most modern devices come with this) you may need to download the zoom app onto your phone if you are using a phone to join.

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