Our first foray of 2026 saw a small but determined band of artists flying down to Old Sarum to create within the museum’s WW1 Belfast Trussed hangars. As ever, more happens than can be written here in the QN, so I’ll cut straight to the art itself. As ever on a visit to my patch … Read more

An invitation by the School of Army Aeronautical Engineering at Lyneham, saw us return in July for some plein air painting with an Apache helicopter forward base set up to study. Through our chairman’s contacts with the Chief Instructor of the SAAE, Lt. Col Josh Lively, a small band of artists met at the gate … Read more

A chilly start to 2025 dictated in part by the double nature of our meeting; sketching in the Old Sarum hangars first followed by an evening lecture from our very own Keith Burns GAvA at the Salisbury Museum. Our small but willing band of artists grabbed a coffee from Old Sarum’s Hangar 3 café to … Read more

A final joint effort this year from the Midland and West Region saw us at STEAM; Museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon. Located in the old locomotive works itself, the building alone exudes all of the power and glory of the steam days. Fifteen members and guests gathered with coffee in hand, welcomes … Read more