Artist-led drawing tour - Addiscombe

Turf Projects are running a series of free 'Stones Of Croydon' drawing tours to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Croydon becoming a London Borough. Croydon Council have placed a series of boulders around the Borough, one in each of Croydon’s twenty 1964 original wards to celebrate this anniversary. Keep a eye out for these boulders, as they will provide our meeting point for each tour. All drawing materials will be provided. All ages & abilities welcome.

Our first Stones Of Croydon drawing tour this season will be taking place in Addiscombe led by Architects Taylan Tahir & Alex Baretta, recent graduates of the Royal College of Art. You can meet them and Turfie Becky on Saturday 5th December at 1pm on the junction of Morland Road and Morland Avenue.

Turf’s 'Stones Of Croydon' drawing tours have been running since 2013. The workshops encourage students to explore the rudiments of drawing technique – outline, shading, colour – through carefully observing and drawing Croydon. Each workshop is led by different professionals from various fields of art, design and architecture. The workshops are based upon John Ruskin’s principles outlined in his book 'The Stones of Venice' and are intended not for the training of artists, but of people who,by following the class, ‘might see greater beauties thanthey had hitherto seen in nature and in art, and thereby gain more pleasure in life’.

Timetable for all tours:Join us at the boulder on the list below, 1–3pm to explore your local area through drawing

Saturday 5 DecemberAddiscombe –Junction of Morland Road and Morland Avenue with Taylan Tahir & Alex Baretta

Saturday 19 DecemberBensham Manor –Trumble Gardens with Sophia O’Connor

Saturday 16 JanuaryCoulsdon East – Bradmore Green Pond with Lily Hawkes

Saturday 30 JanuaryEast – Ashburton Park with Jasmine Popper

Saturday 13 FebruaryNew Addington – Milne Park with Alex Brenchley

Saturday 27 FebruaryNorbury – Norbury Park with Katherine Midgley

Saturday 12 MarchPurley – High Street with Jemma Egan

Saturday 26 MarchSanderstead North – Sanderstead Station Ticket Office with Isabelle Southwood

Saturday 9 AprilSanderstead and Selsdon – Sanderstead Pond with Sophie Blagden

Saturday 23 AprilShirley – Shirley Library forecourt with Alex McNamee

Saturday 7 MaySouth Norwood –Norwood Junction Station with Adeline McCann

Saturday 21 MayThornton Heath – Clocktower on Parchmore Road with Chris Alton

Saturday 4 JuneUpper Norwood – Upper Norwood Recreation Ground with Mark Seiltz

Saturday 18 JuneWaddon – Waddon Leisure Centre with Karolina Glusiec

Saturday 2 JulyWest Thornton –Thornton Heath Pond with Chris Alton

Saturday 16 JulyWhitehorse Manor –Heavers Meadow with Daniel MacCarthy

Saturday 30 JulyWoodcote and Coulsdon West – Coulsdon Library with Robert Pratt

Saturday 13 AugustBroad Green – Wandle Park (near water fountain) with Charlie Reed

Saturday 27 AugustWoodside – Woodside Green with Joseph Popper

Saturday 10 SeptemberCentral – Queen’s Gardens with Holly Hendry

Kindly supported by Croydon Council

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