November Newsletter
News, Exhibitions and Events...
🍂 November Notes from the Atelier
Another month and the first half of the Autumn term has passed as quickly as storm Benjamin blew through the channel! Here follows a roundup of what we’ve been up to as well as some interesting upcoming events and exhibitions.
🍂October in Review - what we’ve been creating.
🍂Monthly Project.
🍂Workshop Availability.
🍂Upcoming Expos & Creative Gatherings.
🍂Opportunities - Royal Watercolour Society - Open Exhibition
🖌️October in Review.
This past month in class, we took inspiration from portrait painting, castles and Breton women. I had a super day teaching in Ploerdut with a lovely art group there. We had fun painting Breton ladies in their traditional gear in a modern setting - proper Mamm Gohzs! The October ‘Harvest’ project, (home work) produced some stunning work - well done all! We painted castles, near and far, with the objective of describing economically rather than over painting, and an inspirational day in Dinan produced some urban sketches for further development.
🎨 An Introduction to portrait painting.
It’s always a pleasure to spend time with Les Amis de Ploerdut - but this portrait workshop was especially fun. I teach/demonstrate at various art groups in Brittany and England - do get in touch to discuss how I can work with your group/venue. artinbritanny@gmail.com
Here you can enjoy a Step by step Tutorial
🖌️ Class work and projects.
Painting Castles included Scottish Eilean Donan and our local Abbaye de Paimpont.
🎨 Dinan.
We went to Dinan for the watercolour exhibition - it was a sunny day so a little urban sketching was in order.
🌾 November Project:
Your project to begin the darker months is on the theme of Samhain. There are so many inspirational associations for this season (spooky or not) so feel to explore the theme in your own way. Full tutorial.
🏡 Workshop Availability: Autumn Offerings
Last opportunity to join me in the studio this season:
Card Design for Print – A full-day workshop exploring layout, watercolour motifs, and preparing artwork for printing. Perfect for holiday cards or small-batch stationery. More info| Book Now
🧵 Upcoming Expos & Creative Gatherings
Annonciations. An exhibition by Mike Schertzer. Until November 16.
Poetry is disaster is the contemporary art studio-gallery of Mike Schertzer—a Franco-Canadian artist, poet, and scientist. Here, his creative universe unfolds before your eyes: paintings, book-objects, artist’s books, books, collages, and assemblages.
Glaz Festival St Malo. November 13 - December 14.
Glaz is a festival dedicated to committed contemporary photography. This year, it welcomes more than 60 artists to Rennes and its region. For this first collaboration with the city of Saint-Malo, the 4th place welcomes Malo Legrand, winner of the 2023 Coup de Coeur Prize. His work explores the connection between man and nature. His project in Iceland testifies to a fragile and poetic coexistence with a changing environment. In partnership with the city of Saint-Malo and the financial support of the Banque Populaire Foundation and Crédit Maritime Grand Ouest.
There are several interesting upcoming exhibitions in Pléneuf-Val-André in the Salle des Régates…
Exposition de Michelle Le Flahec November 3 - 9.
Michèle Le Flahec, a passionate self-taught artist, has been working with oil painting for many years. Her works explore a variety of themes, notably seascapes and figures rendered in chiaroscuro. She skillfully plays with shadow and light, creating captivating compositions. Her artistic sensitivity is reflected in her canvases, which invite emotional immersion.
Exposition de Pierrick Menard November 10 - 11.
Arabesque and Kinetics Photography
Pierrick Ménard, a lifelong nature enthusiast, turned to naturalistic photography in 2017 after retiring. His style has gradually evolved into a personal artistic expression, particularly through the use of movement. His photographs, known for their aesthetic beauty, capture light and birds in motion in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc. Pierrick seeks to preserve the beauty of fleeting moments, offering viewers a striking immersion into the natural world.
Exposition de Valerie-Anne Bertin November 17 - 23.
Valérie-Anne Bertin, a passionate artist from Pléneuf, has been devoted to drawing and painting since childhood. She presents a collection of her works created in oil and acrylic. Deeply inspired by her Breton roots, she highlights the landscapes and marine scenes of Pléneuf-Val-André and its surroundings, as well as a variety of portrait reproductions.
Exposition de L’Art et la Matiere November 24 - 30.
Christelle Schaefer et La Pharfelue
Christelle Schaefer, photographer, captures light along the coast, immortalizing the ever-changing spectacle of the elements. Her snapshots—whether figurative or abstract, calm or dynamic—invite escapism.
La Pharfelue, meanwhile, shapes raw materials, working with linen, wood, and slate to create elegant, handcrafted decorative pieces.
Together, they offer a complementary immersion into the natural world
Let me know if you’re attending any of these—I’d love to hear about your experience.
Reminder
Just a few weeks to submit work for the RWS Open 2026
Deadline: Friday 28th November 2025, 11.59pm GMT
Artists of all backgrounds at any stage in their career, based in the UK or internationally, are invited to submit artwork made in any and all water-based media on paper for the RWS Open 2026.
Why not enter your work?
I am currently in Southern England where there will be bonfires and fireworks in the next few days. I haven’t been in these parts at this time of year for at least a decade, my memories of this time were of random fireworks going off for weeks either side of the the 5th, but I’ve yet to hear any fireworks at all. Things have changed - for which I am very grateful!
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