Rachels Archery

Roger Hutchins Art and I had an incredible time at our Archery club Magna Carta Field Archers yesterday afternoon.

We started off at the practice butts, then went round the first half of the course, stopping for a little break half way round. Then we went back to the practice butts before continuing the second half of the course. Haven’t been since April and it certainly showed the lack of practice for me, and the amount of targets I completely missed 🙈

Our club is very fortunate to have two members who regularly paint 2D faces for us, Derek & Roger. This gives both club members and those visiting us for open shoots the chance to shoot something different.

It truly was a wonderful way to spend the afternoon in the shade of the trees and being out in the fresh air. 🏹

29th July is Global Tiger Day, to raise awareness about the dwindling numbers of tigers in the wild.

I painted this archery target face with acrylic paints on calico. I started it in my acrylic paining class, where I had a student who wanted to paint a tiger. I used it as an opportunity to work on a larger scale and with a bolder and brighter palette of colours. I did the initial drawing with acrylic pens, working upside down, so that the learners could see the image develop (although this did mean that I got the tiger's left eye slightly out of place). 🙈

As the calico was unprimed the paint stayed wet for longer than it would do on a primed canvas, allowing easier blending, but there was a significant strike through of colour onto the cardboard backing. If you are trying something like this cover the backing with clingfilm first to stop the paint sticking.

The colour was built up in stages over two classes and some modifications and details added with the acrylic pens before the target face was installed at Magna Carta Field Archers, where my wife Rachels Archery and I are assistant course setters.

The tiger formed part of a predator and prey target. We were the first people to shoot it. I took all three of my arrows to hit the tiger. Rachel hit it with her first arrow from 60 feet away (bottom right) and was then able to go for the prey animal (a chicken). 🧑‍🎨 🐅 🎨 🏹

We are incredibly excited to be running our ‘Have A Go’ Archery stall at the Tilford Village Fete happening tomorrow 12:00 - 17:00. There’s so much going on, from stalls & raft race at the fete to coverage of the World cup, live music in the evening and so, so much more.

It’s going to be an incredible day and evening out.

Pop along to our stall, only £2 for four arrows and a prize every time. Find out about our Field Archery club Magna Carta Field Archers. We look forward to seeing you all there. 🏹

Weather is looking terrific. 😎

An incredibly big thank you to everyone that took the time to visit our ‘have a go Archery’ stall on Saturday at the Datchet Village Fete. We were absolutely blown away by how busy we were and the interest that was shown in our club Magna Carta Field Archers as well as Field Archery in general.

We were incredibly pleased to see a lot more adults having a go at this fete, it is suitable for everyone, not just children. 🏹

A massive thank you and very well done to the committee of the fete, to the Scouts and the students of Churchmead school who took the time to check stallholders were ok and see if we needed help. A sterling effort from everyone. There is so much that happens behind the scenes in getting so much organised, this really was a brilliant fete. Well done Susan Harris and committee. 🤗

We are all ready to go at Datchet Village Fete today 12:30 - 16:00 with free entry and lots to see and do.

Come and visit our have a go archery stall, only £2 for four arrows and a prize every time. Discover our field archery club Magna Carta Field Archers. We look forward to meeting you all.🏹 🎯

A really big thank you to absolutely everyone that took the time to visit our Have A Go Archery stall on Saturday at the Englefield Green Village Fair. We were really busy all day with lots of queues. There was a lot of interest in our local Field Archery club Magna Carta Field Archers which was really great. We thoroughly enjoyed meeting you all. 🏹

A massive thank you to all the fair committee who work so tirelessly behind the scenes to get everything organised as well as the hard work on the day, it is a thankless task. Well done Amanda and crew. 🤗

We’re all ready to go at the Englefield Green Village Fair happening today 12:00 - 17:00 on the village green. Free entry and lots to see and do. We are pitch number 21.

Come and say hello, discover your inner Robin Hood (we all have one) 🤣. Only £2 for four arrows and a prize every time. Find out about our local field archery club Magna Carta Field Archers based in Lyne.

We look forward to seeing you all. 🏹

We are very excited to be running our extremely popular ‘Have A Go Archery’ stall tomorrow Saturday 20th June at the Englefield Green Village Fair from 12:00 - 17:00. This is always a very popular fair with lots to do and has free entry.

Come and visit our stall and discover your inner Robin Hood (we all have one)🤣 Only £2 for four arrows and a prize every time.

We look forward to seeing you all there. Weather is looking great. 🏹 😎

A massive thank you to absolutely everyone that came and visited our ‘have a go Archery’ stall on Saturday during Lyne Village Hall fete. As always, we had an absolute blast and were blown away by the amount of people that took the time to visit us. We were the busiest we’ve been at this fete, and had queues most of the day. We enjoyed meeting you all.

Our thanks also to the entire committee of the fete for all their hard work, a lot goes into organising these fetes before the big day as well as during the day. Special thanks to Katrina and Simon for the extra support given to us on the day. 🙏🏼 🏹

We’re all set up and ready to go with our have a go archery stall at Lyne Village Hall fete happening today 12:00 - 16:30.

Only £2 for four arrows and a prize every time.

Come and find out about our very local archery club Magna Carta Field Archers.