As Pinner Sketch Club continues to attract a diverse range of talented artists, their 71st annual Summer Show promises to be a scorching hotbed of talent. With more than 200 original works on display, this year promises to be better than ever, with participants vying for prizes. Complementing the Summer Show is Art in the Village, where visitors may view members’ paintings in up to 20 Pinner shop windows until Saturday, August 31. With such an array of talent, we speak to six members ahead of the big show, to find out what makes them tick.

  • 70th Summer Exhibition: Pinner Parish Hall, Church Lane, top of Pinner High Street, Pinner, August 17 to 31. Details: www.pinnersketchclub.co.uk

Name: Desmond Sloane 
Medium: Oil, watercolour, pencil, charcoal, pastel, occasionally acrylic 
Subject matter: Portraits, landscapes, sometimes imaginative themes 
Favourite colour: Venetian Red 
Favourite artist: Graham Sutherland 
Where do you get your inspiration from: From nature and (occasionally) from my imagination 
I can’t draw/paint unless... I am really inspired by what I am painting/drawing 

Name: Jeremy Deacon 
Medium: Oil, watercolour charcoal and pastel
Subject matter: Figurative, life, landscape.
Favourite colour: Prussian Blue
Favourite piece of art: Starry night by Van Gogh.
Where do you get your inspiration from: Working from the landscape, English landscape, better still coastal landscape ...
Favourite gallery: Tate Britain.
Member of Pinner Sketch Club for: Three years

Name: Sheila Ruffle
Medium: Pastel, acrylics, oils
Subject matter: Portraits, interiors, street scenes
Favourite artist: Vermeer
I can’t paint unless... I have peace and quiet

Name: Eva Cowan
Where are you from: Austria
Where are you based: Pinner
Medium: Metals
Favourite piece of art: Something from Rodin
Where do you get your inspiration from: Nature, animals, people, architecture.
I can’t weld unless... I’m inspired. And I’ve got a cup of tea.
Favourite gallery: Tate Britain. And sometimes Tate Modern.

Name: Deborah Schofield
Medium: Oil
Subject matter: Portraits
Favourite colour: Black
Favourite artist: Da Vinci
Where do you get your inspiration from: Life
I can’t draw/paint unless... I have a free day
Favourite gallery: Royal Academy
Where are you based: Pinner
Where did you study art/design: Uxbridge College

Name: Sylvia Kingsley
Medium: Oil and watercolour
Subject matter: Something that stirs the heart -nature, the sea, travel
Favourite colour: Turquoise, colour of the warm Mediterranean Sea
Favourite artist: Monet
I can’t draw/paint unless... There's a good coffee on hand to get adrenalin going.
Favourite gallery: Royal Academy
Inspiration: From life, travel