Saturday, May 07, 2011

The Waterfall--May 7th workshop

We met 13 year old Lydia along with her mum Helen a couple of weeks ago on Ludlow market....Helen was very nervous when she arrived today----
Helen soon got the hang of the bashing brush and tickling brush though....
Jo has been once before--she was the only student today who has painted before...she has done the Winter Wonderland workshop with me........she was completely relaxed today--but she knew exactly how the others were feeling doing their first one!
I have spoken to Sally several times via email and to say she was nervous was an under statement! She was completely convinced she wouldn't be able to paint anything that looked like the subject matter!  She knows a couple of my students and Gill showed her some of her paintings recently and put her at ease... Sally kept saying throughout the workshop " I cant believe Ive done this--its amazing!"
Trevor was quite bold for a first time student--he wasn't afraid of colour and went straight in with his loaded brush to create a lovely dramatic painting.
the end results--WOW
had to show this close up of Helen's painting--the final touch was to add a moon--and Helen  used the tree foliage to her advantage and placed the moon behind it--what a lovely effect it gave.I'm looking forward to seeing them all again soon.......  

1 comment:

Unknown said...

What a fantastic painting - loved all the photos - cant wait till I get organised and come over - oils I think!!!