Weather----grrrrrrr

I had to cancel last Saturdays workshop because of the snow...we couldn't get out of our road to get to the venue and I had students coming from Birmingham, Shrewsbury, Telford ,Leominster and Cleobury Mortimer-and they had no chance of getting here safely.
So for every ones sake it was the best option to cancel...everyone except 2 have booked in for another workshop...so that's been sorted.
I'm keeping everything crossed that we will be able to run the new Sunflower workshop this Saturday--but I wont hold my breath--the forecast is for more snow Friday...watch this space.....

Class Of October 18th-Winter Wonderland

We will be doing a version of Winter Wonderland on Sat Oct 18th.

Some of the Ladies Of Sundorne Wi will be coming down to do the class.

This is one of the paintings that I did for the demonstration when I was there earlier this year.

There is possibly a couple of places left for this class-but the WI is having a meeting tomorrow, so the places might be filled by Friday.

Class of August 9th--Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland is a popular subject--we use a black canvas to start with--something I find is easier for some students who are particularly nervous!

You will learn to use several techniques, brushes and other materials .
This painting is suitable for all abilities from first timers to more experienced artists.
If you would like to join this class please get in touch via the website http://www.paintingmyway.co.uk

Please note there are only 4 places left for this class

Serenity In Green

After finding that the limeted palette of sap green and black worked well I decided to continue the theme onto another painting.

This time the canvas is 50 cm wide and 100 cm long.

The colour has not come out well on the photograph-its actualy more muted like the previous painting Tranquility In Green.

I have shown a close up of the detail in the bottom of the painting.

I went back to it several times and adjusted it.The grasses were left very simple to start, but It didnt quite work, so i added some heads to them and it worked a treat.

Im really pleased with the result.

The price is £180 including P+P in Uk.

please get in touch if you are interested in reserving this work.

Please note this is an oil painting and it will not be dry enough to post for several weeks.

Tranquility In Green

Here is my latest painting "Tranquility In Green" painted in oil onto a large box canvas 100cm x80cm.

You can see the different stages that the painting went through as it evolved.

Very muted shades of sap green, black and white make this a very calm painting.

The cost is £180-if you would like to reserve it -it will be around 3 weeks until it can be posted please get in touch with me via http://www.paintingmyway.co.uk

Mandy's Winter Wonderland

Mandy came for her one to one today.She was to join the class of Saturday March 22nd but had to cancel that because of other commitments.
YOu can see how her painting progressed step by step.
It was the second time that she had painted on a black canvas, the first being a waterfall painting some time ago.
It seemed strange to her to be putting transparent paint onto a black canvas because she couldnt see where the paint had covered.
As soon as we started to add the white paint, the atmospheric sky started to appear,then we went on to add the bushes and trees then the snow.
The pond was soon done using the fan brush and the tickling brush.The reflection of the main tree was added and then we were ready for the finishing touches ,the broken fences in the forground and the moon with some little clouds drifting across it.
She was chuffed to bits with the finished result!
We wil be seeing her again very shortly in the Birch tree walk class on March 29th

Space in Class "Winter Wonderland"

I still have some spaces in the class of Saturday March 22ND which is Easter Saturday.
The painting shown is just another variation of "Winter Wonderland"
There is scope to create very different versions of this snowy picture.
I will show all the different things you can do during the class.
This is what makes all the paintings so individual in the end.Its a simple painting to do as it starts on a black background--far less scarey than a white one!

The painting is suitable for all abilities.
If you would like to join me in this class please get in touch via the wwwpaintingmyway.co.uk
website.

March 1st Class

" Snowy Reflections"

This painting is the subject for Saturday March 1st.

It is painted in acrylic paint instead of the usual oil .We use a special shimmering paint on the water that gives it a really frosty cold look.

Its suitable for all ages and abilities even children and first timers.

Modern and contemporary in style , a lovely painting for todays modern home.

There are 4 places left for this class-if you would like to join us please get in touch via www.paintingmyway.co.uk

March 22nd Class

"Winter Wonderland"

This is the subject for the class on Saturday 22nd March.

This painting has proved very popular over the past couple of years.

Its painted in oil paint onto a black canvas which makes it less nerve racking for first time artists!

This painting is suitable for all ages and abilities including children and first timers.6 places left at this time.Please contact me via http://www.paintingmyway.co.uk/

for details and booking

Christmas

I have found this link , lots of interesting things for adults and children -some great recipes on there!
http://www.northpole.com/

Latest Work

Here are 2 of my latest works. The black and white monochrome one attracted a lot of interest over the weekend as I was painting it.

Lots of people came back again and again to see how it progressed-some of them over the 2 days!

It is painted in acrylic paint on 2 deep edge staple free box canvas, each measuring 30cm x 70cm so quite a big piece of art.

I can add some colour to it as I have on my other paintings in the series, using melted wax to add some bluebells or foxgloves if required. The price including P+P in UK is £200 if you are outside the Uk please get in touch.I use special delivery for my UK delivery-it is trackable, insured and next day delivery.

The other painting is more' girlie'.

Again painted in acrylic on a deep edge box canvas measuring 70 cm x 30cm.

Winter Reflections is painted in shades of lilac and purples with some shimmers of silver to add lots of lovely detail.

The beautiful shades of purples that light up the sky are reflected in the cold water. I have used a special shimmering pain to add the water, and it looks very realistic.Then to make the trees sparkle, a holographic paint is used over the top.It twinkles slightly in the light.

The sister painting to this has been sold.

price for this is £120 including P+P in Uk. as above.

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY JIM!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cant believe my son Jim is 30 today.

As usual I had some problems for him to sort out on the lap top!!!

He called round last night with his girlfriend Kerry and then my daughter Beckie and her boyfriend Wayne called by too, so it was great to have everyone together and have a chat!

Paddy loved it cos he could terrorise poor Beckie who's scared of him!!

ON A SADDER NOTE------

Today we had another funeral to attend, this time at Hereford crematorium-funny until Rita's cremation just over a week ago I had never been to a cremation, now Ive been to 2 in less than 2 weeks.

Fred the husband of my old friend Gladys passed away suddenly last week, so we went to say our goodbyes.

We called back via Leominster to drop off some posters and invites to the private viewing for Carole who has attended 10 painting sessions along with daughter Hayley.

We met her new puppy, a beautiful pattendale x jack russell puppy.

Sharleen- another of my students had given her some advice about training her and it had worked really well, she no longer nips at Caroles nose!!

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Some Inspiration

Can you guess what these pictures are?

I took them all with the digital camera on the way home last night-they are all from car head lights and the snow!!

Its given me some ideas for some future paintings!

The snow was coming down so heavy at one time you couldnt see more than a few yards, we had to make a de-tour because of a fatal accident on our usual route.

we were glad to get home I can tell you!

Todays Class

Today we had Jan who was with me for the 5th

time and a first timer Samantha who had traveled from Albrighton, near Cosford.They both did a beautiful version of Snowy Day.

We didnt start painting til nearly an hour later than planed--I had a few things to show them on the computer that another of my students-Sharleen. had been sending me during the week!

One of the things gave us some ideas for a future painting class--if we can get a volunteer to model it!!!!!!!!!!

The whole day was a great laugh, as usual--it never fails to amuse me the conversations we have while painting tranquil scenes!

Its amazing how different the paintings turn out when doing a class, Sam's was a lot more 'hilly' than Jans with steeper sides down to the pond.Sam also turned out to be a natural at trees, and with the big tree up the top of the fields behind us as an example, she turned out the most beautiful tree!

Jan has got more confidence each time she comes to me and tackled her tree with far less nerves than normal.

Sam is coming back with some of her family to paint the birch tree painting early in the new year, I have set the date for 9th Feb for that one, I have some people waiting for me to set dates for the new year so will sit down and sort that out when I get a minute.

Class on Saturday 3rd Nov

There are some spaces left for next Saturdays class of the painting'' Snowy Day''

It is a lovely warm snow scene and is quite an easy one to do.You need no previous experience at all to come along and paint this one.

Contact me by phone if you would like to come along! The details are found on my website

www.paintingmyway.co.uk

Kenchester Tea rooms

We had a busy day yesterday, first we went over the Hereford to hang the paintings at Kenchester Water Gardens Tea Rooms. They certainly brightened the place up.! We just had to sample some of the beautiful home made cakes that were on the counter along with a cup of coffee!

Karen who runs the tea rooms has started doing a carvery on a Sunday with a choice of meats and 7 veg's.

Im sure we will be popping by shortly to try it out!

After we had finished there we went to the other side of Hereford to The Wyvale Garden Centre where we will doing demonstrations and craft fairs in the near future.

Its a massive place and they were in the process of putting out the christmas decorations. It promises to be a great venue to be at.

Ledbury Art Society

We went to Ledbury today to do a demo for the local art society. There was a good turn out and it was a very interesting morning for everyone concerned!

There were lots of questions from the very interested audience-who had never seen the like before!

Everyone was amazed to see the speed at which the paintings developed, paintng on a black canvas proved to be new to everyone there, most of the people there were watercolourists and the technique I used with the oil paints was quite a novelty to them!

I painted Winter Wonderland and Summer Day for them, and Lesley won the Summer Day painting and Jill won the winter Wonderland one.

Both said they had never won anything before in their lives so they were chuffed to bits with their prizes!

Stanton Lacy WI

We were at Stanton Lacy WI last night-its just a small group,as are many of the country WI's.

We had such a laugh there, Dorothy won the draw and chose Winter Wonderland as her prize. I donated Summer Day to the group to use for raising funds for their chosen charity.

Latest Encaustic Artists!

As promised --2 of the latest encaustic artists at the Ludlow Food and Drink Festival craft fair in aid of the Air Ambulance.

Oliver and Hannah--- Little artists in the making!

Hannah had a go at encaustic art yesterday and bought back nanna and grandad today to have another go and to choose the colours she used today--I think they were very impressed!

Oliver is going to join us in a class to paint Tropical Summer Day in the near future----well- after Christmas! I now have a waiting list of people who want to join a class, and I have a full capacity of students until next year. I will be planning next years classes hopefully while on the painting holiday at St Audries Bay, the time seems to fly by--there is not enough hours in the day to get everything done that I want to do!