Forest Pool Workshop May 17th

It started as a joke by Tina -one of the students in Saturdays workshop--''Dont Forget The Swear Box" she said on Facebook to me --so I took one along with me! It did have a little money put in there by her --but it gave me a thought--why not take it every week and donate the proceeds to a breast cancer charity-as its a subject close to our hearts...so that is whats going to happen every week! A few folk have been known to have a little curse under their breath when a brush stroke does not go to plan LOL....so make sure you bring along some small change when you come to the workshops everyone!

It was lovely to see Margarita back again after a break--she has lost her beloved hubby and been very ill herself bless her--so a bit of  painting therapy was called for..she loved it bless her...and she was quite a star when it was revealed that she is in fact Clarice Cliff's niece..and she told everyone the story about her famous aunt! Everyone was quite fascinated by it!

Kay came along for the first time--and loved it! She was quite at home with the bashing and tickling brushes--

Chris also took to it easily--first time for her after having a gift voucher off her sister for a special birthday!

4th time for Tina-- loved the blue and purple bushes--very magical!

1st time for Annette-though you wouldn't know it from the results would you?

Another 1st timer-Hilary--she loved it-and didn't think she would be able to do it at all...

Rosemary's first time too...every ones painting had a beautiful mystical,magical feel to it---beautiful!

Tony adding his bushes at the bottom---he also ended up creating some beautiful little dragonflies on his painting..

Carol with her beautiful painting--love the vibrant colour,,

Helen loves working on a black canvas...she made a great job of the picture..

1st time for 12 year old Phoebe who came along with her Mum Jilly..

Jilly at the start of her painting--its amazing how quickly the painting comes along..

Phoebes pallet was a work of art in itself! For some reason we had a lot of messy palettes in the class that day!!

well done everyone--wonderful results from you all..

everyone was amazed-and scared at the end by adding the big tree(s) I think everyone was scared they would spoil their painting--but all did it with several of them adding 3 trees..and of course nobody spoiled their picture at all!! We also had a request from Kay to add a waterfall as well as a pool--and a couple of others did that too--it did work in OK..

well done everyone!

Demo At Severn Valley Country Park

We had a lovely evening doing the demo at Severn Valley Country Park last Thursday..it was lovely to see Karen  and Jackie 2 of my students there too...

Bill managed to get this cracking photo as the sun went down outside the venue--It will be painted quite soon!

Winners of the raffle...We will be doing a Summer Day workshop at the venue on Mon June 16th..so if you are in the area please contact me to book in!

Demo At severn Valley Country Park nr Bridgnorth

We will be at the Severn Valley Country Park, Alveley ,Nr Bridgnorth on Thursday evening 7pm -9.pm doing a demo..I will be painting 2 pictures from start to finish during the evening in front of you using oils..
The demo will be lots of fun, and there will be refreshments included in the admission which is £5 .http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/outdoor-recreation/parks-and-countryside-sites/severn-valley-country-park/

Tommy

I cant believe that our little Tommy is nearly 2 years old..where has the time gone to? He is a darling little chap--as good as gold-always happy and smiling he is bless him!

he hasn't quite got the hang of the car yet and still only goes backwards!

we had great fun out on his patio-he loves playing in the stones! And when I tipped the bit of water out of his car after the rain he was in his element! Boys just love getting dirty don't they?

He has been on holiday all week and Becki bought him round to see us this afternoon--he loves Grandad Bill and loves playing 'high-five' with him! We couldn't get over how much he has grown in such a short time....

love those eyes!

happy chap

his mummy says he has to have a hair cut soon--all those lovely curls --but I'm sure they will come back!

Friday Art Club

We returned to Hadnall last Friday to do a workshop with the Friday Art Club--cant believe its been 4 years since we were there last. They members have Parkinson's disease so it can be quite a challenge for some of them..however they all tackled the sunset subject with great enthusiasm and we had some fantastic results from everyone!

Lovely vibrant results!

Poppy Workshop

Its amazing how different the paintings are right from the start..

14 year old Charlotte used the red shades..

Loved the shades of blue in Jennete's painting

Youngest in class today was 9 year old Emma--she made a lovely job of her painting in shades of purples!

Claire's painting quickly took shape,reminded me of a beautiful anemone

Sara really got into it and was covered in paint--looked like she had committed a murder

Sara's painting coming along nicely.

Sylvia used the lovely Bordeaux purples...she came back with her friend Jennette from Kidderminster 'Young At Art' club-we are going over there to do a demo for the group on Mon June 2nd..looking forward to it very much!

we add texture using melted wax...

Jo and Helena even had time for a chinwag in between stages!

this workshop really isn't for the faint-hearted--its quite an epic to do-with lots of stages using different mediums and paints.It takes around 5 hours to complete..

Rachael adding some detail with some silver paint..

Emma adding some lovely detail using the silver paint around the melted wax..

The photos really don't do these paintings justice--it does not show all the lovely texture created,or the shades of reds that are in the red poppies..we had lots of fun at the end adding various colours of glitters and lava rock mediums--they will all be stunning when they are varnished!

Sharon loved doing the melted wax part--and at the end I gave them all a lesson in encaustic wax paintings-and a lot of them had a go at it..

beautiful results ladies!

well done everyone!

It was a long day for us--I had woken up with sciatica really bad and had loads of painkillers and anti-inflammatories before we went..lots of walking up and down and round in this workshop--more than normal..so it was good to get home and have a chill out with a glass of Rose wine..luckily it seems better today!