Serenity Workshop

We had a lot of fun on Saturday as usual--Ive lost my list of names again-so apologies to start! I do know some of them though! Helen above chose the soft green shades-as did I..Its amazing how just the change in colour can alter the whole mood of the finished painting.!

Jackie had the dusky lilac shades which makes it quite warm..

Amazing that is is a first time student...lovely trees in the background!

Students had the option of the path running form either side of the canvas...it works perfect whichever way they decide to do it!

Another first timer---they all amazed themselves with their results!

Loads of laughs all day with these 3 sisters--they had us creased at times...first time above!

Rachael (I hope) has been before....her 2 sisters were first timers...

Everyone managed to get the angles of the snowy path correct first time...usually there are some paths done that would be impossible to walk on!

Looking great!

I think everyone agreed--the fences were the scary part of the painting!

Rachael has been a fantastic customer of mine-introducing lots of people to my workshops..thank you very much xxx Most of today's workshop have already booked up for another, plus another lady who has seen some of the paintings created by one of her friends has also booked up to come with them..We will look forward to meeting them all again in Sept for Foxgloves and Dragonflies..

Shouldn't moan about having a sunny day--but it made the photos turn out rubbish :-(

Well done girls!

Beautiful results girls!

The Hereford 6 !!! All friends of Rachael's,,lovely when you get a group who know each other! Less nerves then!

Back home to relax after cleaning the brushes...nothing like a nice glass of Cava..

and it dried the washing lovely after too!

Young At Art Club Demo

We had a lovely evening last night over at The Queens Head Wolverly , Kidderminster doing a demo for the Young At Heart painting club.Some of the members have been over to Ludlow a couple of times and done a workshop with me recently..

 Most of the artists haven't used oils before so there was a lot of questions from them which I love- it makes for a more interesting evening.They all found it very interesting--especially the speed at which it can be done! I will look forward to seeing some of them in the future!

Winners of the raffle-Sandra and Tim

Lucy's Hen Party

We travelled over to Wolverhampton yesterday to do Lucy's hen party...18 lovely ladies met at the room--most of them came armed with bottles of bubbly and wine! Lucy and her Mum had attended one of my workshops here in Ludlow and decided on the day she would like a painting hen party! All the other ladies were new to painting and as usual they doubted that they could create anything like the ones put up as examples!

Everyone soon settled down to paint-glasses of wine to hand,   lots of giggles about using bashing and tickling brushes---but they all used them easily-as if they had done so for years!

all hard at work..

Rekha arrived in high heels thinking she would be painting sitting down, so off came the shoes-only for her feet to get really cold---so she wrapped them up in a tartan rug! How she didn't fall over I do not know!

There were loads of lovely goodies to eat--I was very good and didn't have a cake ,,though I couldn't resist some cheese and biscuits! Someone had worked really hard making these beautiful cupcakes!

YUMMY...

Lucy -stood on the left of the photo said that they all enjoyed the day very much,,and they will be coming over to do some workshops maybe!

Didn't they do well?

Wonderful results..

18 very happy ladies...

It was pretty amazing but we actually finished earlier than expected so I got Bill to fetch the encaustic kits off the van so we could have a little play with it...the girls loved it...

It wouldn't a hen party without the appearance of some willies would it? I showed them how to do some in the wax using the special tool ;-) the finished picture was for her MUM!!! I hope she liked it lol... well the day went by so quickly it was unreal..we didn't stop laughing all day.. we have another hen party to do in Stourbridge next month and also a birthday party too...so busy times coming up..We are over in Kidderminster tomorrow evening doing a demo for the Young At Art group-some of the members have been over to Ludlow to do a couple of workshops already-so it will be lovely to meet the rest of the group..

2 Years--where did it go?

I cant believe its been 2 years since our little Tommy was born...our lives changed so much on May 26th 2012! From the word go he has been a good little boy--sleeping through the night from about 12 weeks old--and only having his mummy and daddy up a handful of times during the night since!

A year old here...not much hair yet...

and now he definitely needs a haircut! Beautiful blonde curls he has!

He had loads of fun yesterday with Nanny Di--he got filthy out in the garden!!

fun on his truck!

he is always laughing...

he is very munchable!

he loves helping Grandad Bill in the garage..

loving the bubbles!

with his lovely mummy...

feeding the fish..

Tommy wouldn't wear the mask but grandad did! He likes a bit of fun!

Kinlet WI Demo

Well since we got back from our hols on Tuesday evening we have not stopped...we were on the market yesterday--and very busy it was too...didn't stop all day talking with people about the workshops..loads of interest in them.. We are on the market again this Sunday--will be good if the sun shines on us again! When we packed up on the market it was back home to load up the van ready for a demo for the ladies of Kinlet WI and guests.. we had a lovely time there..lots of oohs and ahhhs as the pictures came to life in minutes before their eyes..

Jan and Liz were the winners of the raffle..very happy ladies indeed!

Blackpool!!!!!!!!!

We have had a lovely break away in Blackpool for Bills birthday..Neither of us had been to Blackpool for around 30 years but we had a great deal again off the Internet so decided to chance it!!! We didn't expect too much for just £45 for 2 nights B+B for both of us but the reviews on Tripadvisor were great and we were not disappointed when we got there! The room was lovely-new bathroom,great bed--and I didn't have to use my own pillows that I take everywhere with me in case the ones in the room are not 'right'!! I have a bit of a obsession about my pillows--I cant sleep if they are not right! The whole place was spotless clean...and we didn't hear any noise from the other rooms either--we were amazed when we went down to breakfast to see so many folk there as we hadn't heard any at all.

The lights..

The scaffolding came down after we arrived!

Cheers Bill--happy birthday !

The weather was beautiful and we had this lovely sea view from our room..

beautiful view.

Look who we met at Blackpool Tower!

I have been very well for 10 days now-(-touches wood quickly) no pain,stiffness or anything!!! And we walked for miles and miles up and down the front from one end to the other--quite unbelievable,,,not sure why I'm so well--the only change has been changing from white wine to Rose--and I'm sure that cant be it LOL....maybe the Polymyalgia is finally burning itself out at last..even the tinnitus stayed away while we were on holiday..and its quiet again today..I'm loving it!

Found guilty of being a witch! We had a great time in the Blackpool Dungeons--its well worth the money to go in--or use your Tesco vouchers in exchange for tickets for there!

we were going to go in here...but thought better of it after watching video outside of the poor folk inside having the shite scared out of em!

We had a brilliant getting dressed up for these photos---

Buffalo Bill!!!  We are already looking at what dates we can get away on again so we can return to The South Beach Hotel...

well worth the money!