Todays Class--Stormy Skies

Jack and George had my full attention today as they were the only two students in class!!

We did have one new addition apart from George though---this little cat appeared and decided she like us so much she stayed for the duration.

She seemed to like being under Jacks feet the most, and ended up getting a white stripe down her back when she brushed up against his brushes!

It was soon sorted out with some baby wipes though!

She loved all the attention and also the saucer of milk we gave her.It turned out she belongs to one of the ladies who lives nearby.

George has never painted on canvas before-having been a water colourist ,but he soon got into the swing of things.

Both Jack and George were surprised at how little paint was required to produce this painting. Two tiny dollops of black and white were put on their palettes to begin.

I did have to put out a bit more white at the end to do the waves but overall it takes very little.

Both of their paintings had wonderful stormy skies, at first Jack thought he had made his too dark, but as soon as he started to add the clouds in the lighter parts it came to life.

George could see his was a little too pale and added some more black to his sky.

We quickly moved on to the sea , then the hills in the background.The paintings defiently took on a Welsh Coast look and we all decided to call them ''The Gower Coast''

We had some fun using the knives to create the waves--Jack had used it before but wasnt very confident about it and George had never used one.

Both were a bit nervous but as soon as I showed them how easy it was to rectify any mistakes they were happier about it.

We had a couple of practise runs before the angles of the waves were ok but overall they picked it up quickly.

Jack was going home to try it out again in some different colours and George said he will be back too.

Because there were only those two in class we finished early for once-although we had a couple of breaks for tea we were all done including the photos by 1pm.
So a nice early finish means I can go and finish off a couple of paintings that have been hanging around waiting--I might even get round to doing my newsletter that is over due!