Todays Class "Emerald Woods"

We started the class minus Gerry-bit worried because she would normally let me know she isn't attending.Rhada travelled from Birmingham
Kevin came from Dudley,Roger and James came from Kidderminster,Bev travelled from Clun -now the snow has gone-Bevs son Tim had come all the way from Banbury Oxfordshire as had Sue.
So they came from miles around today!
Sue stayed in Ludlow at De-Grays in Town last night and said it was absolutely first class and recommends it to anyone wanting to visit the town.

Everyone had great fun with the first part of the painting. We had a great variety of bushes and ponds-after some drying with the hairdryer we did a bit of re-shaping of the ponds as one or two were rather rude when we stepped back for a better look!
Everyone was suprised at the effect when we started using the oil paint to add the background, sunbeams and water etc--Tim decided he would use blue instead of the usual green-and it really worked well. I think Tim ,Kevin Sue, Roger and James had really not expected to achieve the standard they did for the first time today.
Every stage of the painting 14 year old James said -"I cant believe Ive done that-someone else must have when my back was turned!" He was chuffed to bits and cant wait to come again!
All in All another great class

Sue has booked up for the next Birch Tree on Feb 6th class-she is bringing a friend with her-that will make the class full.