We had a lovely time in class today painting "Yesterday"Gill came along for the first time with Karen who was painting her third picture with me.
Dave was with us for the second time.
We met Dave on the market a few weeks ago.
He had been painting at home for a while,and thought his results were quite good.
However he said that after coming to the Mellow Moods class he could see a big difference in his work, and he had gone back and painted 4 more versions of Mellow Moods after class!.
As I tell the students-the classes are all about learning how to use the materials-NOT producing a carbon copy of my painting.
Its about learning what a bashing brush will do and how to create water with a fan brush, what effect a tickling brush will do etc etc.
Thats why all of my painting subjects all have something different to learn in them and why I teach oil, acrylic and mixed media classes.
Tim has been twice before and used oils and oil and acrylic-but today was his first complete acrylic class.
He found it really different to before and didnt really like it at first as it dryed so quickly!
I got the acrylic medium out for everyone to use-it helps the paint flow and stay wet a bit longer.Then once we got the second coat on everyone found it easier.
We had some stunning effects-some used the orange/reds some the blues/purples and some the browns and creams.
The metallic paint we used on the water was also used at the end to add highlights to the trees that some of the students put in.
Gill added a golden moon in the metallic paint which tied in the sky and water nicely--and Kaitlyn added a lovely moon using the violet metallic paint.
Its a shame the effect dose not show up well in the photos.However the students will all see just how the paintings change in the different light as the day goes on.
It was difficult to get everyone together for the photos as the large canvas take up so much room!
Wont be long til Im in bed now--got to be up early tomorrow to be on the book and craft market.
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