Saturday, April 23, 2011

April 23rd Workshop--Birch Trees

we had 7 lovely ladies in class today---4 cancellations due to one thing and another--but all  are coming again! 3 of the ladies had not painted before and were quite nervous--they soon settled down though......
Judy was booked into the Birches class in Dec--which was cancelled due to the snow--so today was a complete contrast as the sun was shining beautifully!
we met Lorraine last week on the market-she surprised herself at how easy the painting came together..
Mandy bought along her sister Karen--below--a large amount of my students are recommended by word of mouth and bought along by people that have attended my workshops before--
Karen getting stuck in--she doesn't look very nervous here does she?
Sue was painting her 4th painting-- she has done 3 oil classes with me before and wanted to try acrylic as she said she hasn't got the patience waiting for it to dry! She had a practise run at home with a landscape and bought it along for me to see--she had made a good job of it--
Chris's painting had quite an 'enchanted' feel to it--and she was great at the end of class-collecting the brushes up and washing them in the kitchen.The others all helped by clearing away the palettes, hairdryers etc--the room was ready to leave in no time with all the help we had!
Helen was over from France again--2nd time in class with me. She had to leave a little earlier than the others as she had a BBQ to go to!
Helen and Judy doing their birch trees...
the hairdryers are soooo useful in class--each stage needs to be dry before going onto the next...
The art materials table is always popular--I supply everything needed to pain t''My Way'' Brushes,paint,mediums,varnish and canvas--I sold out of varnish today as everyone wanted to buy some to protect their picture
Helen with her lovely painting!
Chris, Karen and Mandy
Lorraine, Judy and Sue
What lovely results--when the paintings have been varnished the colours will be even brighter and of course will be protected against the sun and damp that we can get in out homes when cooking,showering etc.
I have had some lovely pressies from students at times--today's was very different--and will be enjoyed for breakfast on Monday--some lovely fresh turkey eggs that Sue gave us!  Sue has a small holding with lots of different birds and animals living there.She also has a lovely holiday cottage that is to let--I will put the details of it on here shortly.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

As always, you have a wonderful teaching style and everyone has a great time. Your a fantastic asset in life. Angela