Button Oak Art Cub Workshop

We went back to Button Oak art club today to do the Birch Tree workshop..it was our third time there to teach and it was lovely to see some familiar faces again! My camera has managed to lose over 600 photos today somehow-so I have only got a few of the class...don't know what has happened to it--2nd time that's happened :-(( Anyway above you can see the birch trees taking shape ....the splattering is great fun--once you get the hang of which brush stays still and which one moves...

Gail is the organiser of the club and what a grand job she does too....we had a lovely lunch of carrot and coriander or mushroom soup with nan bread and some lovely cakes for after all sorted by Gail.Tea and coffee were supplied regularly as well....here you can see Gail finishing her painting..

Mary adding the finishing touches to her painting...

Gwyn is nearly done here too-she extended the branches out a bit further across the birches and it made a huge difference to the finished painting.

Beryl's painting was quite subtle compared to some of the other ones--but that is the beauty of this painting--it works no matter how you decide to do it..

Mel is pointing out something to Olga as she dries both their paintings with the hairdryer! We had lots of laughs with them today--was great fun...

Sue adding some branches to her trees....

We had some lovely results today..even though a few of the students found it very tiring to do..it is a very physical painting to do with lots of getting up and down to do watch me and do splattering on the birch trees...we are looking forward to going back in 2012 to do another painting--but I think we will stick to the oils then--its much easier for the students to handle I think..I forget that the majority of the students are not as able bodied as they were! Anyway judging by the comments in my book-everyone enjoyed the workshop today--I bet they  all sleep soundly tonight after I tired them out! See you in 2012 Button Oak !