Poppy Field Workshop Dec 3rd

I have a few spaces left in this Saturdays workshop due to poor Janet having sciatica....her friend doesn't want to come without her so I have booked them  in for Winter Wonderland in January--and also recommended my osteopath Kevin Jones to her.... Poppy Fields is a lovely easy picture to do--we use oils and you will learn to use several different brushes and techniques..if you want to know more or to book into the class please contact me via my website www.paintingmyway.co.uk

yesterday Private Class

Suzanne had this private class arranged ages ago as a surprise fro her daughter Stephanie's 30th birthday..I went to Suzanne's home on Monday morning to do the workshop, Stephanie's cousin Abby was also going to have a go....

they all decided to use the purples,yellows and pinks as their colours.... 12 year old Abby is making a start on her sky here

I think it was the smallest space Ive ever done a workshop, but it was great fun, and it shows you don't need a huge room to be able to do it either! Stephanie made a beautiful job of her painting and had a magical scene quite quickly...

Suzanne was very nervous and didn't think she would be able to make anything of it....but she surprised herself , her sky was very dramatic...and as soon as the horizon line went in she could see it was working well...

Stephanie got right down to it when it came to doing the rabbits.....literally..on her knees...

Abby's painting was lovely....and the rabbits added a finishing touch...they all found them easier than expected to do...the final touch was to use some of the special metallic paint to add some flowers to the grasses--it will catch the light when they are hung on the wall. I left them some gloss varnish and instructions on how to use it--the colours will come out much brighter and the paintings will be protected against the heat , damp and steam in the home...

Suzanne adding the final tree to her painting..

last little bunny rabbit being added for Stephanie..

well Stephanie will always have something to remind her of turning 30.....I hope she has a lovely time at her party on Friday x

well done girls!

I was given these beautiful flowers as a thank-you from the girls---they are stunning...thank you very much x

Busy Times Again...Demos,Workshops and Fairs...

We were treated to a beautiful sunset over the town when we were packing up from the market on Wednesday..

beautiful

Friday night we had a longish journey to Weston Under Redcastle to do a demo  for the local villagers...they were a lovely bunch of folk and we had a right laugh with them....lots of interest in the workshops as well and I think we will be meeting some of them again.... thanks to Sharleen for organising it !

Bill spotted the lovely cakes ---and yes--they did taste as good as they looked!

Silvia's  raffle ticket was drawn first and she chose the Reeds In The Breeze painting and Chris won the Waterfall painting.. it was late when we got back to Ludlow,, luckily the brushes and paint etc had been got ready to load onto Bunty the van before we had left so all we had to do when we got up on Saturday was load the boxes ...

the calm before the storm... 14 students about to descend upon us....

the time flew by,,,,and in no time at all we had some stunning paintings going on.. they ranged from tranquil and warm

dark and mysterious..

to vibrant and dramatic

Bev got down to signing her painting lol.....

10  out of the 14 artists were first timers-though you wouldn't know it from the results.....and they came from far and wide---Clacton on Sea, Derby,Leminton Spa, Uttoxeter, Telford....

well done girls...

lovely results..

stunning...

beautiful! Well done everyone!

the room where we have the workshops was very festive with the Christmas tree up and loads of Santa's around---getting right in the mood for Christmas now...

after a hectic day yesterday..and a late night last night we were up early this morning to set up on the Medieval Fair..and we had our usual next door neighbours Dave Bytheway and Margret by us.Dave does chainsaw carvings and he had some stunning pieces with him today...there wasn't a little owl to be seen when it came to packing up this evening.. they proved very popular!

Bill looked the part in his outfit....

and moi....

a quieter week for me this week...got a class tomorrow, market Wednesday and I'm off for a renal scan on Friday..After seeing the rhumatologist at Hereford Hospital and having some blood tests done while there, the tests revealed another problem ..this time with my kidneys...so that has to be investigated..watch this space....

   

Demo at Weston-Under-Redcastle this Friday

Llanidloes Workshop -Nov 19th

We had an early start again to go to Llandiloes this morning...and what a beautiful sunrise we watched!

Laura has painted before but never with oils using my method.....she seemed to find it easy!

Elaine was painting her 5th painting,,,,,so an artist brooch for her next time..

Brenda has never painted before--and was quite convinced she would never be able to paint in a million years...well she was soon proved wrong!

Pauline is a member of the local art club but had never tryed oils before--she loved it, and made a lovely job of her soft teal coloured seascape...

Vera has also painted before but never with oils,,,,I think I have converted a few more water colourists again!

There was a huge range of colour choices in todays subject--and Christine chose to use the greys,,she had a really stormy sky going on very quickly!

Barbra was completely convinced she couldn't paint a straight line....well she had to in order to put in the horizon line! But she managed that OK and even mastered the knife quickly as well..

Rita had a really lovely sky going on quickly...everyone was surprised at the fact there was no smell to the paint or the turps we used....as some of them had seen people using 'normal' paint and turps and the smell was very strong...none of that in my workshops though!

Pauline has also painted before--but will be a convert to oils----

we had everything from dramatic to tranquil in today's workshop....

hard to believe that some of these paintings are by first timers..

lovely paintings--and we all had a lovely day...

and we were treated to a lovely sunset on the way home as well to round off the day!

Reeds In Breeze Workshop Nov 19th

There are a few spaces available next Saturday Nov 19th at Llanidloes Community centre due to a couple of folk having to drop out due to work commitments...so if you fancy having a go at this lovely subject please contact me---its a very easy one to do...you will use oils on a 16in x 20in box canvas and a range of brushes such as my famous bashing and tickling brushes.....you have a wide wide choice of colours in which to create this painting....and its suitable for all ages and abilities..  the cost of this workshop is just £35 which includes all the materials you will use including light refreshments   -contact me via my website  if you would like to join us there!  www.paintingmyway.co.uk