Painting My Way: "Yesterday " workshop March 9th

Monday, March 11, 2013

"Yesterday " workshop March 9th

I love taking the "Yesterday" workshop--its always very different...great fun to do for both the students and me! There is a basic colour choice for everyone--oranges/reds blues/purples and browns and creams. However the student has the last word! Diane wanted to add some red to her browns and creams...and boy did it work well....

Diane's Mum -Liz chose the vibrant orange and reds...both had travelled all the way from Derby,,,they have been once before and used oils on a black canvas to paint The Waterfall. This was a completely different ball game--and both really enjoyed it!

Diane was really creative and put in some beautiful big mountains--the red worked so well with the browns

It never fails to amaze me how quickly the painting develops...

It was lovely to see Irene again--she also travels a fair way to come and paint--she stays locally overnight on the Friday...I love her colours, and the sheen on her water was just beautiful...

Jenny is another regular...the touch of blue she added ti the corner of the sky worked so well...

Leslie will get her artist brooch next time...we have such a laugh with her every time..this time it was the subject of bunny rabbits that started us off! I show everyone how to paint rabbits on their paintings--sitting and lying down usually.....Leslie came up with a suggestion of them doing something else--I will leave that to your imagination!

Irene's hubby Paul had been in touch with me to book them into the workshop as it was her birthday and he wanted to surprise her...as they live in the Wirral he arranged for them to stay in a holiday cottage locally for a few days.He didn't tell Irene about the workshop at all--but told her she was going to climb the tower of the church--so it was quite a shock for her when he bought her into the room on Saturday! She had only just made a start on the sky in this picture--there is a better one below where she has more done!

Paul chose the same colours as Irene, but of course both paintings turned out quite different...it was lovely to see the pair of them on the market yesterday before they left...they took some varnish with them so they can finish off the paintings when they got home...it really makes a huge difference to the paintings--the colours really come to life and of course they are protected as well once they have a couple of coats of varnish on them!

Paul getting a photo of Irene painting --Keslie and jenny are oblivious to everything going on around!

Cheryl had requested some turquoise paint to go with the purples and blues....as she wanted to have a go at putting the Northern Lights into her painting...it does not show up much on the photo--but boy in real life it was just stunning.....

You would never believe that this was Irene's first go at painting would you?

Bev's first sky turned out quite different--not like a sky at all--but we could see hills and fields in it! Bev decided it was not what she wanted, she dried it off and re-did it--she was happier with it 2nd time round....it was a much calmer sky this time--though at the end we could still see a few hills if you looked closely...The following photos are of everyones paintings before they added any black paint to the horizon and foreground...they are all stunning even though they are half finished!

Diane's,

Liz's

Irene's.

Jenny's,

Leslie's,

Irene's,

Paul's,

Cheryl's,

Bev's,

Bev used her artistic licence to make the some mud flats in her picture-with the water lapping on there as you can see in this close up photo,,,,

You can see the turquoise in Cheryl's painting here...

Leslie always adds a tiny flower to her paintings--a lovely unique touch...

I love the way that Diane used the tree to frame the moon...Bev said the painting reminded her of Thailand--it was an amazing piece of work for a second painting-and first time using acrylics!