Few Places Left

I have a few places left for this Saturdays workshop "Yesterday" Painted in acrylic on a 36in x 14in  box canvas. You will have a choice of colours Oranges/reds , purples/blues and browns/creams.                                                                     I may do a 50 Shades of Grey version as well as I think it will work well on this size canvas..                             You will learn a variety of techniques in the workshop. Believe it or not you only need 2 brushes to complete this painting ...                                                                                                                                                                                                   The painting will be painted on all sides and will be dry to take home.Great fun to do and ALWAYS brilliant results.Take a look at the website and see the results from previous workshops...www.paintingmyway.co.uk

 

 

 

 

Cancelled :-((

We have had news that 2 shows we were going to attend have been cancelled due to the awful wet weather we are having at the moment...Bromyard Gala Sat 7th and Sunday 8th July which we were really looking forward to this weekend is completely waterlogged and we had the call this morning to say it was off---no surprises really...
then we were told that the Much Marcle show on Sat July 21st and Sunday 22nd has been called off as well.

We have however been able to get  a stall on Ludlow Market this Sunday 9th July on the Book and Craft market and again we will be there on the Sunday 22nd July so all is not lost....lets hope the weather clears up soon, its such a shame that they are cancelled after all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes at these shows

I have some lovely new greetings cards thanks to our lovely friend Lin...she has worked flat out to get me stocked up for the shows...I'm chuffed to bits with the new ones she has done--especially the 50 Shades Of Grey one...I'm sure it will be a best seller for me too!
You can find the new cards on my website here...http://www.paintingmyway.co.uk/a1-gallery2.asp?roomID=1459

BBQ.s

It was lovely to have our friends Marion and Phil round Sunday afternoon for a BBQ..the weather forecast was wrong for a change and the sun was shining! The summer house has been cleared out in preparation for our BBQ for our friends off the market which we will be having soon....and it gave me chance to try out the Pimms  recipe before then too! never tryed it before but we all loved it--one bowl was not enough and the rum punch I made after this went down well too!

Loads of kebabs--yummmmmm

and loads of lovely healthy salads too to counteract the booze LOL

This lovely little munchkin called by with his mummy and daddy too--but he didn't wake up bless him!

Bills Gunneria plant is bigger than ever this year.....its getting a good soaking every other day when Bill does the filter in the fish pond on the upper level of the garden-and its making a huge difference. We had the tea lights burning on the windowsill on the summerhouse and it lit up the backs of the leaves beautifully...

The chimanea was fired up and the heat it throws out is unreal--it was quite a few feet away from the summer house but it warmed us up lovely....nothing like listening to UB40 and watching the flames while having a great laugh with friends! We don't do it often enough! The time went sooo quickly....

New Venues Coming Up

We are -weather permitting-going to be at 2 new venues doing demonstrations and showing off the paintings etc. The first will be on Wed 11th July at Herefordshire Diamond Day at the King George V Playing Field, Hereford 8.30am-4.30pm There will be community music and dance displays, Vintage village, arts and crafts and a high teashop.
Local foods, ciders and refreshments.Livestock displays and childrens play area.

Most importantly of all and the highlight of the day will be a visit from Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke Of Edinburgh....

Then we will be at The Hole In The Wall Festival at Hopton Court on Sunday 15th July where The Counterfeit Stones,T-Rextasy, Fred Zeppelin,Simple Minds, The Reggaelators plus more to follow!!

 Lots going on as well as music ..we will have our own new gazebo at both venues so should have plenty of room for demonstrating....lets hope the weather dries up before then..

We should be at Bromyard Gala this weekend but if the rain keeps on can see it being cancelled as the steam engines wont be able to move on the site--neither will our Bunty Van so keeping everything crossed it stops raining soon..
My dear friend Lin is working flat out to get enough of my cards done in time for all the shows bless her...they have sold like hotcakes as usual at all the shows/markets Ive done lately!

My friend Paula  has offered to man my  usual Ludlow market stall on the Wed 11th July, so I will be working flat out tomorrow to get enough on my popular minature paintings done to leave with her for then and so I have enough to take with me to the shows.