Todays Class--Stormy Skies

Jack and George had my full attention today as they were the only two students in class!!

We did have one new addition apart from George though---this little cat appeared and decided she like us so much she stayed for the duration.

She seemed to like being under Jacks feet the most, and ended up getting a white stripe down her back when she brushed up against his brushes!

It was soon sorted out with some baby wipes though!

She loved all the attention and also the saucer of milk we gave her.It turned out she belongs to one of the ladies who lives nearby.

George has never painted on canvas before-having been a water colourist ,but he soon got into the swing of things.

Both Jack and George were surprised at how little paint was required to produce this painting. Two tiny dollops of black and white were put on their palettes to begin.

I did have to put out a bit more white at the end to do the waves but overall it takes very little.

Both of their paintings had wonderful stormy skies, at first Jack thought he had made his too dark, but as soon as he started to add the clouds in the lighter parts it came to life.

George could see his was a little too pale and added some more black to his sky.

We quickly moved on to the sea , then the hills in the background.The paintings defiently took on a Welsh Coast look and we all decided to call them ''The Gower Coast''

We had some fun using the knives to create the waves--Jack had used it before but wasnt very confident about it and George had never used one.

Both were a bit nervous but as soon as I showed them how easy it was to rectify any mistakes they were happier about it.

We had a couple of practise runs before the angles of the waves were ok but overall they picked it up quickly.

Jack was going home to try it out again in some different colours and George said he will be back too.

Because there were only those two in class we finished early for once-although we had a couple of breaks for tea we were all done including the photos by 1pm.
So a nice early finish means I can go and finish off a couple of paintings that have been hanging around waiting--I might even get round to doing my newsletter that is over due!

Todays Class-Forest Pool

We had a great time in class today.

Sheila was unable to make it because of injuring her arm, She will be coming again in the near future when she is better.

Everyone had been to me quite a few times before except for Michael.

Pauline and Chris will be coming again along with one of their neighbours who does not believe that they have painted their paintings without me touching the canvas myself! Jack has been loads of times before and so has my mate Jan.

Michael (2 nd from left) was over here on holiday from Germany, he had spent the previous week with artist Charles Evens in Suffolk doing watercolours.

He had never used oils before and he was pleasantly surprised by them! He couldn't believe how quickly the painting came together.

I think he will be giving them a go when he returns to Germany! I am emailing him the photos taken in class today.
Michael has got his own blog with some of his work on there-I was very impressed with it.

Check it out yourself on http://www.michaeljordanart.blogspot.com/

The paintings turned out lovely as always, there was a good variety of bushes and different shaped pools! The paintings all had a mystical feel to them. We used the palette knife to create texture on the tree which everyone found interesting to do.

We had to have the photos taken inside today as it was pouring down with rain most of the day, so when it came to taking the paintings out to the cars outside Jack found the garden parasol to shelter under to get the pics safely out!!!

Everyone has booked again including one of the ladies that lives on Guy Thorney Croft Court where we hold the classes.She popped in to see how everyone was doing and decided she wanted to come along next week.

This means we have only 2 places left for African Dream next Saturday.

Oh and Jack I promise to have some more of your custard cream biscuits next time!!!