Different paintings!

I had decided the classes for Jan 10th and Feb 28th and listed them, then while sorting out the back room where i keep my stock of paintings i realised that I hadn't actually still got these class subjects--they had sold long ago ! So I spent some of my time during the craft fair re-painting them!

The Top painting "Forest dawn" is the class subject for Feb 28th 2009

and the painting below is called "Snow Drifts " and is the subject for the 10th Jan 2009.

Both are suitable for first time artists or more experienced ones.

You will learn to use a variety of different brushes and techniques in both these paintings.

if you are interested in joining any of these classes please get in touch with me via the website

www.paintingmyway.co.uk

Medieval Fair in Ludlow

We were up early to go down and finish setting up this morning at the college for the Medieval fair, we had done most of it last night, but there were one or two things that needed doing today.

Here we have Joseph and Mateusz having a go at the encaustic art.

Joseph made a beautiful painting with a dog in it!

We sold out pretty well of the encaustic art materials, have got just 2 complete sets left and a few waxes and cards.

We saw some of our students , Chris and Pauline who called by with some of their friends. We had all met for the first time last year at the same craft fair, when Chris and Pauline had decided to join us to start learning to paint,the friends had come back to visit them and were gobsmacked at their results!

More Tests

I have to go back to Hereford hospital tomorrow to have a colonoscopy, Im hoping to have the results quickly and will let you all know whats happening.

Sunday Dinner

We had friends Marion and Phil round for dinner yesterday-havent had much chance to see them for ages with one thing and another so it was lovely to get together again.

Bill did all the meal preparations as normal bless him , hes a great cook!

The menu was Roasted leg of pork with roasted vegetables-parsnip, swede,carrots, potatoes,butternut

squash and onions-then there was boiled new potatoes and broccoli! The roasted veg are healthy and so tasty and the gravy is to die for after all the flavours mingle together!

After we had weight watchers strawberry cheesecake and chocolate brownies with fresh strawberries and low fat cream-delicious!

Aftewards I shared with Marion my favorite special drink -Tia Maria and Bailys over ice-something my sister had had on holiday and which I thought sounded gross-until I tyred it-its gorgeous and is something to have when you want a real treat!

I love preparing the table for a special meal-and managed to create a lovely vase with roses, grasses and twisted hazel from the garden.

The white roses always look like they have been splattered with pink paint-they are beautiful!

I got on and did the tidying up /dusting in the house that had been neglected for a while!

The parrots create loads of dust due to their feathers, and throwing their food around--you can hoover 3 times a day and theres still a mess on the carpet at bedtime!

But if you have pets you have to put up with these things, and they are worth all the mess they make!

Sparky cat has been to the vet tonight with an abcess on his head-he has been fighting again-you would think he would learn by now!

Another 2 injections and hopfully he should be ok-and keep out of scapes!

Oriental dawn-- Sept 6th -4 places left

I have 4 places left for this atmospheric painting next Saturday.

It is suitable for complete beginners.

If you would like to join this class please get in touch with me via the website

www.paintingmyway.co.uk

Summer Day Class-Sep 27th--FULL

This class is now full--I will be setting a new date for this popular subject in January 2009

This class always gets booked up as soon as I set a date for it--if you would like to go on the waiting list for this class please get in touch with me via the website

www.paintingmyway.co.uk

The painting is suitable for even first time students and the results are always stunning.

You will have the option of painting poppies, daisies , thrift ,cornflowers or all of them if you wish!

Your Age

A bit of trivia sent to me by one of my regular readers Tom-

YOUR AGE BY EATING OUT
Don't tell me your age;
your waiter may know!
YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATHS
DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read .
Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.
1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to
go out to eat.
(more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758...
If you haven't, add 1757.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.
You should have a three digit number
The first digit of this was your original number. (I.e., How many times
you want to go out to restaurants in a week.)
The next two numbers are
YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is!)
THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2008) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS

Class For June 21st "Summer Day"

Back by very popular demand 'Summer Day' is one of the most popular paintings that we do in class.
The changes can be rung in many different ways and it is always very successful even with first time students.
The painting always turns out different in every class-as usual!
Each person interprets what I show and tell them in the step by step sections differently.
Each person will paint their sky different to the next person , as with the sea and the beach, when it comes to doing the foreground flowers, its lovely to see the confidence emerging from even first time artists as they paint a variety of flowers from poppies to daisies.
If you would like to join this class please get in touch via the website
www.paintingmyway.co.uk

Book Cover

"Guess Why He's Happy" is safely in its new home in Goring By Sea.

The image is going to be used as a be used as a book cover by the new owner.

I will post more details when I get them.

I have a one to one tomorrow-cant reveal anything else as the painting is going to be a Christmas pressie for her husband!

I'm really looking forward to doing this one-its going to be a on a great big canvas so will be very impressive when finished!