August 9th -Winter Wonderland

There is just one place left for the Winter Wonderland class on Saturday August 9th.

If you would like to join this class please get in touch via my website www.paintingmyway.co.uk

This is a very interesting painting to do as we start on a black background.

It is suitable for all abilities even first timers.

Holiday Memories

Holiday Memories

The latest in my ''Summer Day'' series of paintings. This one is painted onto a Windsor and Newton deep edge box canvas.The sides have been painted. Painted in oil, the colours are fresh and vibrant. The waves lapping onto the beach are created using a palette knife which leaves the paint standing out from the canvas giving a very pleasing effect. The palm tree is gently blowing in the sea breeze. It maybe reminds you of holidays taken somewhere tropical.

This painting has been painted onto Windsor and Newton deep edge box canvas.The sides have been painted and it does not require framing.

It measures 34in x 30 in .

If you are interested in buying this painting please get in touch via the website http://www.dianetheartist.com/

The price including P+P in UK is £200

Todays Class"African Dream"

I decided to take 3 different paintings to the class today. All using the same colours, all on the same theme.
All very contemporary paintings,I wanted to see how everyone would interpret what they saw, and boy was it interesting!!!!.
After having 2 last minute cancellations and having just 5 in class I couldn't wait to get started on African Dream.
Only one student-Colette wanted to do the painting on an 'upright' canvas-everyone else wanted to do the landscape one .
While we were painting Bill framed Oliver's and Colette's Summer Day painting from the last class.
It was such an interesting class to do--acrylic is sooo different to oil to use-and everyone who attended today had used oil with me.
Everyone interpreted the paintings differently today. Mandy got her first coat of paint on her canvas and it looked brilliant, didn't really need a second coat!
Everyone else let their first coat dry and then built up the layers afterwards.This was the time to take out the brush strokes, and add more definition of distant hills etc!
After we all sat down, having a cup of tea and coffee, away from the pics we all were able to pick up different things in the paintings-for example-Mandy didn't need to do anymore to her painting-it was great as it was!
Jan's needed a little water in front of it(sent Bill home for the special interference paint to do the water-good job its only a few hundreds yards away from the room!)
Barbra made a beautiful job of her painting but we all felt a little water in the front of her painting would enhance it also-so she added some too!!
Then after sitting down and looking at his pic--Oliver wanted some water in the foreground too.
They all used the gold and red interference paint and what a difference it made, shame it dosent show up in the paintings-they all look a lot redder than in real life.
Unfortunatly none of the pictures show up as good in the photos as they really are!
Its always the way with the red and orange paint, it just dosent photograph well!!
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Had a lovely suprise when I got back after the class--''Acacia Tree'' has sold!
Bill had given it the final coat of varnish this morning, so it will be ready to post on Tuesday Morning for delivery on Wdnesday.
All of my paintings get 3 coats of varnish to protect them.
All my work is copyrighted with www.protectmywork.com

Apothecary's Guest House

I have got to recommend staying at the guest house we were at in Wellesbourne.Its called Apothecaary's -The Old Dispensary, Straford Road , Wellesbourne, Warick CV 35 9 RN tel 01789 470060
It was the best nights sleep we have had in a long time! The bed was one of the most comfortable we have ever slept in!!!
The room was spotless and comfortable, and Jenny our hostess couldnt have been nicer.
After we had unpacked in the aftenoon, she directed to a great pub that did meals just up the road from there-The Kings Arms--another old place which seeped history.We had a beautiful meal of gammon,pineapple, egg,peas and chips there! I know the diets gone out of the window again!!!
After that we went and did the demo at the fire station for the art society.Then back to the guest house to relax.
The next morning we went down to the beautiful oak beamed dining room,with wood burner, to find some fresh orange juice and chunks of fresh pineapple awaiting us. After that came the full english-all freshly cooked and sourced localy. It was absolutley beautiful.
we will definatly be stopping there again, most relaxing and homely.