Mellow Moods Workshop

It was lovely to see Caroline again, third time for her--this time she bought alone her other daughter also Caroline!

Caroline was not convinced that she would be as good as her Mum! But as she found , following my step by step directions she was soon creating her own masterpiece very easily!

First time for Vanessa, who came along with workmates Karen and Katrina..

Katrina had never painted before, but soon had the hang of the brushes and acrylic paint!

Karen painted quite a  delicate background..

4th time for Pearl, though we have not seen her for a few years... her daughter bought her a gift voucher to use...they are an ideal gift for anyone who has been to the workshops already..

Lovely to see Liz again. 3rd time for her..

Paul was back for the second time..stayed nearby as they were down from Liverpool again... there are some stunning places to stay nearby--very handy if people live a long way away...

At times during the workshop you could hear a pin drop as everyone concentrated on their paintings!

Its always a little magical when the oil colours get added to the monochrome paintings.

The paintings transform into completely different pictures to what had started out in the monochrome colours...

getting just the right amount of white paint on the waterfall can be a bit of a challenge..

Katrina is adding a little detail here..

Liz's painting started off quite bold but ended up quite subtle..

The students had the choice of spring or autumn colours..

Its always amazing to watch the paintings transform as the day goes on...

ooops Paul is a bit blurry on this one!

Amazing results from everyone-- some bold, some delicate--but all as individual as the people who painted them!

First Workshop of 2015

Our first workshop of the year --12 lovely students -a mix of first timers and some who have been before...Sarah adding some colours to her painting..

Belinda was with us for the first time along with Clarissa and Sarah--

Clarissa and her friends really enjoyed their day..

Sarah adding her colour in oils--we under pant in acrylic first of all before using oils..

Roger and wife Sharon were given gift vouchers and really enjoyed their day...first time painting with me.

Sharon starting to add detail  now...

Sara and mum Margaret were attending their 7th painting workshop-and bought along Sara's 12 year old daughter Alice--who made a cracking job of her painting

You can see Alice's  masterpiece taking shape here.

Margaret about to add some colour..

3rd time for Chris...

Pat is coming back with Chris to pant Winter Wonderland,,

First time for Janet-- but shes coming  again to paint Stormy Poppies, she really enjoyed her day!

Wonderful vibrant paintings girls-- well done!

Lovely results--well done--

Lovely work...

Well done Sarah-beautiful painting.

amazing just how different the paintings turn out--all as individual as you are!

Beautiful-- well done!

Baby Griffiths -Growing fast!

Well Baby Griffiths is growing very quickly now---Becki and Wayne went for the 20 week scan yesterday and baby certainly gave them a good show! They said it was amazing to see the baby moving around, waving its arms and legs and even sucking....They have decided not to find out the babies sex but to have a surprise when its born which I think is lovely! The names have now been chosen ..and lovely names they are too! The time is flying by so quickly ,May 25th will soon be here-we have had to do some rearranging with our holidays as we were due to be away when the baby is due....so we are having a week in March for my birthday and we are going away for a few days a month earlier than planned  for Bills birthday, so I can be sure to be around when the new baby comes---we have a lot to look forward to this year!

''Mellow Moods'' workshop Jan 22nd

It was my biggest workshop to date-we had 17 students in----9 first timers and the 

others between once and 7 times

Angela on left and Anne- both first time with me--Anne was really quite nervous--but soon realised there was nothing to worry about!

It was lovely to see Caroline back -she bought her mum Mary a gift voucher for Christmas so she joined her in the class.

Mary painting in her trees

Jaye had got the nickname of Messy in previous classes--as she has been covered in paint in the past 2 ---however she kept herself very clean yesterday!

Angela made a beautiful job of her trees

It was lovely to see Suzanne again, its been a while since she came to class-but she got right back into it straight away .

Tom came along with Janet and her family-Jaye, Lisa and Christina

Christina asked if |I had had any Valium that morning as she was sure I would need them as she would be no good at painting as she couldn't even draw stick men! I assured her I wouldn't need any and we had a laugh all day long with them all--Christina loved it-and wants to know when she can come again!

Lisa is making a great job here of her background

Little Esme is only 9 and came along with her dad Andrew fr the first time.Her trees were really bold and she got used to putting the right amount of paint on the brush quickly.

I think Andrew surprised himself yesterday--he had never painted before-but he made a beautiful job of his trees and seemed to find it all very easy. His comment in my book at the end--" I Didn't Know I Had It In Me!"

Cristine has been once before to paint the sunflowers--she is painting 4 pictures with me and has bought the matching greetings cads as all the pictures are for presents.She loves her sessions with me.Everyone agreed yesterday-while they are painting they think of nothing else--all their worries/problems are left outside the door.

Lorna loved her first class with me so much she bought along her Mum and Angela yesterday!

Another student we hadn't seen for a while was Rhada--its been a year since we saw her--she missed he train from Birmingham yesterday so her hubby drove her over. We had a lovely pressie of a bottle of wine from her which we will enjoy with our lunch today-Cheers Rhada!

Anne and Pat are friends of Karen-another friend/student. They were supposed to come earlier in the year but the weather stopped that! Both were completely nervous--but settled down quickly and produced some beautiful paintings--they are back next month to do Yesterday.

Lots of giggles all day from this bunch! Tom -on the end managed to spill his acrylic paint over his oil palette before we started-so that started them all off ! Its usualy Jaye who makes a mess!

Caroline used some red to make her painting more Autumnal and it worked lovely.

Its amazing just how the paintings change so quickly once the colour goes on

I loved Angela's painting with just the yellow ochre-but she added the green as well after.

Lovely and bold!

I couldnt get them all in one photo-so did them in 2 lots--Val isnt in the pictures as she needed to stay seated inside--it was freezing cold !

What a wide variety of paintings--and it was so lovely was always to see peoples self confidence grow as the class went on--they soon start making desions on their own about where to put things and what colour to use--I had a lovely time with them all.