Sunflowers in Watercolour

Last week we held a bright and beautiful Sunflowers class with Claire Warner and I was really pleased that Sophie from 'A Boat Full of Wool' wore her amazing dungarees!

We used watercolours, texture paste and tiny beads

The garden looking autumnal now...

Well done everyone

Beginners Watercolour Sunflowers

Yesterday we held a Beginners and Refreshers Watercolour Class and also celebrated a special birthday.

It really was a very sunny fun day full of Sunflowers.

Claire talked through papers, brushes, paints etc before the artists settled down to practice with colours and mixing, before starting their painting.

The artists were also introduced to masking fluid and texture paste, the paste is excellent for creating the petals.

There were also tiny beads to stick into the paste for the centre of the Sunflowers.

After the first wash of background colours, it was time for lunch, to give the paintings time to dry.

Lunch was Nigel Slaters Chicken and Deliciously Ella's Salad, full of fresh and seasonal flavours.

Here are the finished works of art, they will look lovely on everyone's walls this Summer!

They're Here! Summer Art Class Dates!

Yay!  Dates are out!

We've got a good mix of classes coming up in May and June with Claire.

Wednesday 10 May

Rhododendrons

Watercolour

£75

Beautiful colours and shapes, perfect for a wet on wet technique.

Thursday 18 May

Monet's Garden

Watersoluble Oils

£80

This is a great theme to learn and practice with these great oils.

Friday 26 May

Beginners & Refreshers Sunflowers

Watercolour

£75

A really good class to practice your technique or to learn about the joys of Watercolour.  We've had lots of fun with Sunflower classes in previous years.

Tuesday 6 June

Cafe Scene

Acrylics & Collage

£80

Something new; come and play and get creative.  Using acrylic paints and other media to create collage, you will put together a really interesting picture.

Wednesday 28 June

Lazy Summer Days

Watercolour

£75

A classic watercolour day, with washes, blue skies and sketching tips for you to use over the Summer holidays. 

All our Art Class days run from 9.30am - approx 3pm

The price includes all of your materials, tea, coffee and biscuits throughout the day and a two course home cooked lunch with a glass of wine.

To book please email me:

Emily

A Sunny Sunflowers Class

We started our class today, very leisurely in the morning sunshine!

It was lovely to have some sunny bright sunflowers to paint, with everyone choosing a variety of layouts.

We used an acrylic texture paste today for the petals and some glass beads in the centres, these were applied with palette knives and looked really effective.

Hard at work!

The lovely Wisteria hanging from the window ....