Sunsets Watercolour - St Michael's Mount

Last week we had a great group in to paint Watercolour Sunsets.

Claire had chosen St Michael's Mount in Cornwall as the image.

After the drawing, everyone mixed up their paints before laying out their washes.

The finished paintings were full of glow and atmosphere

We had a delicious lunch of Fish & Fennel Stew served with home made sourdough bread and some summer fruit sundaes to finish.

It was a Bucks-Fizz celebratory lunch as it was Claire's birthday the following day and there were some beautifully painted cards given ...

I managed to get a photo of everyone with Claire before they went home.

Thank you everyone for coming, it was a great day.

Claire is now off to Marlborough College Summer School to teach for 4 weeks, classes will resume in October.

If you need any summer Art Materials don't forget to have a look in our Online Shop.  We have a Summer Sketch Kit Offer available at the moment.

Our popular Online Watercolour Workshops are also available, just £27 each, treat yourself to one for the summer and let me know what you think.

Claire the Colour Conoisseur

The SAA stands for 'supporting all artists', one of the benefits of membership with them is the monthly magazine "Paint" full of paintings, competitions, artists and news.

Claire has used their products for years, we use their student quality paints and brushes at our classes at Treetops.

They have recently put together an Advisory Team of Professional Artists, to assist them in understanding and continually improving their membership and services, bringing their ideas, knowledge and expertise to the SAA.

And our Claire is one of the 12 chosen!

Watch this space!

They have also described Claire as a "Colour Connoisseur" and have let her create a mix of 8 watercolour SAA paints along with a guide that she has written which shows you how you can create 25 colours from these paints.

If you are already a member of the SAA you can buy the tin, paints and guide for £46 (RRP £59.99)

Click here for The SAA

A Winter Scene and December Prize Draw!

 

Announcing our latest Online Watercolour Workshop

A Winter Scene

Salisbury Cathedral

A perfect way to start December

In this workshop Claire will show you how to put colour and light into your work and bring some cheery sunshine into your snowy paintings.

The class is suitable for all levels of artist and Claire teaches in a step by step style.  The video has been divided into stages, so it's easy to follow, and you will receive a materials list along with painting information and a paint chart.

With our film, you can press pause, rewind and watch it as many times as you like.  You can also use the skills Claire is showing you to reference against other paintings you may be undertaking.

Buy Here

We have 7 other Online Art Workshops to choose from, once you have bought and downloaded them, they are yours to keep.

For the month of December we will be running a PRIZE DRAW to win a fantastic book called 

the artist's manual 

You will receive one free entry for every Online Art Workshop bought during the first 17 days of December, so that I can post it to the winner on Saturday 18 December.

It's a beautiful hardback book from Dorling Kindersley worth £25.  It would make a beautiful gift for either yourself or for an artist you know this Christmas.

Have a look at our Online Workshops here

(We also donate £1 for every Workshop bought to The Woodland Trust)

We also have Rachel's Autumn Woodland Yoga Online for you to buy.

It's a great Workshop, which we filmed in the woods at Treetops, a lovely flow of Hatha, Yin and Restorative Yoga, suitable for all levels.

(but not if you are pregnant)

Rachel also supplies a beautiful playlist on Spotify to play alongside, or you can just listen to the birds in the trees.

Once downloaded it is yours to keep and you can watch it again and again.  Perfect to keep you calm at this time of year.

Yes to the Yoga!

If you would like to buy any of the Art Materials from the shop as gifts this Christmas please let me know they are gifts, and I will gift wrap them for you at no extra charge.

Treetops Materials Shop

There are Gift Vouchers available on the website too

Gift Vouchers please

I think that is your December round up from Treetops, please let me know if you have any questions.

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Treetops in the snow last week!