Winter Scene Pen & Wash

Another day, another Winter Scene, but this time was a Pen & Wash class

Our artists spent a large part of the day drawing their scene from Bourton on the Water in the Cotswolds

Before adding washes later on in the day

Some glitter to give a frosty atmosphere

One of our artists, brought in her home made cushions that were en-route to the Cats Trust, we managed to take half of them off her hands and monies into the charity's pocket, they were gorgeous.

That's the end of term folks, thanks for joining us this term and year, we look forward to seeing you  in 2020.

Claire and I will be sending out the new dates shortly, watch the blog dates page and you email inbox

Pen & Wash Winter Sunshine

We had a lovely Pen and Wash class today, sketching Sturminster Newton Mill, an old flour mill in Dorset.

The group started the morning with a light pencil sketch to position their Mill, weir and the walkway.

This was followed with permanent black pens to create tones.

A Watercolour wash was then added.  The paints had been mixed with alot of water to create tints of colour.

And from one Mill to another ......

Today we used paper from St Cuthberts Mill in Somerset,  Saunders Waterford 200lb 425gsm watercolour paper, which is the perfect weight and has a great surface for this technique.

St Cuthberts Mill has been making paper since the 1700's, taking advantage of the pure waters from the River Axe.  They manufacture high quality artists papers using one of the few remaining cylinder mould machines in the world.

And here are a few sketches to round off the day!

Thanks everyone for a great day.

Latest news from Treetops ....

Next week we have our first Festive class!

I thought I would update you this weekend with what we have coming up

Pen & Wash Winter Sunshine

This Thursday 8 November

3 places left

9:30am - 3pm

£75

Watercolour Winter Scene

Tuesday 13 November

1 place left

£75

AromaYoga

Wednesday 14 November

7pm - 9pm

£25

FreeFrom Cookery

Friday 23 November

6:30pm - 9:30pm

£50

Christmas Aga

Tuesday 27 November

9:45am - 1:30pm

£65

Oils - Waterlilies

(ideal for beginners)

Wednesday 5 December

5 places left

£80

Watercolour Loose & Free

Tuesday 11 December

£75

Candlelit Yoga Supper

Friday 7 December

7pm - 9:30pm

£30

Monday Morning Yoga is running on:

5 November, 19 November, 3 December, 10 December

9:30am - 10:30am Restorative Yoga

10:45am - 11:45am Meditation & Breathwork

£10 per class

Gift Vouchers are available for Christmas Presents

2019 dates will be available shortly.

Pen and Wash In the Garden Day

When Claire and I planned this class many months ago, calling it 'In the Garden', we didn't expect to actually be able to be outside in the garden sketching!

I sent everyone an email saying hats and suncream, we are heading outside!

We found plenty of shady little spots for our artists to settle and make little pen sketches of flowers, plants, trees and even the house!

It was an incredibly chilled day, although Claire was kept busy having a larger area to get round and see everyone.

Once the sketches had been done, some watercolour washes were applied over the top.

Great practice for summer holiday sketchbooks!

Well done everyone and thank you sunshine!

Winter Pen & Wash

On Tuesday we held our popular Pen & Wash Class.

It was officially our quietest class of the year!  So much concentration with the drawing and a lesson in perspective.  Always a good one!

After sketching the drawing, the artist then used a permanent black pen, followed by their pale watery watercolour washes.

It was a very calm image to draw and paint, the lovely lawn in front of the pub with the river meandering past.

See below for our gallery of great pictures:

During lunch we had the wonderful news that Claire's latest grandson had been born safely in Shangai!