A Winter Scene - Watercolour

The scene was set this morning with the fog and frost!

Today we painted a misty, shadowy, wintery picture.  It was great fun and the paintings looked wonderful at the end, the skies especially were very atmospheric.

2011 Saturday Cupcake Class Dates

 

NEW 2011 DATES!

I have some 2011 Saturday dates for you:

19 February

12 March

2 April

All classes are from 2pm to 4pm.

The price is £50; this includes all your ingredients, materials, a recipe and tips booklet to take home along with your 6 beautifully decorated cupcakes!

Christmas Cupcakes Class

The first class of the festive season happened this morning ....... Christmas Cupcakes.

The kitchen smelt lovely, spicy, zesty, warm and christmassy!

Tuesday 23 November has 1 space left if you would like to come.

10am -12 noon,  £45.

2011 Watercolour Dates

NEW 2011 WATERCOLOUR DATES
WITH CLAIRE WARNER

Thursday 20 January - Beginners Watercolour

Thursday 3 February - Atmospheric Watercolours

Wednesday 16 March - The Kennet & Avon Canal

Thursday 28 April - Wild Poppies

Tuesday 7 June - Sunsets

Monday 27 June - Summer on the Beach

Classes run from 9.30am - approximately 3pm.

All your materials are included, as is a 2 course lunch with a glass of wine, refreshments throughout the day and home-made biscuits.

 Cost per class = £70

Gift Vouchers are available.

Claire teaches in a step-by-step style, and you will have a finished masterpiece to take home with you.

Christmas Cupcake Classes

I've been having a lovely messy play this morning, trying out a variety of Christmas Cupcakes for the forthcoming classes.

The kitchen smells of oranges, rum, mixed spice, cinnamon and almonds .... delicious!

I've been making snowflakes, robins, baubles, holly leaves and finding all my red, silver and gold themed sprinkles and glitters.

There are just a few spaces left on the Christmas Cupcake classes:

1 space left this coming Monday 9th November  (10am - 12 noon)

2 spaces left on Thursday 11th November  (11am - 1pm)

1 space left on Tuesday 23 November  (10am -12 noon)

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Aga Baking - 1 March 2011

(Sarah Whitaker - Aga Accredited Chef)

As you know I love to bake and I love my Aga.

I was also very addicted to the television whilst The Great British Bake Off was on recently and I'm loving the re-emergence of home baking.

Sarah has got a great set of recipes that show you how to bake successfully in the Aga with delicious results.  We will cover bread, meringues, cakes, traybakes, steamed puddings and more!  All this whilst showing you how to use your Aga, so if you are new to Aga do come and pick up lots of tips and bring all your questions.

The date is Tuesday 1 March

9.45am - 1.30pm

£60

We will enjoy a delicious tea instead of the usual lunch, with pots of tea!  (Heaven!)

All the recipes will be available for you to take home after the class, and Sarah will be bringing her travelling shop with her, which is really useful for Aga items, utensils, pans and her recipe books.

TREETOPS GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE - GREAT FOR CHRISTMAS!

Autumn Watercolour Class 2010

Today was a perfect autumn's day to hold our Watercolour Class.

Using a wide palette of colours we created yellows, oranges, greens, browns, purples and pinks (so many colours in fact we all armed ourselves with notepads each time Claire took us through a different stage of the painting!)

It also turned into more of a Masterclass as we covered masking, glistening, negative painting (my favourite... hmmm) we were all very quiet and in deep concentration for much of the afternoon.

The paintings were brilliant, as you can see below:

There are a few spaces left for Winter Scenes, choose from either Tuesday 16th or Wednesday 17th November, call me to check availability.