Treetops

Saturday, 16 February 2013

Pastels Class

It was a beautiful sunny day on Thursday for our Pastel Class.

A first for us at Treetops, we've experienced watercolour, mixed media, acrylics and now it was the turn of the pastel.

Claire explained the difference between the pastels, the papers and demonstrated how to blend the colours to create atmospheric pictures.

As you will see below, it was a very busy day with some great pictures created, and most of our group were completely new to pastels:

Hard at work!

We are now enjoying a half term break, Claire and I will shortly be putting together the dates and topics for next term.

Saturday, 9 February 2013

Cupcake Class

We had a great cupcake class this morning.

Our Stage 1 Class that covers baking, fondant icing and buttercream icing.

To see the photos of the boxes of cupcakes that left Treetops, go to the Colourful Cupcakes blog

Friday, 1 February 2013

Winter Warmers Aga Class

Sarah Whitaker (an Aga accredited chef), was at Treetops today, demonstrating a fantastic assortment of recipes under the title Winter Warmers.

Sarah talks everyone through how the Aga works, and what all the ovens do, how to clean it and take care of it, and plenty of top cookery tips thrown in as we go along.

Here are a few of the delicious dishes, that we enjoyed afterwards

Mushroom Risotto

Maramalade Glazed Ham

Chunky Roasted Squash, with chilli, garlic and sage

Chicken Korma

Lemon & Honey Roulade and behind Spotted Dick

Blackberry & Apple Frangipane Tart

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Welsh Waterfalls Watercolour

Yesterday, we had a lovely day painting a Welsh Waterfall.

We spent time using flat brushes, glistening and concentrating on our reflections.

We even experimented with a new product, a glitter that we could paint on with a small brush to enhance the water as it cascaded down, it's called Aqua Shine.