Janet's little works of art!

Janet.

Aqua Aerobics teacher, Potter extroadinaire, yet another giggler, a little sponge, she soaks everything up, an absolutely delightful lady!


'Tops and bottoms coming off in the water with all the effort. . . we will go home very fit, or fit to drop!' (JPL)

As I have said before, Janet really was puzzled by what to do, her first pastel still life was very vibrant, but then she got 'stuck' in herself and I had to guide her into the path of 'TRY,TRY,TRY!!' and she did! It does not show up very well, I will try and get a better image, but her colourful bridge, continuous line drawing, next to the still life, worked very well. I did try to encourage Janet to go even larger, but once she had discovered her little works there was no diverting her!

Rosie's paintings

Rosie's adventures in Normandy!


A real 'Girl's own' spirit! A ride to the village for breakfast on the bikes, a giggler, Morecombe and wise impressions, naughty but nice and worked very hard. I think Rosie enjoyed herself!!





Rosie is a great little watercolourist and although she found some of the subjects challenging, she ploughed on - pushing herself to improve.

A still life, from the first day when it rained.





Apologies to Rosie, for quality of some of the photos.

Sandy's paintings.

Sandy's pictures.

Sandy is a whizz, always helping and running around after us all, a real team member. Never too busy to lay the table and always has just the right colour in her kit. Sandy also gave us the most hilarious evening. All I can possibly say is 'Pampas Grass'.


Sandy is probably best known as our Abstract Acrylic Artist. She studied textiles and you can see materials emerging from her paint pallette, along with the stitching as she carefully places one colour against another.


On the first full day, Sandy, rather than doing a still life, took herself off to the Table tennis shed at the side of the building. She began by looking to her left and throughout the day moved 45 degrees to a different section, hence the light changes. The completed panel, about a metre by 75cm, is reminiscent of a John Piper. Sandy says it is not finished! We think it is Sandy!






The Bridge at Hambye.




A corner of La Baleine.

Again, Sandy finds a little niche to paint in and considers her composition too. It does look like as though it is woven in places.

Diana's paintings.

Diana's paintings.

Diana has the most contagious laugh and was a wonderful companion to us all. Determined to improve and work hard, she had goals and achieved them.





La Germiniere, continuous line drawing.



The bridge in Hambye. Diana's first Oil.


And the finished painting - beautiful Diana.


The back of L'Abbaye d'Hambye.
A beautiful watercolour study - Turneresque Diana!


On the first saturday it rained - so I rearranged the house to have a couple of still life's. This was a n old machine from the Dining room.
Lovely sketch.
The fields at the side of the house. Diana was beginning to look at composition and how she could include foreground subjects.



Le Jardin de Plantes Botanique, Coutances. What a glorious hot day this was and super paintings produced. So much to consider.




Last day - at La Baleine, a difficult subject, the mill. Great shadows give it atmosphere. I believe Diana has completed about three more since this one, I will update you on the finished item/s!

Apologies

Apologies, have been trying to get piccies from all. I broke my camera on the last day and so have been unable to get all the paintings up.

Here are some to keep you going, I will do a proper update on the following days shortly.

These are mostly continuous line drawings from the multi talented Janet. Janet was once a major designer and painter for Poole Pottery. She says that this holiday really made her 'look' and felt as though she was seeing new things. The continuous line process made her loosen up visually, and made her less fussy about her actual drawing, hence these beautiful, illustrative works. I hope you enjoy them as much as janet's fellow painters, we loved them.


More to come soon.xx