A new creative year begins and with it the opportunity to try new things.
For me fresh artistic inspiration is always a good way to go!
I like to look at the work of other artists so that I remain open to new ideas and approaches.
This year I am really looking forward to using my new studio space and to the potential of offering more classes and workshops to share some of my ideas.
With this in mind I am planning some new classes commencing in February in addition to my continuing group class on Wednesdays. For details of new classes please look at the events page in the next week or so.
I thought I would share with you how these images you see on the page came about…
The colourful grids on this page were created in my class on Wednesday to encourage students to consider winter colours. They were encouraged to create their own grid pages using three to four colours and taking inspiration (for colour only) from landscape and plant images that might form part of a winter scene.
This proved a challenge since they wanted to be influenced by the images they saw in more ways than just colour. However they made a colour swatch and I then removed the images.
I enjoyed pushing the boundaries of their creativity and the session was a mindful exploration of colour supported by some music for relaxation.
The results were interesting and unique and everyone felt uplifted, helped by supplies of coffee and biscuits as well.
Looking forward to more adventures and opportunities for the year ahead.
Happy painting!
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