Watercolours With Life: Watercolours With Life June 2010 Workshop

Tuesday, 1 June 2010

Watercolours With Life June 2010 Workshop

"Delphinium Rhapsody"

Original Watercolour by Jean Haines

I spent a wonderful day holding a "Watercolours With Life" Workshop yesterday and it was for me a memorable day in many ways.

I am always thrilled to meet such wonderful people on these sessions. Bookings come via email normally so until the actual day of the workshop I haven't a clue who is going to be in the class. This time there were a few familiar names and some completely new to me. I thought driving three and half hours to make my DVD was a long way to go but one lady had driven for over six hours from Scotland to come to my session so when I make my next trip to film I will be thinking about that and how lucky I am the studio is so near!

I did love the day which I will share in another post with new images. But for now I must mention how special it was to meet face to face those who I have only communicated with on my blog until now.

I wonder if we all sit and type imagining that when we press the send button our words will disappear into cyberspace and not be read.To hear personally how a blog is enjoyed is such a unique experience. And it urges me to share even more.

To everyone who came on the session yesterday it was fantastic to meet you and I truly hope you left feeling inspired and will be painting non stop now with amazing results.

I certainly can't wait to pick up my brushes this morning!

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5 comments:

Sandra Busby said...: Hi Jean.
I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop and can't wait to practice the techniques you shared. I can't beleive how fast it went! I may not have managed to produce much, but I came away with so many ideas, so thank you so much again for such a wonderful day!; 2 June 2010 at 06:06
JANE MINTER said...: love this delphinium jean ..sounds like you had a wonderful week .; 4 June 2010 at 23:14
Jean Haines SWA, SFP said...: Hello Sandra, last week seems ages away already! It was fantastic to meet you and I am thrilled you enjoyed the session. I truly hope to see some work from you via email when you have time to let me know how you got on after the workshop. By the way everyone thought you were a very beautiful lady!; 5 June 2010 at 05:28
Jean Haines SWA, SFP said...: Hello Jane, I had a fantastic week and have just heard even more great news, its fantastic! I have a feeling this is all a wonderful dream.I wish you could have been here again, you would have loved it!; 5 June 2010 at 05:28
Sandra Busby said...: Goodness - Such a lovely compliment! Thank you so much! I have been practicing a Delphinium since my return a few days ago from Cornwall and I am quite pleased with how it's going. I wish I had asked for a copy of the pink flower I started because I really like the petal I painted, but I can't finish it!; 9 June 2010 at 01:16

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Jean Haines' Atmospheric Watercolours

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