Wednesday, 6 July 2016

WOYWW 370

Phew!!  What a weekend.  Went on a Retreat run by the incredible Sue Tucker and her amazing band of helpers at The Holiday Inn in Coventry.  Who was the star attraction?  Well, there were two actually - Andy Skinner, who is probably the most well known here in the UK and Tracy Weinzpfel Stratton - both big names in Deco Art World and both uber talented in their own rights

Saturday saw me in Tracy's class where we learned to layer paint on top of paint and used Rice Paper which was incredible stuff and gave a lovely texture to our work.  Of course I ended up working in my favourite blues and greens as per usual - and here it is


Sunday morning saw me taking a class with Andy.  Now it was a million to one chance, but it happened - I had done the project with Andy at CHA so he gave me some extra bits and pieces (wow, wonderful - and a couple of skulls - you reading this Shaz?) and I followed his colouring and techniques but made mine different to the one everyone else did.  Here is my sketchbook cover:



Think I prefer the one Andy did with the class, similar to below (and which I already had) but I thoroughly enjoyed myself and was over the moon with my "extras".



Have really been suffering with my neck, Saturday night I couldn't eat anything for the pain so took myself off to bed and a hot water bottle.  Yesterday I took the bull by the horns and went to see the osteopath (mega bucks!!!) I went to a few years ago so it is fingers crossed now that it will help.

Well, you came on here to see my craft room - not really got one as such as it has been taken over by the kitchen which is empty and waiting to be gutted.  Start date next Monday!  Will give you my best shot now and then send you off to look at some others with Jan who is hosting whilst Julia recovers from major surgery.  Hard to believe that it is a year since our dear Eliza in Oz left us and is not now posting.  Hope you are up there organising them all and stamping (rubber of course) a storm.

Normal working area (still can work here at the moment)


Craft Room meets Kitchen


Still got stuff to move and the study is utter chaos - maybe a photo next week?