Heather Funston – Joy Truscott

One Day Workshop St Francis for Friends

Lynne Hattingh and Christine Chapman

We know how to use every corner of a table

Lynne Hattingh’s masterpiece in the making

Christine Chapman and Fay Keevy

Heather Funston’s masterpiece

The Other Artist – Shambles

Works of art in progress

Paintings moving to places of happiness

A tattered and beautiful hibiscus – we had a wild wind storm the night before

Jenny a self-described novice with amazing skills and touch

Life Inspires us

Fay Keevy’s masterpiece – done

Fay on her way with an amazing painting

Christine Chapman’s masterpiece in the making

The Cake – hmmmmmx

The Artists

Heather Funston’s birthday cake

We are not only Great Artists, but also Great Cooks

And the Ever Adorable Eric and his Beautiful Mom – Melinda

Two Day Workshop McGregor 21 – 22 March 2012

Hanneke’s beautiful piece

Berry, ginger, apple, banana, date fruit drink at “The Pub” in McGregor

Jo’s Studio – McGregor

Lynda’s Cane Chair by Joy Truscott

Great company

Marianne and Christine in Jo’s studio

It is like walking in a painting

Studio cat in deep relaxation under the watchful eye of Shambles – painted by Christine as a gift for me x

Christine Chapman experiencing flow of granulation

Marianne Saddington’s creation

One of my favourite things – rooibos latte and scones at the Oudtshoorn Hotel

Marianne’s mysterious and marvelous painting

Gill’s incredible flow painting

Gill’s painting beginning

Treasure Gift from Gill Ratcliffe

Christine expressed colour in such a unique way

Christine’s cane chair

Oh Heather !

A long and beautiful drive from Plettenberg Bay to McGregor

Heather Funston’s AMAZING creation

Hanneke’s fast play flow experiment

Rose flowing colour and leaving light areas

Tea and delicious juice break at the “The Pub”

Jo’s Artist Prayer

Heather’s flow painting capturing the imagination

Heather in creative progress

Busy happiness

Heather

Rose

Bougainvillea and my cane chair

Rose Kent’s magnificent rose

Christine

Heather’s painting taking shape

Playing with shape and colour, techniques and painting behind

View stop on the George pass

Gill

Getting there is part of the fun and of course – stopping for tea and scones

The Studio

Marianne’s folds of colour beginning to shape the rose

Rose’s flowing beginning

Marianne loving the work into being

Heather Funston at the beginning of her masterpiece

Rose’s beautiful work

Hanneke’s work – so fast and on the way to being a beautiful piece

Christine

Irene – a great driver and Jack our trusty steed took us safely there and back

And REST in comfort

Irene at the lovely French cafe of the Oudtshoorn Hotel

The Chapel at Lords in McGregor – we are going to plan a retreat event here for sure. It was wonderful meeting Colin, thank you for the happy evening, soaking up the beauty of the mountains x

Gill working her cane chair and bougainvillea painting

Hanneke’s grandchild portrait using the granulation technique

Ah – and the peace descends like a gentle breeze of Light and Love

Hanneke using water flow to create an amazing beginning

Rose

Painting of Shambles my gift from Christine x thank you x

Intuitive Water Colour Painting Beginnings

In our art classes we like to be a little bit crazy – it helps to have Julio crooning the song “Crazy” in the background.

Heather buds — Heather's amazing work of art created out of her intuitive painting beginning

Step One of Heather’s Intuitive painting

Dee Schley stage one

Susan Taljaard stage one

We needed to move into the garden to free us up to splash with reckless abandon; then viewing the creations from a little height gives an altered perspective.

Ros stage one

Heather’s amazing work of art created out of her intuitive painting beginning