One of my favourite things – rooibos latte and scones at the Oudtshoorn Hotel
Rose Kent’s magnificent rose
Getting there is part of the fun and of course – stopping for tea and scones
Marianne and Christine in Jo’s studio
Christine
Marianne’s mysterious and marvelous painting
Rose flowing colour and leaving light areas
Heather Funston at the beginning of her masterpiece
Hanneke’s beautiful piece
Treasure Gift from Gill Ratcliffe
Christine expressed colour in such a unique way
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
Marianne’s folds of colour beginning to shape the rose
Rose
Jo’s Studio – McGregor
Berry, ginger, apple, banana, date fruit drink at “The Pub” in McGregor
Marianne loving the work into being
Gill
Gill working her cane chair and bougainvillea painting
Marianne Saddington’s creation
Heather in creative progress
Heather
Great company
Lynda’s Cane Chair by Joy Truscott
Painting of Shambles my gift from Christine x thank you x
Oh Heather !
It is like walking in a painting
Christine
Rose
Christine’s cane chair
Heather’s flow painting capturing the imagination
View stop on the George pass
And REST in comfort
Hanneke’s grandchild portrait using the granulation technique
Irene – a great driver and Jack our trusty steed took us safely there and back
Christine Chapman experiencing flow of granulation
Tea and delicious juice break at the “The Pub”
Hanneke’s fast play flow experiment
Irene at the lovely French cafe of the Oudtshoorn Hotel
Heather’s painting taking shape
Heather Funston’s AMAZING creation
Rose’s beautiful work
Playing with shape and colour, techniques and painting behind
Studio cat in deep relaxation under the watchful eye of Shambles – painted by Christine as a gift for me x
Busy happiness
Gill’s incredible flow painting
Ah – and the peace descends like a gentle breeze of Light and Love
Hanneke using water flow to create an amazing beginning
Gill’s painting beginning
The Studio
Hanneke’s work – so fast and on the way to being a beautiful piece
Jo’s Artist Prayer
Rose’s flowing beginning
A long and beautiful drive from Plettenberg Bay to McGregor
Bring your water colour art supplies for a wild and wonderful weekend of creative bliss.
The package is priced at R2 571.83 per person and this will give you access to inspired tuition and guidance in the sanctuary gardens and meditation spaces of Temenos. It includes a welcome dinner meal, breakfast buffet each morning, teas and scones during the course of the day and the option of a “workshop dinner menu” at the very affordable rate of R80 per person. Accommodation includes Friday and Saturday with Sunday evening included free of charge, courtesy of Temenos. Shared or single accommodation is available.
Pictures from the weekend
Outside Caritas – Temenos Library and our art studio for the weekendLynda Allen and Rose KentGraeme ComrieMarianne SaddingtomRose Kent
Sheer Brilliance by Graeme Comrie
Suggested Materials List
1 x 1 inch flat brush 1 x 2 inch or 3 inch pastry brush
One large sketch book. Daler-Rowney make an A3 220g/m2 acid free pad in heavy cartridge paper 297 x 420 mm, that is marvelous). Another good pad is made by Croxley and has a spiral binding and a sketched girl’s face on a yellow background.
Watercolour palette, bigger is better. (The lid of a plastic paint drum works well). If you cannot find what you need, just bring a couple of plastic plates for now.
Board for stretching paper. I have some boards that I have found to be marvelous and they are not heavy and I have some for you to purchase if you care to try this method. (Approx. R40.00).
Watercolour paper. There are so many varieties and prices. Try to purchase the heaviest paper that you can afford, nothing less than a 300 gram, and no tinted papers. I no longer like the Bockingford make as we have had some real disappointments with this paper. You may also find a pad with sample papers. This is a good way to experiment and find out what you like best. Pads that are 15 x 20 inches or 14 x 10 or 16 x 12 are good sizes to begin, but try not to get smaller than that initially. Some makers of paper also make blocks, where the paper is glued down and supposedly already stretched. I don’t like to use these and always take the paper off anyway. If these are cheaper, go ahead and buy them, in this way and you can experiment to see what works for you. I have had more consistent success with, Montval and Daler Rowney Aquafine paper which is in the cheaper range.
Paints:
I prefer tubes of paint. Winsor and Newton are good buys. It is a good idea to purchase the best quality paints you can afford. The colours can be a disappointment for you if you go with the cheap boxed colours as they are not true and cause
more frustration than anything. It is better to just buy a few colours at a time and gradually build up your supply. The following colours are the basics, get the ones with the * first if you intend building up your collection gradually. After this you might like to experiment with other colours. Some paints are marked as “hue” these are usually fine for the beginning.
