FLATFORD MILL PAINTING HOLIDAY 2014 15TH TO THE 18TH AUGUST
3 NIGHTS & 4 DAYS TEACHING AT FLATFORD MILL IN WILLY LOTS HOUSE AND THE MILL
£366.00 SOLE OCCUPANCY ACCOMMODATION FULL BOARD
£329.00 SHARED OCCUPANCY
£238.00 NON PAINTING PARTNER IN SHARED OCCUPANCY
LAST years painting holiday at flatford mill was the most terrific fun! I'd like to thank everyone who came for their wonderful fun and energetic company, it really made the holiday.
We had friday a.m till monday 4.p.m and I'd like to think we had a good mixture of painting and relaxation in and outdoors.
The theme of this painting holiday was creating mood through colour and application.
After spending friday afternoon painting at the mill and rowing trips down the river, ( Phil, now formally known as jackson rollocks ) and getting to know each other, we had a presentation on choosing paintings which we felt suited the music I was playing,
( albeit quietly due to technical problems outside my control )
Here are some of the images, try to conjour up a piece of music in your mind that you think might suit these images
We had a day's painting in the studio at FM due to the waether being wet, we worked on a still life with strong shadows, and then on Sunday we went to Pin Mill on the River Orwell estuary, where we tried 2 different approaches of application and colour, from soft wet in wet, with secondary colours, to simple bold brush marks in primary colours.
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Monday was not only a scorcher, it was also Bank holiday monday, here are Liz and Marita, braving the crowds of tourist outside the mill itself
Whilst others chose the parts of FM closed off to tourists
Below we can see the now infamous fairy ring of logs on the Island, where, after dinner
( and drinks! ) on sunday night, upon discovering we were the only group left on site, had a singsong, starting off with rondo's all joining in with 'London's burning' and other rondo songs, followed by reel dancing, when Colin to our delight burst into song, this is where Mel, upon mounting a log, toppled over in the most graceful topple any of us had ever seen
which was artistically capture by Liz on her iPad
We were all most relieved that Mel was not injured, nor that she spilled a drop of her wine ; )
The group beat a hasty retreat when songs from the sound of music started up, and we conglomerated in willy lots house before bed.
Here are some of the feedback comments from our fellow artist on our painting holiday.
Dear Gilly and her FLAT Friends,
I should like to add my biggest and best 'thank yous' to all of the folllowing:
To Gilly, for your sensitive and inspirational tutoring (and mentoring) To Phil and Colin, for your company and delicious selection of wines
To Liz, for your chats in the car and cartoon wizardry!
To Marita, for a little snippet of life in Sweden and all the little conversations we had over the 4 days
To Louise, Heather and Lucy, for a real understanding of life in the fast lane (i.e. The THURSDAY Class)
To Andy, for inspiring me to get fit, keep fit and eat healthily, although I am not wearing that lycra!
Finally to Willy Lott and Constable - I am so delighted I was able to take part in this fantastic experience.
Love and best wishes, Melx
A great souvenir of a great weekend.
Thanks to all of you (– especially you, Gilly, of course) for a very special workshop. I thought it would be good, but I never expected it to be THAT good. I’m looking forward to next year already.
In the meantime, see you at Dowcra’s.
Heather xx
Dear All,
Thank you so much for letting me join the course although i'm not a regular student. I thoroughly enjoyed it! What a beautiful place and lovely bunch of people – and a teacher who has struck that perfect balance between teaching principles of painting and hands-on advice and instruction AND allowing students to get on with their own paintings. Brilliant!!
The journey home was much easier with not much traffic at all. I consulted my diary straight away and discovered that 4th September is currently free, so please, Gillian, send me information about the workshop and if it is geographically and practically possible for me to come, I would love to do so.
All the best to everyone Marita
Unfinished painting of Phil Painting Mel, painting Willy lotts!
