Convivial concentration: Randy Hale demonstrating in the Watermill courtyard. We’ve always liked the word bellwether, which has nothing to do with church bells or good weather, although we have plenty…
The painting above, by Sandra Strohchein, hangs in the in Tutor’s Gallery in the Watermill sitting room. It is a watercolour of a blustery rainy day at one of our…
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 13. Giorgio Vasari*** Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) is famous for writing the first important book on Art…
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 12. Paolo Uccello*** Paolo Uccello (1397-1474) was a pioneer of the use of linear perspective, invented…
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 11. Filippo Lippi*** There are many wonderful pictures in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, a treasure…
Silently and unseen, the leaves have fallen for more than half a century in our bamboo glade between the millstream and the river, creating a cushioned pathway through the towering…
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 10. Domenico Ghirlandaio*** Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448-1494) a Florentine Renaissance painter, is perhaps most famous for his…
There hasn’t been enough snow yet for skiing in the Apuan Alps near us, but I’m happy to say that my favourite online art magazine DailyArt has made up for…
Maggie Renner Hellman, one of our tutors at the mill, is a master of colour and says. “My Oil Paintings & Watercolor Studies primarily use Color Value Contrast to direct…
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room her name: 8. Artemisia Gentileschi *** The Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1654?) has become a feminist icon, celebrated for…
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 7. Fra Angelico *** The Dominican monk Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Brother John from Fiesole) (1395-1455)…
We suppose, in this age of instant communications on social media, that postcard-sending, like letter-writing, is a dying art. But we think there’s nothing nicer, especially for the children and…