The weather wasn’t of its kindest yesterday, with bouts of rain and louring clouds. But the springtime of our discontent was made glorious summer by the exuberance and skill of our painting tutor Randy Hale and the enthusiasm of our dozen painting guests.
Randy even managed an en plein air painting demonstration in the Watermill’s walled garden in the early afternoon (see video above), before everyone repaired to the bright and airy Watermill studio to work on their paintings.
In the evening, we enjoyed ‘a taste of Tuscany’ in a trattoria in the nearby walled mediaeval town of Fivizzano. And all day, the conversation flowed more readily than the rain. Here is our painting guest Fawzia Rahman putting the world to rights with Lois Breckon.