It was excursion day yesterday on our online, interactive ‘virtual’ week at the Watermill and we visited a flower market in the stunning piazza dell’anfiteatro in the beautiful walled Italian city of Lucca. That’s tutor Mike Willdridge’s demonstration picture of the scene above.
As usual, we have had plenty of kind comments about our week and I particularly like this one, which suggests a new career for Mike! One of our guests from across the pond wrote: “I wanted to let you know I am really enjoying your classes. You teach very well and have helped me to understand many different facets of making watercolors work for me. My sister even requested my last picture of the market for her birthday gift!
“My son hears your voice every day and says you should read books because you have a good voiceover for it. He …and I — love your accent and your calming style. Thank you for everything.â€
Once more, many of our guests sent their paintings to our online Gallery, and again, I’ve been able to choose only a few of them to display here. As ever, my apologies to those I had to leave out. It is not a sign of artistic merit: I chose the paintings at random.
And again, I’ve made one of those short, fun Facebook slideshows, so you can see the paintings a little larger. You can view them by clicking here.
After yesterday’s excitement, today we are off to a quiet monastery near the Watermill to enjoy a tranquil painting session. Mike has done a demonstration picture for today but rather just sent everyone a drawing to help them get started. Those curved vaults are not easy. Happy painting!