Saturday 30 September 2017

West Horndon Art Group.....

A couple of my students belong to West Horndon Art Group and invited me along to run a session. So at the beginning of the summer I went along to teach a session on Skylines.

They're a really lovely group and the work they produced was incredibly varied and talented. 

Here's my skyline of London, painted in a traditional style, starting with the darks then adding highlights and then the mid tones. 


I had such a great time with them and was delighted when they asked me back to do another session last Saturday, this time on Street Scenes with People. 

I wanted to paint a really quick painting as the session is just for the morning so I went for a more modern Impressionist style using a flat brush. So in preparation I painted this landscape with sun bathers first which I really enjoyed painting in oils. I couldn't believe how quick it was either, less is more!


Then I wanted to prepare a street scene and having just come back from France I wanted a French scene and started on this portrait one. There's far more detail so it was taking me longer and it was feeling a bit too busy so I zoomed in....


and had a go in acrylics. Which is working better as a composition. I painted this super quick as well but it turned out in a more traditional style than expected. That's the great thing with painting and art you just never know how it's going to come out!


West Horndon Art Group are based in the Village Hall and meet every Wednesday and Saturday mornings. For more info check out their website:
http://www.westhorndonartgroup.org.uk/

If you belong to an art group and would like me to come and teach a session just get in touch at kirsten@iaminspired.co.uk. I teach a wide range of media and subjects including drawing, pastels, oils, acrylic, and watercolour. 

Thursday 28 September 2017

What a summer....

I know everyone says it but... the summer just flew by. Now the girls are getting older we did a lot more exploring with day trips, lots of country parks, a family holiday to Euro Disney, and then to the coast to recover .....





Then all of a sudden some little (well very tall) girl turned 6 and then they were off to school. Here's Bethany looking very happy on her first day....it didn't last : )


 but they are loving being together and they do love to match....
 

and I love having extra time to get creative : )

Monday 25 September 2017

Totally blown away by all of the learners work....

We had an end of year Exhibition of all my students work from the past year in the Ingrebourne Visitors Centre at Hornchurch Country Park and the work was amazing. It's incredible to think that most of the learners haven't picked up a pencil or paintbrush since leaving school years ago. What they create and progress onto is amazing and I always feel incredibly proud. 

To top it off they even sold some of their pieces to people who came along and just fell in love with their work. 












Then the work was displayed at the Learner Achievement Night at the Queens Theatre....




Fancy joining a class? Then check out all of my classes at:
http://www.iaminspired.co.uk/classes/