Become the student

I have just returned from a week down at Phillip Island.  Our plans were changed as we recently adopted a rescue fur baby.   
The weather was chilly and most days it rained, yet we were able to feast our eyes on some spectacular coastline. 
The day before we decided to head home early, I visited a gallery in the main street of Cowes.  As I walked in, I noticed a board advertising an art class that afternoon. After chatting with the artist owner and her invitation to come back for the class, I couldn't wait to return later that afternoon. 

I enjoyed a few hours of painting a scene from my phone photos. Interestingly, I found it funny to have the colours squeezed onto the palette for me, colours I wouldn't have started with and some colours I would never have picked.  Being an artist who enjoys working with a limited palette and mixing colours to create what is needed, I somehow felt overwhelmed by the colour choices made for me. I work from the sky down and this time I had to start working from the ground up.  I found it challenging, yet exciting and different at the same time. 

It was fun to become the student and experience the class from a completely different way, when the fellow artist had no idea I also create art. 

Featured Artwork: Sunderland Bay, Phillip Island - work in progress, will be available for sale when completed. 
 

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