Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Stephie Butlers portrait workshop 2015

Well what an amazing week that was!  Apart from watching Stephie doing her wonderful demos the weather was beyond belief!  By Tuesday we hit 42 degrees but working in the coolness of the Studio during some of the hottest times was lovely. But even there we needed some airing!

The above paintings are some of the demonstrations that Stephie did for the group and she also found time to do some large cat studies aswell to demonstrate that her techniques work well for wildlife too!



Inbetween time we popped out and visited a couple of places early in the morning when the air was nice and cool and it was comfortable to walk around.  A nice photo opportunity for everyone and then back for a well deserved lunch.


Aut Fouee - Parthenay

St Loup Chateau

Le Chapeau Rouge St Loup





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See you again soon

Bx
Oh and here is one that I did on Sunday following everyone departure!






June 2015

Keiko Tanabes Demonstration paintings at Bandouille 2015
Bandouille                                 Chateau de Tennessus                      Parthenay                                    
With Keikos workshop now complete here are a few of her lovely paintings she created in that week.

Alot of hard work was done successfully by all the students and we all had a wonderful time.
Thouars Market




We are looking forward to Keikos 2nds week with us later in August.

This wonderful painting of Thouars Market was gifted to us by Keiko and will look wonderful on our wall at Bandouille.

Chiche
This was painted in our small village of Chiche and was chosen for the shadows and the way the road goes gently down the hill!   The students were givin the choice of where to paint and some chose this position and other chose other locations in the village.


All our guests had some wonderful results during their stay with us and here are some of the results


Paintings done in june 2015 in Keiko Tanabes Group

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Friday, June 5, 2015

Late Delivery!




I know, I know........November was my last post.......but I do update on France Painting Holiday page on facebook much more regularly!

Anyway, our 2015 Season has begun and I will keep this fairly short.

Keiko Tanabe is in the house and that kickstarted our year with a jolt! 

Everyone enjoying her paintings and now the sunshine is very present!  Today we had 37 degrees....blistering to paint in but at the same time wonderful.  We have done visits to Partheny, Thoaurs and Chateau Tennesus and achieved great results with alot of fun and laughter!

Here are a few of the paintings Keiko has done so far and also places where we have been.











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More to follow later about this workshop later.
Bx