Today however I am going to show you something that hubby and I have been doing together!
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We picked upside leaflets, one of which was advertising art workshops every week in term time!
Our friend, who says she is not artistic, decided to go the following week, as she is making attempts to find social opportunities following the death of her husband.
I wish we had been able to go as she came back with a lovely needlefelted mushroom. The following week we were also unable to attend and she told us the topic had changed to printmaking. Her reports of this were not so favourable but we were very interested.
She couldn't make the following week but we did!
We took the inspiration from a temporary Cezanne exhibition for our etching print.
I made a big mistake and kept mine simple - hubby chose a Cezanne
self portrait
However much I tried I could do very little to create something interesting...
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It is here I will also show you my qualifying drink to join Bleubeard and Elizabeth for T Stands For Tuesday!
The printing technique this time was lino cutting, once again I made a bad choice and hubby really enjoyed doing his!Our inspiration was from the tapestry gallery.
series of tapestries The Vanities of Small Differences ..about class differences in Britain. This is 'The Upper Class At Bay' I have give you a link as I am sure it will explain more than I can here!
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This what I ended up with..
...hubby added different colours to his..and wow!
It was quite a busy class with some very talented folk..
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Thanks for looking, Chris
Those workshops sound like fun, glad you were able to go and make some art, you both did very well, especially with the lino cuts. I am sure you will go back again when you can. Your food looks fabulous, too. Happy T Day, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteWow, this sounds like a fun thing to do. It's nice to see the hubby having fun with art too. I like seeing all your results and photos from the class. And that is quite the place to visit. Your lunch looks so yummy! I haven't had falafel for quite awhile and it is so good. Hope you are enjoying your T day. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteWow-those workshops are amazing! that's wonderful that your Husband had the interest as well-I really enjoyed this post.
ReplyDeletethat is a huge lunch plate I would not have been able to eat everything either-years ago when I was a vegetarian back in the early 70s and 80s I would make this. Thanks for sharing all the photos I really enjoyed this Happy T hugs Kathy
The workshops sound like a lot of fun. It's sweet that it provides these opportunities for social contacts, and it also looks like an engaging activity to do with a spouse. That museum looks fascinating, and I'd be delighted with a restaurant like that with windows overlooking the park. Happy T Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteHow fun to take these work shops!! It is always so interesting to learn new things.......I think I'm a little jealous LOL!
ReplyDeleteHappy T-day
Gosh that looks like such fun!! :)
ReplyDeletewhat super looking workshops- and such diverse projects too! Always a good learning experience isn't it...and look at hubby taking off with the classes:) The prints at the end all look fantastic. And oh, now I'm leaving here wishing I had your meal choice in front of me-YUM. Happy T day!
ReplyDeleteWhat impressive workshops. You and T really ARE moving on and learning new things. I enjoyed seeing what he made, as well as what you created. I was super impressed with Grayson Perry's work. All six of those tapestries were very unique. I liked the car park and the upper class at bay the best, but they were all good. You created some beautiful pieces from his tapestry. T's art (linocut) was quite impressive, too. I also liked his Bonjour.
ReplyDeleteYour falafel looks wonderful. I haven't had Mediterranean food since our local restaurant sold to a chain that got rid of that type of food. Nice to see you enjoyed having water, which is always my choice when I go out. Thanks for sharing these workshops, your results, and your food and water with us for T this Tuesday, dear Chris.
A super post Chris and the workshops sound interesting and fun to be trying new things together. Your food did look delicious as well
ReplyDeleteBelated T day wishes.
Yvonne xx
Fabulous post! It looks like you had a wonderful time at the workshops trying new techniques and I'm loving the results, they look amazing 😀. Your food looks delicious too - Happy T Day! Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeleteWow, that sounds fun! It's so nice that your husband comes along too.
ReplyDeleteThe results were very impressive, especially what you showed at the end.
The falafel dish is huge. I made the mistake of ordering falafel last month when we were in Holland and I ended up like you, with too much to eat and my hubby had to help me out. (But it was delish)
Happy T-Day,
Huges,
Lisca
looks like great fun, with many different things to try.
ReplyDeleteWow, you got to attend some fun workshops. You both did quite fell. (My creations would've looked like stick figure drawings.) That food looked delicious. Happy T-Day!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun thing to do with friends, especially if your hubby is one of them. I think you both did great. I really like your aqua fence. The color makes it stand out. Hubby's lino cut - yes, wow! I can see there were quite a few in the class who've done lino cut before.
ReplyDeleteHappy T-day! Eileen xx
The workshops sound fantastic and I think you both did great. Such a beautiful museum and having a nice place to have lunch is a nice perc, too. Happy T Day!
ReplyDeleteWonderful your hubby joins you - I doubt I could "drag" mine to an art work shop (? I should try...)...
ReplyDeleteUhhh, hmmm, yummm, Falafel! I had the best in the town I studied, Hildesheim. It was to die for. (Sorry I "reduce" it all to this but my tongue is dancing a rather sad dance right now ;-)...)