Observation, Imagination, perfect weather, a wonderful group and much more….(PART 2)

It is important to remember that this course is all about loosening up and at the same time focusing on observation and imagination……Shown here is just a fraction of the work completed…including the all important sketch books that everyone carried with them at all times.  

Once again the list of Janet Weight Reed tips and sayings given to everyone at the beginning of a course.

JWR tips and sayings

THE GROUP

The following are watercolours/sketches made by the group last week in Olhao Portugal. See previous post for an overview of the week….. 

Jayanthi.…has been coming to my courses for sometime.    This vibrant watercolour was inspired by the Saturday market in Olhao.

Vibrant watercolour inspired by the Saturday Market in Olhao Portugal.   JAYANTHI

Watercolour Montage of Olhao by Jayanthi – a classic example of observation and imagination, 

JILL (1). 

A view from floating in the pool….by Jill(1)   watercolour.    

Flowers by the water at the Saturday Market by Jill (1) watercolour

JILL (2)

from Jill (2) colourful birds from Saturday Market – watercolour

JILL (2).  Fruit and veg from the Saturday Market.  

MOIRA came to my course in April and so it’s exciting to see her development….getting much looser:)

MOIRAMOIRA – I like the drama in this piece

DORA 

Wonderful Vibrant painting by Dora.- watercolourTrees in the Nature Reserve Pine Woods by DORADORA – Joe reclining on Armona beach with Olhao in the distance…

NAN

NAN – Fish from the market. – watercolourNAN’s lovely Armona Island sketch 

NAN – The Mill at Parque Natural da Ria Formosa….watercolour

ANGELA

ANGELA – Armona Island – watercolourANGELA – from imagination. 

TESSA

TESSA – Armona Island – watercolour

Horse next Pine Trees in Parque Natural da Ria Formosa…….TESSA

BOB

BOB –  OlhaoBOB –  B0B – Reflections from the Mill – Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

CLAIRE – who sketched the whole time…..(unfortunately I don’t have photos of her sketches)…..but they were superb.    

CLAIRE  sketching a the Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

CORYN –   Coryn and I might go on the road together….we would make a great comedy team:)

CORYN

The Mill Parque Natural da Ria Formosa- watercolour

CORYN – fish – watercolour

LIZ – casting a beautiful shadow at the Mill. – I am waiting for images.     Liz attended my course last October and so it was lovely to see her again…..

BRENDA – sketched all the time and made some lovely watercolours….Unfortunately I don’t have any photographs of them.    A fascinating woman – Brazilian and therefore fluent in Portuguese – and a glider pilot……

MARY – who has attended my courses before, made some lovely watercolours – however again I don’t have any photographs of them…hopefully later.

Tessa and Bob are from Sydney Australia and so on their way home from Portugal they stopped in New York and bought some new paints.      They are now in beautiful Vancouver where I am quite sure they are sketching every day.

These are the pigments they picked up in New York. I couldn’t finish this post without including our two non-painters Joe and Alan.   They contributed so much to the week on many levels and were a great deal of fun.   

Thank you one and all for a lovely week – and of course keep painting and sketching.

Janet.