{"id":3423,"date":"2013-02-02T19:52:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T17:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistswindow.com\/new\/?p=3423"},"modified":"2013-02-02T19:52:12","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T17:52:12","slug":"final-friday-acrylics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/final-friday-acrylics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Friday &#8211; Acrylics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the first sunny Friday in January (hurray!) the hard-working Friday group finally managed to take their mid-morning break in the garden&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Sun2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Sun2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sun!\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3414\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This keen bunch had turned up before 10am clutching tons of homework &#8211; see below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Homework1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Homework1\" width=\"664\" height=\"331\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3395\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two on the left are painted with acrylics &#8211; the one on the right is a watercolour.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Homework2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Homework2\" width=\"664\" height=\"560\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3396\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This lovely acrylic painting of an old door was started at home during the week&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Homework3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Homework3\" width=\"664\" height=\"462\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3397\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These two, started the previous week, continue to develop nicely&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Homework4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Homework4\" width=\"664\" height=\"417\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3398\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;homework&#8217; painting on the left is in acrylic &#8211; the smaller one above right is in watercolour &#8211; starfish&#160;photographed with an underwater camera&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Homwork51.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Homwork5\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After excitedly reviewing the five lots of &#8216;homework&#8217; we all settled down to a bit of acrylic painting&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/White-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"White-flowers\" width=\"664\" height=\"492\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This beautiful painting was finished off, and work started on a second one, below&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Blocked-in.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Blocked-in\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3402\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everyone spent the morning variously finishing off their workshop paintings from the previous weeks&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Butterfly.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Butterfly\" width=\"400\" height=\"539\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>such as this lovely butterfly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Bicycle.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bicycle\" width=\"664\" height=\"455\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3404\" \/><\/p>\n<p>fabulous bicycle painting&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Steps.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Steps\" width=\"664\" height=\"501\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3405\" \/><\/p>\n<p>glowing yellow steps glimpsed through this rusty metal gate&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Red-door.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Red-door\" width=\"664\" height=\"475\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3406\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and the glorious red door with green walls and brightly coloured chairs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Hut.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Hut\" width=\"664\" height=\"538\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3407\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A couple of people had started work on new paintings&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Starfish2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Starfish2\" width=\"400\" height=\"485\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3408\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and others did a bit more work on their home-work paintings&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Roofs-finished.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Roofs-finished\" width=\"400\" height=\"531\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3410\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As usual, tutor Jackie Sherwood was rushed off her feet advising everyone on their next steps and helping them tweak their paintings&#8230;Here&#8217;s her completed Koroni roofs demo painting &#8211; very evocative.<\/p>\n<p>I continued work on my &#8216;upside down&#8217; rusty doors painting started on Wednesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Rusty-end-morning.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Rusty-end-morning\" width=\"664\" height=\"458\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3411\" \/>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>and I must say, I&#8217;m enjoying the upside down approach &#8211; would highly recommend it.<\/p>\n<p>I was very impressed by the work produced and the progress people made in only four short sessions on this workshop&#8230;&#8230;Many thanks again to my intrepid art-buddy Jackie Sherwood for all her hard work on this course. To see more of Jackie&#8217;s own work see:&#160;http:\/\/www.jackiesherwood.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the first sunny Friday in January (hurray!) the hard-working Friday group finally managed to take their mid-morning break in the garden&#8230;. This keen bunch had turned up before 10am clutching tons of homework &#8211; see below&#8230; The two on the left are painted with acrylics &#8211; the one on the right is a watercolour. 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