A day of colour and pattern in heat transfer printing! Smaller numbers this week but still a really good day! For some reason I didn't take many pics of the participants during the workshop but they produced some good work and seemed to enjoy their day!
Set up and ready to go!
Painting papers...
...and painting directly onto the fabric!
Results
Paper weaving printed onto fabric
Crazy trees!
We ventured further towards and beneath the red cliff face...a bit of a scramble but ended up in another hidden nook...quite Lord of The Rings.......felt like 2 hobbits on a ramble!
Early evening and light wasn't great....must return in sunlight!
Frilly rocks...
...and a collection of stones just lying around!
The view on the way down, looking over to Lake Vinuela
And looking down toEl Toril and Casa Rosina.
Yesterday, we spent the morning shopping in Lidl and then at the Trabiche market where we spied a Scottosh sky!
A walk was in order so we set off to do our favourite, up the hill behind the house...its almond blossom time and there is full flower on many of the trees - so beautiful!
Heading up though the scented wild herbs is our favourite bathroom with a view.....!
...anyone fancy a dip? This pic now featured on 'Bathtubs in Fields Appreciation Group'. Who knew there was such a thing! https://www.facebook.com/group/bifag/?fref=ts
The slope flattens out into an area full of amazing stones, scrub, including aforementioned herbs, some very old olive trees, low palm type plants, and lovely views towards the mountain - it feels like a secret wild garden. We keep saying we'll go up and spend a day drawing and will definitely take our creative escapes folk here in February.
A natural composition!
They had spent most of the week amusing themselves, including a visit to The Alhambra, so we went for a walk together on their last day with us. After a coffee we went to Rio Gordo to see Dick's 'painting' place and then along to Lake Vinuela. It was lovely!
Our coffee stop...very Disney! It was blowing a houlie!
Stevens 'onion'
Happy holiday makers!
House on the hillside
Dick has been undertaking his own creative days....painting on location at the Rio Gordo
Lovely photos...thanks Steve!
I can't believe how the days fly by and here we are nearly a week after the second workshop and I still haven't posted any pictures of another successful day. We moved into colour, all participants dressing in their favourite colourful clothes. I started the day with some basic colour theory followed by a session on Colour Psychology delivered by Anne Ritchie. Lots of hands-on activity with students producing collaged colour boards!
Working out colour schemes, based on colour theory and inspired by a magazine image.
We made a colour wheel using objects brought by the participants
Our colour wheel..
Working on personal colour boards after the talk on Colour Psychology
Anne and I had a day out to Granada, obstensively to check out restaurants for the lunch stop for when we bring our Creative Escapees t The Alhambra...still spaces if anyone fancies a last
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First stop Churros y Chocolate........yum!
It was a beautiful day and we wandered around the souks before eating lunch sitting outside a cafe at the foot of the Alhambra. For some reason I didn't take any photos! Then we went to the Hammam for 2 hours of complete relaxation.....warm baths, hot baths, COLD baths, steam room, massage, mint tea....Devine!
At the front door!
In we go...!
The fountains were lit when we headed back to the carpark!
Situated where we are, facing Africa, we see the jet trails heading south. This one was really dramatic!
Destination.....The Hound Cloud!
We set off to meet friends Ellie and Harry at Malaga Airport for 10am to find that their flight didn't arrive until 2pm (my fault!) so took the bus into Malaga for a few hours. A coffee later we wandered through streets not discovered before....
Just love the colours, the light and shade...
Not sure what this is about but it's kind of interesting!
And the graffiti....what's through the round window?
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