by Tessas Painting Trips in Provence | Dec 12, 2020 | Painting workshops
I have been feeling very wistful about my painting trips. I have missed them so much this year and all the lovely people that come on them. I am hoping so much that I will be able to start them again next year. Here in Provence in April and Cinque Terre Italy in May.... by Tessas Painting Trips in Provence | Dec 1, 2020 | Painting workshops
I don’t think I have ever noticed people looking forward to Christmas so much. Young and old alike. I have mixed feelings about it, I always do, but I have enjoyed painting Christmas cards, and I am looking forward to a bit of jolly, lots of colour and twinkling... by Tessas Painting Trips in Provence | Nov 3, 2020 | My Watercolours, one day watercolour classes, Painting workshops, watercolour courses
Walking home in the vineyards as the sun sets and mist starts to fall I have because of need, been painting on my ipad most evenings after dinner, I started with simple and joyful, mainly food i pad paintings and I have moved onto landscapes, which somehow have become... by Tessas Painting Trips in Provence | Sep 20, 2020 | Painting workshops, Vineyards, watercolour courses
Good morning sunshine, the view this morning from our house. We are painting in one of the oldest wine regions in the world, the Phoenicians are said to have first introduced viticulture here in the 6th century BC. It is strange, I hear no birds, see no butterflies,... by Tessas Painting Trips in Provence | Aug 25, 2020 | lavender fields, Painting workshops, watercolour courses
Well here we are, waking up at 5 am, looking through the window as the sky turns from midnight blue to smokey cobalt then hazy cerulean. Every morning at seven am we watch the hot air balloons rise and drop and rise again just to float away and vanish across the... by Tessas Painting Trips in Provence | Aug 13, 2020 | Lorgues-Provence, My Watercolours, Painting workshops, watercolour courses
‘Dads rocking chair and lavender’ What have I been doing since I last wrote, well thats a long story and I am not sure I want to tell you all about it. So I won’t. But I have been exceptionally busy and the only time I have had to paint is after 9.30...