A trip to Urban Clay in Aylsham!

Meeting up again with my first Highland Cow original painting!

And admiring a beautifully painted mini-coo!

We spent a couple of days in Norfolk this week, visiting family. I wanted to visit Urban Clay run by the lovely Jo and Liz (my sister) . It is a beautiful place! People paint pottery here and eat cake, what could be better? Mark took the opportunity to create a 360-degree walk-through photograph tour that they can use on their website, while Liz and I sat on the floor behind the counter, hiding, and enjoying a natter.

Liz and Jo (above) are the brains and beauty behind Urban Clay Aylsham

My first Swadlincote art workshop - Snowy Stags!

My first Swadlincote art course, how did the artists enjoy it?

I held my first Swadlincote art course on the 17th October , at Sharpes Pottery Museum. There were 5 people booked on the day and everyone turned up on time :) We began by grabbing coffee and settled in for a fun morning’s painting. I took them through all the stages that I do when Im painting a stag. Of course this was a speeded -up version of my real life practice. We had the added advantage of using acrylics so that we could progress quickly through all of the stages and finish the paintings in one day.

Georgina creating a stag full of character, in her favourite colours, orange features highly in this piece

After lunch we added the element of snow with glazing and different size and shape brushmarks.

The day went super quickly. It was alot of information to take in and Im sure the attendees all had an early night after the concentration of the day.

Fortified with cake and cups of tea, everyone succeeded in creating amazing original pieces of art and I was so pleased with them! I’ve had marvellous feedback from everybody - to find out how you can participate check this out