Here are some more finished watercolours from my art classes in Ostreme, Mumbles and The Grand Theatre, Swansea. As I said before it is always fascinating to me how many different ways the same picture can be painted.

Some students went for warmer tones on the cottage  with ochres, some opted for purples. Both worked very well, it just comes down to what you prefer. All have captured the beautiful snowy scene using the pathway to lead your eye up to the cottage framed by the trees. Also I think everyone added the red berries in the foreground and the red tractor near the cottages which act as visual signposts leading your eye around the picture.
 
Constable used to do this to great effect as do many other artists. Red and green being complimentary colours can add sparkle to a picture and although there is not a great deal of green here the red can still help the composition if placed carefully. A great excercise and I can't wait to see what everyone will be bringing in this week to work on as the next project is a subject of their own choice.
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A very busy week and I am not half way through!!!
Beatrice and Benedict with the Welsh National Opera on Monday. A sumptuous production set in a beautiful Tuscan Villa. An opera based on As You Like It by Shakespeare. Sung in English, there is quite a bit of dialogue as well, which is interesting. It is witty, current and very entertaining. A Feast for the eyes!!
The WNO will be touring with this , La Traviata and Marriage of Figaro so something for everyone and I can't wait!
http://www.wno.org.uk

On Tuesday Burlesque came to Swansea and it was a wildly entertaining night which the packed house thoroughly enjoyed. Not only were there the very glamorous Burlesque performers but a wonderful array of talented singers , hilarious comedians and exciting magicians. There was something for everyone that to me harked back to the golden age of vauderville as well.
www.hightease.co.uk/
www.ministryof burlesque.com

Next gearing up for my Birthday cocktails!!!!
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Whitney Houston 12/02/2012
 
I have never been one to write eulogies on the web,especially about someone famous and that I didn't personally know but I grew up listening to Whitney Houston and always loved her voice.
 
Not only did she have the power and range but something more rare- soulfulness.

The way she sang always touched me, I absorbed her voice rather than let it drift over. It lingered and you remembered it long after, rather than being  instantly forgotton.

That will be her legacy. RIP Whitney Houston.
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Art Class on Feb 1st we are following the theme of looking at colour through a watercolour paining of a snow scene by Andy Le Poidevin. Using warmer colours to the front and cooler colours for the trees to push them back. Also splashes of red to catch the eye .re Constable!!

  Many of the class also  so enjoyed the drawing of the Pieta they wanted to show the finished ones I had not put on the week before so here they are!!! Everyone did an excellent drawing and I am thrilled with the results.!!!
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The Green Silk Dress, Pastel
Last chance to catch The Drawing Exhibition at The Albany Gallery, Cardiff
www.albanygallery.com
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I just wanted to show an example of the great drawing's some of my students had done in art class over the last 2 weeks. I gave them a photocopy of the head of the Pieta by MichelAngelo which they then squared up and drew out. As you can see they did a great job!! the drawings below show a selection, some finished, some still in progress. This excercise teaches you how not to be intimidated by subjects such as the face and draw it by simplifying the face into simple shapes and using negative spaces. They all thoroughly enjoyed drawing such a beautiful work of art and really captured the statue.
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See my work in The Drawing Exhibition at The Albany Gallery in Cardff until Jan 28th. If you are interested in drawing have a look  there is something for everyone. I am passionate about drawing so it is great to be involved and to see the other artist's' work as well.
www.albanygallery.com
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My Watercolour and Drawing Art Classes start
Wed, January 11th, 2012
 in The Ostreme Centre, Mumbles
10am-12.30pm
 and in
 Swansea Grand Theatre 2-4.15pm.
All Levels Welcome.
For further info please email me on info@zoejameswilliams.com or tel 01792 642164

Zoë is a professional artist and currently Artist in Residence at Swansea Grand Theatre. She teach drawing and painting techniques through a range of subjects including still life , landscape and figurative.

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below are some fantastic paintings by students  in my  art class, which some put on Christmas cards for me. I have very talented students!!!
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watercolour by Carys
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watercolour by Shelagh
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watercolour by Joan
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Wishing Everyone a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
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