Self portrait by Angela Lansbury.
Problem
Will I learn anything on a painting holiday or just left to sketch on my own - which I could do at home or without paying for a holiday?
Answer
You do learn just by doing. I learned that when you paint using a mirror you are reversed right to left, and when you are right handed you appear to be left-handed, as shown in this picture.
If you need a babysitter to make you paint consistently, stock up on paper and paints. even the worst painting holiday would be better than nothing, very relaxing.
If you have painting and want help with it, take it along or print a copy.
I can only recommend one painting holiday which I have taken recently. Susan Alison ran two courses at the start and end of the week at Writers' Holiday in Fishguard, Wales. She was brilliant in instructing us how to use colour to show perspective, use different brushes for different effects, and use proportions for the human head and body. She also looked at our paintings and showed us how make the paint thicker or more transparent and how to add interest in the foreground.
She will be doing another course at Writers' Holiday next February. Highly recommended. She is on Facebook.
So is writers holiday.
www.writersholiday.net
https://www.visitbritainshop.com/world/ (trips, tours, offers: London; England, Scotland, Wales)
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer.
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