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Tao Barry

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  This week another newbie joined us and was thrown in at the deep end, As I had in  mind  that they were going to do a painting of  a Goldfinch with watercolour  pencils.    I thought a lot about how I was going to get them to do this by using a measure,  waking up a 4am with an idea (as you do )  I  did a dummy run on Wednesday and it worked, all I had to do was to make sure they understood  my instructions,   I gave them a small coloured picture of a goldfinch, plus a black and white photocopy, a piece of tracing paper and a ruler. also, some verbal instructions, with a few   frowns  and quite a lot of intakes of breath they started  next week they will continue with the colouring.  they did  not trace onto their art paper but drew by using measurements.   All went home happy with a lovely half-finished picture of a goldfinch. It was very interesting watching the intense faces as they worked carefully with the ruler    but a lot of laughs when checking against the original picture,        We are already talking about dates for next year.     My numbers are now up to nine and with  the space available I can only take one more,     
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Sound like you had a good day Tao. I find it’s always best to try out what you want to do on the day, doesn’t stop thing going wrong, but helps to keep in control. 
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Tao Barry

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Thank you Paul for your kind comments.   May I ask how your day went on Wednesday?
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Hi Tao,  it went very well most people had not painted before so I need to give a quick intro watercolour. Seven out of the ten wanted to come on the Christmas event, as it was already full we have set up another one. Great when the money raised go to the  NT Chiltern Countryside team for conservation work.  We use the countryside for our painting courses so it good to give back.