Friday 7 April 2017

New role at Arlington Court

Excited to say that I started a new role as a volunteer at Arlington Court National Trust today.

That of 
Volunteer Artist

something I have wanted to do and thought about for years, even whilst volunteering for the Trust over the last 5 years or so.  There are so many lovely scenes over there that finally I decided to go for it and much to the delight of the staff at Arlington, I have now actually started painting the wonderful views there.

I'm going to Donate all the paintings I do to
Arlington for them to Sell, produce Prints etc.
My way of fund raising for them.

I absolutely loved my first session en plein air painting in front of the main house.


Gorgeous weather was a great bonus, if a little hot at one point,
but who am I to say, I had waited for good weather and it was on my side.






I'll do another blog post when I have completed the
painting in my studio.

Looking forward to the rest of the season.








12 comments:

CJ Kennedy said...

That's wonderful! Congratulations!

robin cox walsh said...

OMG! You're FAMOUS!!!!! And I get to say I knew you 'when'!!! LOL What a lovely way to donate to the Trust. Yay for you!

Marie Smith said...

What a great way to volunteer, Ann! Well done!

Christine said...

What a great initiative, sure it will go well for you!

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks CJ ๐Ÿ™‚

ann @ studiohyde said...

Famous! I hope not, I'm hiding behind the artwork!! ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป‍๐ŸŽจ

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Marie, my first en plain air session was great fun ๐ŸŽจ

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Christine, time will tell, but I'm off to a good start ๐Ÿ™‚

Shammickite said...

What a wonderful idea, to be a volunteer artist. I'm sure you will be a huge success. If you are painting outside, be prepared for lots of people hanging over your shoulder watching your every move and asking all sorts of silly questions!

Eileen H said...

Congratulations, that's wonderful news Ann!

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Shammickite. Yes, I'm thinking too that people will stop to look at the art, but I don't mind that, will give paint time to dry whilst I talk to them, lol.

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Eileen, I really enjoyed my first painting session :)