Last weeks painting session at Arlington Court had a change of plan. The weather forecast was a bit grim towards the tail end of the week, so I opted to do my plein air painting session earlier in the week - thus beating the storm (which unsurprisingly didn't come to anything - the forecasters seem to have got it wrong, I wonder how that happened)!
But anyway, back to my painting session there. Turned out to be a good day, I had chosen a shaded area, which meant I didn't burn in the sun - Plus the painting I had started the other week, was completed...(I'll do a separate blogpost about it soon). Added to all this, I gave away 3 paintings to some lovely visitors. These are the paintings, only small ones but there were reasons I didn't want to add them to my online shop...
Painting No. 1.... This measured 4x6inches on panel - 'The Lake at Arlington Court' - I had used it as a demo painting on my Youtube channel a while back - very quickly painted with no refined detailing, so felt it would make a good one to Giveaway.
Painting No. 2 ... again approx. 4x6inches but painted on cardboard (primed of course). A view across Exmoor - basically because it was on cardboard, I felt it would make a nice little Giveaway.
and finally
Painting No. 3 ... 5x7inches on panel. This one was a piece copied from the American artist Turner Vinson (with his permission) of the Bitterroot River in Montana. At the time I wanted to try out a completely different style, also out of my comfort zone, so what better than to try out an impressionist piece with very gestural marks and thick paint. I enjoyed painting it, but felt I couldn't add it to my online shop, since it was a work from someone elses. I did add the details on the reverse of this, so that the people who received this Giveaway, were fully informed (and I told them too).
During the painting session at Arlington, a lot of people stopped to chat. No idea how, but you just get a feeling that some people would love to go home with a painting - for those, I delve into my art bag, and show them a painting, then say "here you are, it's yours". If I said they are astonished and delighted, it would be an underestimate. I seemed to have made their day, and hopefully they will always remember their Arlington visit.
5 comments:
You are such a generous and kind-hearted lady Ann. I am sure the recipients of your gifts will proudly display your art and talk about their visit to Arlington Court for a long time to come and tell the tale of the wonderful artist they chatted to.
Eileen....awww thanks 😍
Oh that is so lovely of you, to give away one of your little masterpieces, how generous. All of those paintings are lovely, I am sure they will be treasured by the recipients.
My Lemonville art group are still meeting via Zoom every couple of weeks, but I am hoping that restrictions will ease in July and we will be able to meet in a group of 10 in the park, and if more than 10 show up (unlikely!) we will split into 2 groups. I have fingers crossed for back to normal weekly Art Groups in September, we'll see.
Someday they will tell their families the story of how they met the famous painter Ann Hyde and she GAVE them one of her small paintings! Or maybe someone will find it in their grandad's attic, take it to The Antique Roadshow to have it appraised and find out it's worth MILLIONS! :D (The unfortunate part of this daydream is we'll ALL be long dead.....lol.)
Shammickite.....I hope life gets back to normal here too. At least you have the Zoom get togethers. I feel we are on the edge of "normal" but just dipping our toes.
Robin....well there's a thought! 😂 I'll have to come back from the future, buy them cheap, then sell them 🤣
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