We had our October COOTS retreat once again at Bannockburn. This time we had tutor, Cheryl Comfort lead us in her ‘Inspired By …’ class. This fits in with our Challenge for the year of the same name. Cheryl took us through various exercises using an artist, chosen by each person, as an inspiration. We looked at colour, line, shape, what the artist was trying to convey etc. Some artists used were Klimt, Barbara Rae, David Hockney, Matisse. My chosen artist was Lyonel Feininger.

Three days of inspiration and wonderful immersion in our projects without interruption, except, of course, to eat and drink, lol.

my work in progress using a photograph I took in Bath.

Here is a link to a fellow “coots” member’s blog about the weekend as well.