Where for Art thou?

In 2005 I signed up to an art course "painting and drawing for beginners" at a local college. I had missed the 2004 autumn term, so was joining for the last 2 terms of the academic year (spring and summer). It got off to a very rocky start on my first day, with me almost at the point of lodging a complaint against my tutor for bullying. But our first-week clash was soon forgotten, and I really enjoyed the course. In 2005 I did the autumn term to complete the 3-term course. 2006 was all over the place for me with my little boy starting school, and my father's illness, so I did not manage to rejoin the class.

Today however, I went back (again having missed the first term of the academic year!), and had a really good time. Two of the class were still there from Sept 2005, and one even from Jan 2005, but the others were new faces. It's an interesting mix of people and I will tell you more about them as the weeks progress. Today I identified:

2 petrified newbies;

2 old dears who chat and back chat all the session;

1 die hard technical draughtsman;

1 very interesting Asian woman who according to the tutor draws everything like a tapestry, and whom he is trying to "convert" to western art style;

2 grandmothers who have not drawn since school days and who are being argued out of cross hatching.

That leaves me, another of the returning students from 2005, and 3 absent pupils. I also learned that several of the pupils from previous years have progressed to the intermediate and even advanced courses. I wish them all good luck, and hope I might cross paths with them at the college, I would love to know how they are doing.

Having gossiped about the course, I had better show you what I produced:

Be kind... And tune in next week for more exciting stories from "Art from Charnwood Forest".