tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post9000485059771498288..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: Why choose a painting holiday?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-26402561128481296942008-06-01T15:44:00.000+00:002008-06-01T15:44:00.000+00:00Cathy - there was something funny happening on Blo...Cathy - there was something funny happening on Blogger last week - I found comments in the moderation page only this morning which hadn't previously popped up in my inbox. Weird!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-81000307345800758372008-06-01T15:37:00.000+00:002008-06-01T15:37:00.000+00:00Your painting holiday series is great, Katherine. ...Your painting holiday series is great, Katherine. I posted a comment on this post to tell you I had linked to it, but got an 'error' notice from Blogger, which then said my comment had been saved - I wasn't sure if it had got lost, or if you thought my post was too much of a 'plug' for the holiday I went on... anyway, I don't know if I'll ever go on another one , as it entails very expensive overseas travel, but I am so glad I can experience them through other eyes on the blogs. I love your Italian paintings!Cathy Gatlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004501411878060668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-2926754224529432092008-05-28T08:52:00.000+00:002008-05-28T08:52:00.000+00:00Thanks - I know EXACTLY what you mean by Venice - ...Thanks - I know EXACTLY what you mean by Venice - visual overload sets in about 10 minutes after arriving for the first time! I managed to get a more work done on my second visit.<BR/><BR/>I also like working on my own - but more towards the edge of a group. I've grown to think of painting holidays as being really good ways of being able to talk with people at the end of the day when you've done all you can do on the painting. If taken anywhere in a group, I'm usually the one sat the other end of the market square from everybody else! <BR/><BR/>IMO, the best painting holidays organised by other people are those which encourage people to find their own perspective rather than to do 'groupthink'!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-48633418022824925652008-05-28T08:37:00.000+00:002008-05-28T08:37:00.000+00:00I first have to say how much I love your Venice pa...I first have to say how much I love your Venice painting, I've been there on holdya, but was so overwhelemed with seeing it the first time, I couldn't get anything down on paper!<BR/>Every year I plan a painting holiday with a group and then I chicken out end do one on my own. I find that I work best when I'm only with my own company. I get distracted easily and when I'm with others I can't concentrate....always afraid I'm painting too slow, or even too fast, while everybody else is still working hard, or afraid I'm not doing good enough work, or afraid someone would be talking and I would be rude by not listening..all very stupid reasons actually.<BR/>So, it is good reading this excellent checklist you've provided us with. I do want to learn and grow and it asks for painting along with others every now and then.<BR/>Thanks.<BR/>RonellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-35019032409916757932008-05-28T07:33:00.000+00:002008-05-28T07:33:00.000+00:00Thank you Robyn - you've captured the essence of t...Thank you Robyn - you've captured the essence of the perfect painting holiday! <BR/><BR/>I think my watercolour is looking infinitely better for the addition of coloured pencils! I've been thinking for a while that maybe I ought to spend more time on mixed media work.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-54879050320050336782008-05-28T07:29:00.000+00:002008-05-28T07:29:00.000+00:00This lively post is almost as good as a painting h...This lively post is almost as good as a painting holiday, Katherine. I conjures up images of painting in a group (which I love), meeting lots of entertaining, like-minded people and bursting to get out there and do it.<BR/><BR/>I agree with Laura, your Venice painting is glorious and, while it doesn't look like your current work, it suggests you still have a lot more to say in watercolour.Robyn Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663604160297996421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-17008671673941962672008-05-28T06:01:00.000+00:002008-05-28T06:01:00.000+00:00Great posts Katherine, I am looking forward to Thu...Great posts Katherine, I am looking forward to Thursdays post. As a tutor I love running painting holidays, (not doing it right now as you know, but who knows maybe in the future.) I find that talking to people about how they paint/draw and why, makes me much more aware of my own work and it has nothing to do with the level of artist you are working with either. So for me it becomes a mutually benificial thing...hope it does for the people that I am helping! Anyway, like I said, looking forward to Thursdays post.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14193935968877679533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-7682067086089103562008-05-27T17:32:00.000+00:002008-05-27T17:32:00.000+00:00So often painting holidays don't quite live up to ...So often painting holidays don't quite live up to our expectations - although we may still enjoy them for entirely different reasons<BR/><BR/>I'm hoping that my checklists might help people to appraise what's on offer in future.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-88585729921760570252008-05-27T17:30:00.000+00:002008-05-27T17:30:00.000+00:00Hi 'Another Katherine' I've picked up on the poin...Hi 'Another Katherine' I've picked up on the points you make in today's post about how to choose a painting holiday<BR/><BR/>Needless to say you've picked up on one of the big imponderables of the painting class/workshop/holiday world - about which I comment further!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-78805440111459450082008-05-27T17:28:00.000+00:002008-05-27T17:28:00.000+00:00Thanks Jeanette - I've always thought there was fa...Thanks Jeanette - I've always thought there was far too little objective and independent writing about painting holidays given how much money is spent on them. Most of the comments seem to be linked to selling advertising or painting directories! ;)Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-88481775630493083502008-05-27T17:23:00.000+00:002008-05-27T17:23:00.000+00:00Katherine, your Italian watercolor and colored pen...Katherine, your Italian watercolor and colored pencil piece is... glorious. I can't think of the words to say how much I like it. Such color, such light. Wow.<BR/>I took a painting holiday (as you know) for a slightly different reason than those you mentioned. I wanted to learn about the techniques used by a painter whose work I had long admired, whose style I felt resonated a bit with my own. I enjoyed my week in Provence very much, but I really don't think I learned a great deal. Maybe I learned that I had less in common stylistically with the tutor than I'd thought. I still love him and his work, though! This is a great topic for discussion and you've written about it so well. TLaura Frankstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528540633399368216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-44046218958596593472008-05-27T11:44:00.000+00:002008-05-27T11:44:00.000+00:00Interesting topic Katherine. I'd be interested to...Interesting topic Katherine. I'd be interested to hear how much 'tuition' people actually get, or whether it's more a case of students getting on with it with the tutor giving individual guidance. And does it differ by media? In my (classroom-based) classes my oil/acrylic teacher gives a demonstration at the start of each lesson and we did our own colour-wheel exercise, but in my watercolour classes the teachers rarely demonstrate how to do anything (not even colour mixing - and I'm talking about beginners' classes!). Is it down to individual teaching style or is lack of tuition normal for watercolour classes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-55120156299189103252008-05-27T00:10:00.000+00:002008-05-27T00:10:00.000+00:00Its good information that you're building here Kat...Its good information that you're building here Katherine. Lots of people feel a little intimidated by painting/drawing holiday,b ut hopefully this series of posts will take away soem of the mystique.<BR/><BR/>You sound like me, gadding off into the wilds on your own. Great fun, isn't it?Jeanette Jobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935974758134419990noreply@blogger.com