Author: doublehappinessmh

It was five days of fun, laughter and a lot of roosters, among other things. The walls of the Practical Room were soon filling with lots of examples of Chinese Brush paintings. People were soon vying to get their ‘gallery’ higher than anyone else! The room has recently been refurbished to provide a light, bright, airy environment in which to produce works of art. The ‘newbies’ soon felt at home and were joining in the banter and producing good paintings of their own. Altogether a very successful course. Thank you, Pauline!

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Knuston Summer School 2017 – Pauline’s last stand!

Paul and I are off to John Sprakes private view at the Mall Galleries this evening preceded by the Hockney Exhibition at Tate Britain! What an exciting day!! And the sun is shining.

We were very lucky to meet John and Barbara Sprakes when we walked Hadrian’s Wall in September 2015. Barbara has very kindly kept us in touch ever since. We love John’s work. Very varied. His retrospective in 2016 in Doncaster was fantastic.

Narcissus is an iconic subject for Chinese Brush Painting. Chinese varieties are smaller and have multiple flowers per stem. There are also quite rigid guidelines for painting them. They are often called ‘water fairies’ as they are grown hydroponically. See the example of a typical CBP bowl of narcissi in the gallery section.

Well it’s hello from him and it’s hello from me. Keep watching this site as we develop it over the next few months!