Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!

Back to the grind again but that is just what we love, here at The Creative Space Studio.

Here is a photograph of one of our club member's mosaic project, completed just before Christmas for her guest room.  It is amazing what you can do with a cheap Ikea stool, some glass and some guidance from a mosaic tutor!

We still have some places left if you want to join our Mosaic Club - either Monday 5 - 7 or Wednesday 10 - 12.30.

Community Painting for The Bridgend Centre, finished!

Good Monday Afternoon, all!

It was going to be good Monday morning but the internet went down this morning. Never mind,
It's amazing what you can get done when you cannot look at your emails...

Well, I came in over the weekend to finish the canvas to be donated to The Bridgend Centre, Bollington.

I felt a simple image was the order of the day as I wanted to get participants who had never put brush to canvas before. As I can see White Nancy from the studio window, it would have been rude not to have painted her!

Thank you to Ruth, Maria, Charli, Scott, Graham, Kathryn, David and Sue for contributing to the painting. It was a pretty large canvas so it could not be completed on the day so I added some finishing touches and all in all I think they did a pretty good job!

I now have to complete the East Cheshire Hospice Mosaic but need some volunteers - who wants to come and help?

Figure Drawing - Test Run!

I am so pleased I did a test run this week. I was amazed how much I needed to do to get ready for it! The model I had originally booked hurt his leg so cancelled on Sunday but I was lucky enough to get Mark, an extremely experienced life model, to step in at the last moment.

Mark was a delight to work with and needed no direction at all. I had six paying volunteers (just to cover Mark's fee) who helped with useful feedback which I will take note of!

Originally I had planned to register 8 people per session but to be quite honest, 6 is enough. I want my learners to feel comfortable and creative not cramped and creative! So, 6 is the maximum for the life drawing sessions and 8 for the others.

I have a busy week planning the open day on 12th March and making a sample for the community project I hope to be successful in getting.

thewhitegallery is a small quality gallery in Bollington that I pass every day. I finally managed to nip in today to introduce myself to Fiona Bailey, the owner. What a lovely lady! The gallery is small but packed with powerful images and objects.

My new favourite shop in Macclesfield...hm - does it sell clothes, or shoes or cakes? No - MDF! S&M Supplies in Macclesfield is an absolute MUST for friendly staff, providing a cheap and quick service! I love it round here.

Well, I'd best get on - samples to prepare, leaflets to design, visitors to invite...

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