PAINTING HOLIDAY IN CORNWALL 2008 - REVIEW & PHOTOS
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This year I braved the British weather and ran another Painting Holiday in Cornwall. We stayed in a lovely house in Penzance called Carn Brea, which was handy for local parks, shops, galleries, inns and eateries. We had a lovely big table in the kitchen for indoor painting sessions and I was well prepared for rainy weather, having planned lessons and brought lots of reference materials with me. I gave tuition indoors each morning, then we ventured out painting in the afternoons.
Carn Brea is the blue house on the left of this very pretty street
My painting guests were Maureen, Maxine, Pauline and Gwyneth. Maureen and Maxine were beginners whilst Pauline and Gwyneth had both painted before. For Pauline it would be her first experience of painting out in the fresh air.
Cornwall group 2008. Dinner at the Union Inn, Penzance
Close to our accommodation was Penlee House Gallery and Gardens. We spent a lovely day painting in the Garden of Remembrance, which is superbly planted with specimens collected from all over the world.
Painting in the beautiful Garden of Remembreance, Penlee House
We saved our visit to the exhibition at Penlee House for a rainy day, of which we had several. The exhibition features fine examples of Newlyn School art, local copper in Art Nouveau style and bronze age finds from the local area.
Penlee House & Gallery
The weather perked up and we made it to Marazion to paint St Michaels Mount.
We had a wonderful view from the gardens by the seashore
Zennor was also on our agenda and after tea and huge slabs of home made cake in the Backpackers we painted the lovely church, the Tinners Arms and village houses.
Painting the Tinners Arms and Village Houses
In the church we found the famous Zennor Mermaid, an ancient carving on the end of a pew.
The Tinners Arms for a drink - warm, cosy and friendly.
Zennor is a small village along the road between St Just and St Ives which offers spectacular views of the coastline. On the moors one omes across these gloomy but very atmospheric disused mines.
We spent some time in Newlyn one morning, looking at the Art Gallery, smaller galleries and a wonderful jewellery shop, before heading for Mousehole Harbour.
This sculpted bronze statue in front of Newlyn Art Gallery is a tribute to fishermen lost at sea
Mousehole was lovely as ever as the sun came out to shine on us. we painted in the harbour, ate fish and chips from the fantastic chippy, then explored the little backstreets, galleries and shops.
Back in Penzance we went to the Union Inn for Gypsy Jazz night - marvellous music and a warm atmosphere.
Our day trip to Cape Cornwall was fantastic, hot and sunny - like August should be!
We perched outside the fishermens huts in Priest Cove to paint the Cape, the cove and the shining ocean.
Priest Cove in the sunshine
We went back up to the top car park for tea and Cornish ice creams and painted from there too.
In the afternoon sun the ocean sparkled
A perfect end to our Painting Holiday. Everyone had learnt a lot and had enjoyed painting this inspiring part of England.
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