Secret of Vintage Jewelry

At art group, there was talk of a trip out somewhere forpainting on location, and John suggested the Idle Valley Nature Reserve.  His wife had been there and he commented thatit had a good tea shop, which seemed to be a selling point for Gill.  Some years ago, I used to go horse ridingthere when it was a quarry, and parts of it are still used for this purpose.  This link gives more details on the nature reserve:http://www.nottinghamshirewildlife.org/news/item/idle-valley-in-pictures

Elizabeth has completed her painting of Mexican hatchling turtles making their way to the sea. It is a special memento for her to remember her holiday by, but was a difficult subject to paint, particularly for trying to convey a sense of depth, there being nothing much in the foreground. Her next painting will be from a photo I’ve given her of some mountains with flowering foliage in front, which will hopefully be better from the depth/perspective point of view. Karen was working on a large montage of three tigers, a painting she had put on one side for some time since she began it, and had now brought out again. Gill was painting an owl and Kevin a close up of a human eye. Barbara had chosen a particularly difficult subject – some rocky land interspersed with greenery, while Maggie continued with her nymphs.