An Exciting Art Course I Attended at St. Ives School of Painting: Finally Feeling Like An Artist!

[@tdelphia1]

I absolutely love when you take us along to your classes! Helen, you ARE an artist. I think the advice to step away at times is super valuable. In a few of your demos over the year, there have been times where I liked a stage near the end better than where you ended up. That doesn't necessarily mean something was overworked (because we all have different tastes and YOU are the artist with a vision), but Iona's advice to step away when not absolutely sure of a next step is a good way to take a timeout, have a cuppa perhaps, and then look with fresh eyes. I'm fascinated by the large formats! Are these paintings making you feel like maybe a more impressionistic style is your thing versus realism? Or is something you hadn't considered as much until this class? You have such a good eye for shapes and value 😊

[@templemoore3799]

Helen I could feel the difference in your paintings this time. And then you expressed what this course meant to you towards the end and that feeling matched what you expressed. I’m so glad you’ve kept at these courses as they seem to be moving you along your journey. You ARE an artist. Embrace it. Your paintings were great, big, bold and expressive. I love that technique with the black. I may give it a try using the black tempera sticks to start a loose sketch too. I remember your first class there, how you gazed out that window…this new teacher got you out of hiding 😊. So many lovely paintings to come home with…lots of food for thought on future work. And it was nice how she gave you all a surprise exhibition at the end…what a great finale. So good you gave yourself that time later to reflect on your experience in your journal. Will be interesting for you to go back to it & then see how you feel this time next year. Congrats on such a fruitful experience 👏💐💜

[@SewArtyAnna]

They have so much movement and you can almost feel the blustery day. It sounds like a lot of what you don’t like started from a photo. They are all lovely and loose. You are an artist. Shout it from the the beachside

[@melissaamyx2196]

This was fun! And a brilliant idea to switch to a different painting when you start to get a bit stuck on one. I really love the pieces you did!!! And how awesome to have a "gallery showing" at the end 😀

[@paxy2011]

Nice paintings! Keep them fresh the way they are ❤

[@lisaharner3720]

What a great experience! Thanks for sharing your art adventures with us. It’s a great body of work from the class. I especially loved the free look of the trees painting. I’m looking forward to seeing how you adapt your style from this class!

[@Everywhere2]

I'm very, very, very happy for you!!!!

[@pastelsgirl]

Oh, Helen, this video was beautiful and most interesting on so many levels! Thank you for sharing with us your experiences ❤

[@Flora-v6u]

I’m so happy for you, it’s wonderful to experience something revelatory like that and you’ve done some really good work. Congratulations & enjoy exploring in new directions, I look forward to seeing the results to come. 😊

[@rachelsmith7462]

It seems like it was a wonderful, freeing, mind opening experience and your paintings are just wonderful. You must be very proud. You have a great body of future work there! I like the idea of a single ground colour and black drawing lines being blocked in, will give it a try. Thanks for sharing Helen.

[@suzannemarshall7458]

Beautiful work every one. Enjoyed going to class. Would love a class like that. You are an Artist!!!!!

[@firdyk]

Lovely loose style. Thank you for taking us along to your class❤

[@SAP64]

Really like the work you did in this course.The large forest one and pinkish sculptures were my favourite. Stopping one painting and starting another when you’re not sure what direction to go is a great idea.

[@jillbattaglia]

Very fun adventure! Thank you for taking us along!😁 I really enjoy your work…..even the unfinished ones…..

[@snowpony001]

What a great course! I actually really liked the water in the piece that you didn’t. I could really see and feel the movement of the water, the push and pull of the waves.😊

[@kanamichelle7404]

Wonderful video and beautiful work. I loved seeing everyone’s work from the class too. The one you didn’t like of the abstract sculptural pieces kind of reminds me of oysters on the half shell. It goes with the whole ocean theme too.🙂 Really novel technique, and I think I will try it! Thank you for sharing!

[@colleenmcchesney1482]

Oh I really love 💕 how these look. They look like beautiful abstract landscapes. I can definitely see the growth in your art skills. I usually paint in A4 or smaller so I understand your feelings about painting large. Looks like the inspirational views of the area are breathtaking. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.

[@Samantha_tookey197]

You’ve done some beautiful pieces. You’re very talented and a natural at landscape painting x

[@lulabelle33]

Love the art you created in the class.

[@joannrabideau1657]

I love your tree picture you show at the end of video. Lovely

[@helencryer]

Thanks so much!

[@TheFeralGoatCreative]

I really love where you went in this course!!

[@debsllewelyn230]

Well done Helen, great work xx

[@lisaboutin821]

I really enjoyed this video. It was interesting seeing the new techniques used. It's all so fun experimenting and seeing what will happen and the oil pastel on the rocks was nifty for texture. Great stuff, thank you.

[@jessicalynne420]

Lovely enjoy!

[@riverAmazonNZ]

13:28 I really like the sea. Looks a little wild and surging

[@paulawilliams9645]

Thank you for sharing your lovely work. The course I did earlier in the year was Expressive Botanicals with Liz Luckwell which was fabulous I can't wait to go back

[@twisteddyekitchenmyfiberjo4577]

My how wonderful this class and setting was to experience. I can really tell how free your style grew in each painting. The brush strokes added lovely textures and the colored background was a special effect to your paintings. The second to last painting, one that took about 5 minutes is amazing. Just love all of them. I can't wait to see more. Will you be working more with acrylics than watercolors in the future?

[@amybandel1004]

I really like this technique

[@mayuloves858]

The exercises were really cool. I love being loose on a larger scale, I just don't have the space for canvases sadly so I use a big A3 sketchbook to have fun and tbh just getting a bit lost with my art materials but in a curious way if that makes sense 😅 Your paintings look really good .