Grey Day...Great colour !

Last week I set off to Glos on a cold and damp morning to take a workshop with the 'Palette Club'. The subject was 'line and wash' and even though it was grey outside there was plenty of colour going on INSIDE !

I started off with a 'working' demo of a scene in Malta, which I have included with this blog, and everyone followed along doing their own thing but with loads of colour.

Lunch was great ! Homemade soup, fruit salad and a terriffic ginger sponge... even a glass of wine to finish off with !

I finished off the afternoon with a colourful boat demo.

All in all a very pleasant and exciting days painting !

Exhibition at Ross-on-Wye

This year I am holding an exhibition of some of my latest work plus prints at the Royal Hotel in Ross-on Wye.

It will run from Fri 12th June to Sun 14th June 2009and we will be having a special opening evening on the Friday. If you are not on 'the list' and would like an invite please contact me on barry@herniman.fsnet.co.uk

The hotel has been recently refurbished and the present managers have done a great job of opening up the bars along the front of the building which gives great views across the Wye and surrounding area.

I look foward to seeing you there this summer !

Back from Malta...to SNOW!

Had a good time in Malta but nearly didn’t get back with snow blocking runways and roads and sky news showing bulletins of chaos around Britain ! I did eventually arrive home at 4.30 in the morning rather dishevelled.

Our Hotel in Malta was big and airy and all the staff were incredibly friendly and helpful.
The week started off rather slowly as it rained for the first few days and at times was extremely cold. Our trip to Valletta was a very damp and windy affair and at one point my easel and kit took to the air with one of my brushes taking a dive over the walls Upper Baracca Gardens.

On the plus side , the hotel had reserved the Penthouse suite on the 7th floor for us to paint in during our stay which was a real bonus.
Trips to the villages and a tour of Gozo saw some sun which was a nice change and all spirits were lifted.

The highlight of our stay was our ‘Artists’ outing where we got to see some super subjects and had some lovely weather to boot. We travelled up into the centre of Malta to take in Mostar and the ‘silent city’ of Mdina which was a dream. Then it was down to the coast for some dramatic coastline scenery with the ‘Azure Window’ and the awesome ‘Blue Grotto’ a pic of which I have included in this blog.
The afternoon was spent I the fishing village of Marsaxlokk with its gaily coloured boats and wonderful old buildings and bags of sunshine !

The exhibition we put on for the finale went down very well and loads of people attended.
So its back to the grind…till next time.!

Off to Malta

With all this ghastly weather we have been having and all the doom and gllom with the credit crunch it is nice to know that I am off to Malta for a weeks painting next week. We will be staying in a luxury hotel on Malta's north coast on an all inclusive basis It will be nice to get away for some sun, sea and PAINTING !

I will update you on my return on the weeks highlights plus some of my on site pictures.

If you are interested in joining me on ant forthcoming Painting Holidays please check out my website or email me directly at barry@herniman.fsnet.co.uk for further details

I have also included a pic from last years Montenegro trip.

A New Blog for 2009

Don’t hold your breath but this year it has actually happened…I have started to blog !
Last year was a really busy one for me on the Painting Holiday scene and I got to visit some colourful and exotic places, and paint them. As with all my Holidays I take my trusty Sketchbook with me wherever I go and have filled quite a few to date.
I started off the year with a Cruise up the Nile and an exciting trip to Montenegro.

My Andalucia trips saw me back at the Finca both in the Spring and late Summer where we arranged some new trips up into the Mountains and also down on the Coast.
Returning to the Wild Antrim Coast in Northern Ireland was also a treat and we managed to get a lot of painting done between the bouts of ‘soft’ Irish weather. The Grand Tetons was a special trip this year and we weren’t disappointed! We had everything from hot ,sunny weather to a snowfall on our last days. So painting subjects were abundant.
In the course of the next few weeks I will share some of my Painting experiences with you plus some of my recent paintings and sketchbook images