Atelier Libre Oil painting - Nelly van Hijfte

Two more completed artworks from Nelly's class this week:

 Avril Howarth has added flying balloons to her cloud scene.

You can almost feel the warmth and smell the lavender in Dominique Billiard's impressionist painting.

--- By Charmian Murley

Oil painting on Tuesday 22 March 2011 -- Nelly van Hijfte

Nelly's class continues to be productive and this week the impressionists scored very highly...

Valbonne has attracted artists over centuries and we continue the tradition as June Howarths presents a lovely, loose view of people coming through the archway in Valbonne heading for lunch in Eugene Rea's  beautiful, sunny Auberge Provencale restaurant in the square.

Jenny Vonk used a palette knife to create her ethereal figure standing in a grotto, full of colour and texture.

Preferring surrealism this week, Charmian Murley took inspiration from Lewis Carroll - "'The time has come', the Walrus said, 'To talk of many things - of shoes and ships and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings - and why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings"'

The last of Nelly's cloud painting class was completed by Dominique Billiard.

--by Charmian Murley

NELLY’S TUESDAY MORNING OIL CLASS

Abstract in oil by Charmian Murley

Tuesday mornings see a group of, on average, some 12 or so enthusiastic oil painters arrive for Nellie’s ‘Atelier Libre’.  As the choice of subject and technique is free, it is always interesting to go round and see what the other students are creating and what methods they are using.   

June and Avril discussing their work

From each other you learn a lot and dare to experiment with Nelly always on hand to gently advise, suggest and help when asked – but she never criticizes!  

Prof Nelly van Hijfte (R) and Trish Jones

 From time to time Nelly sets up a special class to study a particular technique or style or painting for those who are interested. 

Ladies (in Paris?) by Claudine Delaney

For the rest of the time only your imagination sets the limits.

Chameleon I by Charmian Murley

This is a very social group, always starting with coffee and cake before getting down to the real business of the day – creativity in oil.

Véronique Vandenhoeck enjoys her Tuesdaymorning...

Chris Herlicq

Dominique Billiard

Sherry Spetz