Sunday in the gardens of Russell Cotes Museum - Bournemouth

A gorgeous Sunday morning in Bournemouth - this art sharing session took place in the gardens of the house. They are such gorgeous gardens and the scent of lavender drifted under our noses ! The bumble bees seemed to be loving it too.

The guys started doing warm ups in the café and we got a feel for fundamental mark making getting, tone and light then we took our sketch stuff outside to enjoy the sun.

These groups are only ever small as I like to adapt to each person and their individual approach to life - in the space of 2 hours the work created by beginners is fantastic!

I love art, I love sketching moments but what I love even more is sharing what I know so that other people can enjoy it too.

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