[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h1″ text_size=”h1″ text_font=”font-148802″]Cornwall – August 2017 : Part ii[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
My mind is officially blown! In all honesty, it was just for fun, imagining it to be a little silly and touristy but good fun.<\/span><\/p>\n What happened today blew me away; I believe the correct phrase is that I got schooled -literally!<\/span><\/p>\n Part philosophy and part psychology, our wonderful teacher first undid all the codswallop that had been instilled in us since primary school (FYI sand is not yellow and never has been!) and then the damage done in secondary school (there was always one person at some point who told us we were no good at art and we believed them) Under her instruction, putting paint to canvas felt liberating, as if the bondage of \u2018education\u2019 had finally been undone.\u00a0 <\/span> Don\u2019t believe me? Try for yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery el_id=”gallery-694966″ medias=”58325″ gutter_size=”3″ screen_lg=”1000″ screen_md=”600″ screen_sm=”480″ single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_padding=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My mind is officially blown!\u2028My beloved Mr and I signed up for an art class on the beach. Part philosophy and part psychology, our wonderful teacher first undid all the codswallop that had been instilled in us since primary school (FYI sand is not yellow and never has been!) and then the damage done in secondary school (there was always one person at some point who told us we were no good at art and we believed them)\u2028Next she taught us the fundamental techniques of how to mix paint, choose colors, load the brush, check our visual layers\/dimensions\/perspectives, even sit and hold the brush and finally how to paint what we see not what we expect to see.\u2028\u2028Under her instruction, putting paint to canvas felt liberating, as if the bondage of \u2018education\u2019 had finally been undone. \u2028As you can see, with just half an hour under the right teacher, you can produce something you never imagined.\u2028Just think what we are all capable of if we shut out the negative voices and just get on with it?<\/p>\n Don\u2019t believe me? Try for yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nMy beloved Mr and I signed up for an art class on the beach.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nDressed in over-sized blue overalls with folding chairs and canvas in hand we were led onto the beach. Expecting a paint-by-numbers intro and being left to our own devices to play, we were instead given a half hour tutorial that could have given any TEDtalk a run for its money.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nNext she taught us the fundamental techniques of how to mix paint, choose colors, load the brush, check our visual layers\/dimensions\/perspectives, even sit and hold the brush and finally how to paint what we see not what we expect to see.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAs you can see, with just half an hour under the right teacher, you can produce something you never imagined.
\nJust think what we are all capable of if we shut out the negative voices and just get on with it?<\/p>\n
\nIn all honesty, it was just for fun, imagining it to be a little silly and touristy but good fun.
\nWhat happened today blew me away; I believe the correct phrase is that I got schooled -literally!
\n\u2028Dressed in over-sized blue overalls with folding chairs and canvas in hand we were led onto the beach. Expecting a paint-by-numbers intro and being left to our own devices to play, we were instead given a half hour tutorial that could have given any TEDtalk a run for its money.<\/p>\n