#24 - Take A Community Education Class

Jill and I took a watercolor class through Lakeville Community Ed. It was SO much fun. At first I was a little leary. At the first class we had to go around the room to introduce ourselves. Everybody else at the class wanted to learn watercolor for an activity to do after they retire (so we definitely were not going to be meeting any single guys at this class!) We had to learn patience during this class - you have to know when to stop - you have to wait while it dries - most importantly, you have to learn how to mix color (which I started liking more and more towards the end!)

I definitely would take another class. I think next time it would be fun to do an acrylic or oil paint class (even if it would be REALLY expensive to buy more paint and brushes and whatnot).

See pictures below (sorry the pictures aren't the best!)

The first class was a lesson on trees, snow and shadow. Second class was rocks, mountain and more trees.
In the third class we used masking fluid to make snowdrop flowers (top picture from class - bottom made at home).
The fourth class we used ink to outline the barn and then dropped in color.
Since the barn was such a quick painting we also were able to bring in a picture of our own to paint. I went with a picture of the Grand Canal in Venice, also using ink and dropping in color.

In the last class, we did a water picture with both still and moving water and using all colors (I have to give credit to our instructor on the birds - I had such a hard time with those!)

#7 - Knit/Crochet A Scarf

With the FREEZING cold temperatures lately I decided I needed to finally finish my scarf. I stayed up really late to finish the thing so that I could wear it to work the next day (as the snow was falling). It's wonderfully warm and really really fuzzy. I love the underlying yarn. I almost wish I had made it without the furryness. Maybe I can convince Jill to make me some gloves without the furry using the cool yarn!