LANTALLACK ART NEWS
Painting at Prussia Cove
June 2009
What weather!!!! A week of pure bliss painting in Prussia Cove...the colours were unbelievable. Again en plein air at its best!! 18 of us took over the large house at Porth-en-als.
Managed to get out every day to paint on the cliffs and delve into rock pools.
Painting on Tresco, Isles of Scilly
April, 2009
Have just spent 2 glorious weeks painting on Tresco. The weather was fantastic and I managed to get out every morning painting the early light. This involves packing up my pochard, a handful of tubes of oil, a small amount of turps in an old jam jar and copious amounts of rags...and, of course, an apple to keep me going until my return to breakfast around 10am!!
Of course, battling with the elements is part of the fun of painting outdoors...most work here was covered with a fine sprinkling of silver sand - giving a momento and sense of place on returning home!
Our cottage was right on the beach at Old Grimsby overlooking Porth Beach and the Eastern Isles. Getting out of bed to watch the sun come up over the block house at 6.45am was magic...
Sad to leave...but there's always next year....
January, 2009
A group of us went out to paint Whitsand Bay on a cold day last week...the sea was turbulent, but the colours vibrant and wintery. There is much to be said for painting outside from the real thing...you just cannot get the same information from trying to invent it or copying from a photograph.
April 2008
En Plein Air at Porthcothan Beach
OK...So you try finding your subject in a sea mist. Having searched hard for 3hrs, we gave up and went in search of a pasty!! (Followed by a Picasso-style still-life back at the house)...oh the joys of painting outside!!!
Hare's Leg
This little painting is of the 'Hare's Leg', the last but most species-rich field on Lantallack's south-western boundary. We have a medieval field pattern here and the settlement dates back to 1327 when it is recorded that the farm was being handed back to the monastery at St. Germans by the Vicar of Morval.
Tailor-made courses
If you are interested in coming to Lantallack to stay for a weekend with a group of like-minded friends, we are happy to organise a tailor-made holiday. We can accommodate 3 couples comfortably and can include supper too if required as part of the package. We have been featured in Alastair Sawday's book 'Go Slow England' - come and paint, swim and sip a G and T and watch the sun go down!
We are also now taking bookings for this year's courses in mixed media painting, life drawing and sculpture. If you are interested or require any further information, please telephone or email Nicky at