experimenting

for the next three days

i will immerse myself in one of  Dee Donaldson 's workshop

but

instead of doing her portrait bootcamp 

(you can see last year's one here) 

 i thought i'd take myself way out of my comfort zone  

and try her landscape workshop instead. 

i don't think i have ever painted a landscape before

so i'm feeling a little intimidated 

and unsure of what i will do 

but i'm excited to try something new! 

we have to bring a few of our own landscape photographs to 

choose from. 

here is my choice for now: 

it took the photo above in Namibia, 

i love the colours and i have always loved 

windmills. 

 this enormous shopping centre is being built near us, 

completely unnecessary in my humble opinion... 

so i thought it might be an interesting "urban" landscape to paint

and i can put some the emotions i feel about it

onto the canvas. 

i took the photograph above at the Buddhist Retreat Centre 

in Ixopo, early morning the sun came up the mist was 

flowing through the trees. 

or this desert photo from the Skeleton Coast in Namibia... 

not sure yet which one i will choose, 

but i will keep you posted.