APRIL 2025 NEWSLETTER
Dear Friends
What a wonderful, meaningful Easter I had this year. I hope that your celebrations were also marvellous and that you took full advantage of all that the many public holidays in April had to offer.
The Big Five-Zero!
This is the 50th publication of my Art Newsletter, and to celebrate, I'm giving away this A2 size watercolour painting of an Autumn Landscape! All you have to do is complete this line from the Birthday Dedication song: “Flowers grow in the ......"
WhatsApp your answer to me by 15 May.
Last Month's Winner
Congratulations to Tara on winning the R150 PNA Gift Voucher, which she spent on some paints. The answer was “sidewalk cracks”.
Watercolour Workshops
I thoroughly enjoyed presenting two Watercolour Workshops this month and I'm thrilled with the lovely paintings produced by everyone. You can view the photos on the PHOTOS25 page.
Valley of Flowers
This is a sneak-peek of a section of my rather large painting-in-progress for my Open Studio Exhibition in June. It’s called "Valley of Flowers", inspired by the April Birthday Dedication song.
Art Journal
My Art Journal, with its graphics and griffonage, is coming along nicely and I might just reach my goal of filling it by the end of the year. View a few new pages in the gallery below. You can also visit the ART JOURNAL page to follow the journey so far.
Word of the Month
"Halcyon"
Halcyon is characterised by happiness, great success and prosperity. It’s often used to describe an idyllic time in the past that is better than today.
“May the halcyon days of our youth continue into our old age.”
Plain Language Please!!
A prominent architect pointed out that his design had “points of permeability” (also known as doors, for the unenlightened!) liberally distributed at ground level. Well, dear Reader, I hope that when one “point of permeability closes”, another one may open for you.
April Birthdays
Happy birthday to Magda, Renée, Geraldine, Nellie, Peter, Jenny Howell, Julia, Liezel, Chantal, Stefani, Chris W, Sheena, Tabatha, Ernie and Gill. I hope your birthday was very special and that you celebrated it in the best possible way. Enjoy this beautiful song, hand-picked specially for you!
NB If you haven’t yet sent me your birthday day and month, please send it to me via WhatsApp, or fill in the online SUBSCRIBE form.