Yesterday was a very special watercolour pencil sketching class – Christmas High Tea at Dromkeen.
I arrived at the historic homestead Dromkeen to find the dining room magnificently decorated for our Christmas High Tea watercolour pencil class. I have held classes in the beautiful room here during the year, but on Saturday it was looking grand and festive. Dromkeen is about 1 1/2 hours from Melbourne and hosts a wonderful array of events during the year, It has a children’s literature centre, art gallery and tea rooms. Denise and Bernadette cooked a beautiful selection of savouries and sweets, which were set on on the tiered plates and we also had tea and coffee. It was all so beautiful to sketch and to eat.
There was full class of ten and they all went home after the three hour class with full stomachs and many sketches. There was so much to choose to sketch: the appealing food, pretty plates and matching tea cups, ornaments or tiered plates
It was a lovely way to end my classes for the year, There are more watercolour pencil sketching classes planned for January, February and March next year, These include Travel sketching, Nature sketching and Sketching Memories and Nostalgia. Details of times and dates and bookings here
Your sketches for the High Tea at Dromkeen were done so well. I love the decorations and the fine china tea cups and saucers.
Thank you . It was such a lovely day and the room was festive and inspirational !
Oh my word! What a beautiful setting– and set up for artwork. I hosted a Sketcher’s Tea recently that was no where near as elegant. Still, it was a fun way to gather and enjoy good company. I’ve been impressed by seeing how you have set goals for yourself as an artist and achieved them over the years. Bravo!