http://www.carolswan.net Techniques, tips and tricks for watercolours and acrylics Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:46:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A slideshow of the fabulous workshop in Batemans Bay. Thanks to everybody who made the weekend so enjoyable. http://www.carolswan.net/batemans-bay-workshop-photos I do so like having a post, it is like therapy, but finding the time to update it is difficult, I don't know how some people can update daily. I admire the discipline they must have. Image via Wikipedia Last weekend's workshop was at my dear friend Judy's in Batemans Bay. I ... http://www.carolswan.net/workshop-at-batemans-bay The problem with owning a blog is keeping it updated in order for it to remain interesting. I am not sure that I have a lot to tell you as I haven't been painting at all lately -  it has been the school holidays and at the moment I am ... http://www.carolswan.net/still-alive I have some photos I would like to share with you. My dear friends Ted and Collin sent them to me this week. They bought an old school less than three years ago in a place called Brewster, about 20 minutes out of Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. I just love ... http://www.carolswan.net/i-do-love-spring It looks as though I might have to put my travel teaching aside for a while and behave like a good wife and mother as Linden is still not well enough to be left alone. I thought I might get in to the Christmas spirit and start to finish some ... http://www.carolswan.net/still-out-of-action-for-awhile Linden is still not well but he is certainly a lot better. I haven't picked up a brush in so long and I am starting to have withdrawals. I still don't have time to paint but I feel I have to do something so I have been sorting out my paints, ... http://www.carolswan.net/things-are-starting-to-get-back-to-normal I am so sad at the moment. I have had to cancel my exhibition in Hughenden and my upcoming workshops in Queensland, as my husband Linden is still in hospital. He is still very unwell. I hate to let everyone down like this. I was looking forward to being with ... http://www.carolswan.net/queensland-trip-cancelled As I will be leaving Sydney for my Queensland painting tour on the 19th. of August, I thought I had better let you know how it is all going. In one word: terrible. I am so behind with everything - my poor husband, Linden, has been very ill and is ... http://www.carolswan.net/getting-ready-for-my-trip-to-queensland I have been asked to exhibit my camel paintings in Hughenden, Queensland at the Arid Lands Australia Festival  on August 22nd, 23rd, and the 24th, 2008. Because of this I am going to be running a series of workshops in Queensland. At this moment I am unsure of the dates ... http://www.carolswan.net/61 Always when I return from a trip, I kick myself for not having taken more photos of my workshops. The problem is of course is that I am usually so busy during the workshop that I forget to take them until it is all over and by that stage, of ... http://www.carolswan.net/my-victorian-trip-went-well