ART AS JOURNEY
COME PAINT WITH ME IN FIJI!
April 24 – May 1, 2027
Join us for a full week of water colour painting while enjoying the Fijian culture, food and scenery!
A one-week watercolour course called, “Painting a Story” with Tim Houghton will take place at the Daku Resort on the beautiful island of Savusavu.
Every day there will be guided workshops that will help build your artistic skills in a relaxed environment. Together we will explore the essential stages of watercolour painting, including techniques like painting wet-in-wet to create glowing blends, how to soften edges and use a dry brush to add texture. You will gain an understanding of the colour wheel, where the pigments you use fit on it and how to mix colours effectively.
My goal is to work with you as you as you explore your creative gifts and learn practical skills at your own speed.
Meals include a mix of local Fijian and Indian food and international recipes. Enjoy snorkelling on the fabulous coral reefs, bathe in a glorious waterfall, revel in the abundant nature of the landscape. This week will be about exploring the connections between the colours, scenery and people of Fiji in fun, creative ways.
To find out more about the Daku Fiji Resort, go here
To register to join the “Painting a Story” holiday go here
ART IS A JOURNEY
Just as colors transition with the seasons, between hot summers and cool, grey, misty winters, my paintings reflect the “journeys” of my life.
Developing as an artist is a life-long journey
The journey of mastering color, pigments, composition, materials and techniques. Times of growth are followed by seasons of frustration. Like having climbed half way up a mountain, when I look up I see how far I have to go…when I look down I realise how far I’ve come.
Each individual painting is a journey
Each painting begins with an idea of the destination and how it will be reached; but through diversions, delays and discoveries along the way it often “arrives” somewhere completely different. No matter how carefully I plan a painting, it’s impossible to know where the journey will take me.
Art can take me on “real” journeys
There is no greater joy than to travel and paint in places I have never experienced before. To set off in the morning with my sketchbook and paints and experience the magic of places where, around every corner, lies something new and unexpected.
And, like all the other journeys, it’s the unplanned that make for the best adventures!
LIFE. ART. TRAVEL.
SOLD: MURIWAI BEACH, WINTER
The west coast of New Zealand is famous for grey sand beaches and, in winter, rough, stormy weather. The waves and rip tides can make it a dangerous place to swim, but walking along the empty miles of beach at this time of year is a celebration of seagulls, wind, dark clouds and white surf.
We need beauty in our lives…
We're hard-wired for it, and this need has been
with us since the earliest human groupings.
Creating art allows us to express our deepest feelings
and ideas without having to put a name to them.
(Robert Dalton)
ART SHOULD MOVE
THE SOUL
