Painting Holidays in Majorca:

Janet’s friend Cheryl now offers a venue for her to teach painting based in her studio on the fabulous island of Mallorca. The views are wonderful, the hospitality superb and the climate is a joy! What more could you want from a few days away doing something creative?
Everyone knows that Janet likes to concentrate on making things look realistic – that’s what trompe l’oeil painting is. To ‘trick the eye’ you need to learn how to draw and paint things to make them look real. Spanish fruit and vegetables straight from the local market are ideal subjects for practising how to mix colours accurately and how to deal with shadows and sunlight. It’s not magic, painting. It’s just like writing. If you can write your name then you can paint. You just need to learn what it is that you are actually seeing in front of you and make the connection between your eye and your hand.
This course is not structured but because groups are so small Janet will focus on whatever aspect of painting you like – landscape, portrait, still-life, or her particular forte – trompe l’oeil.
Groups are welcome and Cheryl can arrange accommodation locally if you email Judy Lindsell - judylindsell@hotmail.com
Cheryl herself provides delicious lunches eaten on the terrace of her lovely house which she and her husband have recently built on land that used to be a fruit farm.

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Testimonial:

The following letter was written by a student of Janet's, Anne Hunt:

Just west of Bodmin, but a world away from the eternal summertime traffic jams of the nearby A30, is Higher Grogley Farm, the home and studio/workplace of acclaimed muralist and trompe l'oeil exponent Janet Shearer and family. In a beautiful spot alive with birdsong and the purling of a stream (whose spring supplies the house with water), nature is up close and personal, with a medley of dogs, cats, chickens and horses and an abundance of fresh eggs and vegetables straight from the garden. It's not uncommon to find a guinea fowl perched on your car, or to be periodically startled by the eldritch screaming of peacocks.....read the rest.