Our Newsletter: Issue #44
Hello, and welcome to another issue of Our Newsletter.
Hope you've been well!
Today's newsletter will cover 2 things.
First a little update on how my very first ever workshop went and second a new painting!
(I should probably do this over two emails but I'm excited, so here goes).
Workshop: From Pencil to Petal
My last newsletter was sent literal minutes before I was to host my first workshop!
(Have I mentioned it was my first ever workshop yet?).
Anyway, it went so well!
Beyond what I could have imagined to be honest and I'm so glad I pushed myself to do this despite feeling "too young" or "inexperienced".
It was in collaboration with True Ambassadors charity who work in East London, helping people tackle adversity and loneliness in a variety of ways, and the workshop was designed to introduce art making as an accessible, no-to-very-little-fuss, self-care practice.
The feedback was great, I learnt a lot, and I'll be doing this again, so more on this as and when.
I'm feeling very grateful to True Ambassadors for reaching out to me to set this up, and of course to the lovely people that attended the workshop itself.
I've added some pics of the event below.
(You'll find new painting info after the workshop pics).
Photography credit: Anastasiia Rudkovska
Painting
Honestly, today I just want to show this to you because I intended to share this at the beginning of summer and then proceeded to drop off the face of the planet and go on 3-month writing hiatus instead.
Maybe it's for the best though, it feels oddly appropriate to share this now that summer's carefree brightness has made way for autumn's moody coziness.
For me this is a painting about summer, about place, about our relationship with landscape, and about memory. That's all I'll say for now as I'd like to let you make your own mind about it and I'll share more about the how, the why and the what next time.
Slice of Summer, 2023
Oil on canvas
100x70cm
As ever, please feel free to reply to this newsletter with your thoughts.
I'm always so happy/curious to learn more about how you may perceive one of my paintings and I actually end up learning so much from these chats. So yeah, don't be shy.
Catch you in a couple of weeks.
Wishing you a great weekend ahead.
Lots of love,
Arietta xx