Art Workshop Weekend

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I am so excited to share about the art workshop weekend that Samantha, my 14-year-old daughter, and I did together at Angala, the 5-star Boutique Hotel near Franschhoek in the Cape winelands. Most of the photos that I'm sharing with you today are about the workshop and a bit about our amazing accommodation. I will be posting more photos of the hotel with its gorgeous views and delicious food in the near future on my travel blog, 1camera1mom.

Day One

The photo taken by a photographer
that Samantha painted.

Art teacher, Leonie E. Brown

The photo I took at Jason's Hill Cellar
that I painted over the weekend.

Our beautiful room

Table set for dinner in the restaurant 

One of the superb meals at Angala.
(The glass of wine was not Samantha's.)

Day Two

The finished portrait

The finished landscape

The amazing staff that took great care of us,
including my wonderful mother-in-law.

Sisters - Samantha and Jessica

Sisters - Samantha, Amanda and Jessica

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Mini Hockey Match and #WW #Linky

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Party Linky #143!

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Amanda played her very first mini hockey match last Friday! She ran almost flat out for the entire 15 minutes of the game. I never knew 15 minutes could feel so long for a mother watching from the side-lines. The other team won 2 - 1. You can see by the photos that she really enjoyed herself. The kids all received a packet of chips and a sweet at the end of the game.

Tomorrow is my husband's birthday! He's standing in the above shot with the orange and blue striped shirt. I have a nice shot of him (with his head attached) trying some craft beer in my latest Nuy Valley Wine Tasting post.

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Beautiful wine country of South Africa

Nuy Valley Wine Tasting

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My Weekend Post:

Art Workshop

I will update the art workshop weekend this Friday (29 May 2015). I've got some neat photos to share with you of our inspiring art lessons and our final paintings (Samantha's and mine). I won't be including a weekend linky, since I was away all of last weekend and plan to be away this Thursday and Friday too.

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Art Workshop and #Weekend #Linky

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Make My Saturday Sweet #129!

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Samantha - Eco Pool at Angala

Beautiful Garden at Angala

Samantha and I will be doing an art workshop at Angala Boutique Hotel in the beautiful Franschhoek this weekend. My mother-in-law is making it possible and we are quite excited. Samantha will paint her portrait and I a landscape. We will paint from photographs and we chose the ones depicted below. I'll share our creations with you next weekend. Check out these wonderful photos of the previous workshop on Lifeart School.

The landscape I will paint

The portrait Samantha will paint -
photo by a photographer

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Organic and Geometric with #WW #Linky

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For today's photos, I carefully selected ones with strong lines or geometric shapes, having organic elements. All of them were taken from around the outside of my home (or from inside looking out). I got the idea from Mary Denman who shares lots of great photography ideas and tips on her blog. She inspired me to look for strong lines when taking pictures. Because of her, I've been encouraged to look at things differently through my lens. What's really interesting is that I was putting this post together last week only to discover that Create With Joy featured Mary on Friday. So, Mary, it looks like both of us were thinking of you!

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Beautiful wine country of South Africa

Nuy Valley Wine Tasting

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My Weekend Post:

Stunning Mosaic

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(with or without words) or any picture post

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