TESTIMONIALS

Your Gallery
“Wow, beautiful work! and there was me thinking I was detailed! I have some pastels but never really tried them - so maybe the exhibition and a bit of encouragement from you will get me going.” Tina

“Your pastels are beautiful. I work in oil, watercolor and love colored pencils. I think the animals are my favs, and love the chickens by the door. I don't usually contact people like this, but you really impressed me.” Jean

“So relaxing viewing your site. You have such wonderful talent I’ve so enjoyed. I love, love, love your flowers. Brilliant!!” Margaret

“Hi I found your link. What a talented lady you are, what wonderful paintings, I really loved looking at it all.” Denise

“I was very impressed with the paintings displayed on your new website. You have an instinctive touch for landscape painting, capturing the magic of light and shape. I would also like to say that there are many animal painters out there, but few show the gift you have when it comes to capturing detail and personality! I think you are going to be quite busy. Well done! and good luck for the future.” Pete

Mollie's Portrait
“Hi Chris, just a quick note to say thanks for your efforts in producing a real accurate likeness of Mollie in the picture you provided to me for my wife's birthday. My daughter who visited with me and Mollie on our initial meeting was amazed at how well you captured our Mollie on paper. When the other kids saw it they too were in disbelief at how accurate a likeness it was. The ultimate proof however came when we presented it to my wife as a birthday present. My wife has never been so emotional; softy that she is; but we all experienced the tears of happiness and that gave ultimate confirmation of how good a job you did and I really can’t thank you enough. On behalf of me and the children please accept our grateful thanks for the work you have done. First class, excellent, superb I’m running out of superlatives but I’m sure you get the gist of how pleased we are. There is no doubt I will be recommending you to friends and colleagues who request details and we look forward to seeing the picture of Mollie added to your website gallery in the near future. Thanks again and good luck with your future endeavours.” Bob

Max’s Portrait
“Chrissie, what an absolutely fabulous painting you have done of Max (15/03/2004 – 28/12/2019). Thank you so much.” David & Joan
“Fantastic work! Our Max was such a handsome if slightly dozy dog. Thank you so much for capturing his personality so well! James

Dazzle’s Portrait
“Amazing job, Abi was in tears when I gave it to her on Christmas Day, it’s so like him in real life it’s untrue. Thanks again Chrissie” Stuart

Art Classes
“I began attending Chrissie's pastel art classes a little over a year ago and have loved every minute of them. I've always been interested in and practised various kinds of crafts but never really done what would be called 'art' since I left school, which is many years ago. However, once I'd begun Chrissie's art classes I can now say that I've found exactly what I've been looking for. With Chrissie's experience and excellent tuition I've produced some great pieces of work of which 5 are now framed and displayed at home. I even had the confidence to attempt a personal  pet portrait for my daughter in law's birthday and she was thrilled to bits with it. I can only thank Chrissie for her expertise, encouragement, patience and opening up my eyes to the world of colour. I've also made new friends too. Thank you Chrissie.” Lynn

“With art experience limited to schooldays I apprehensively joined Chrissie's Art Group six years ago with the feeling that I was not good enough. Thinking I would be doing watercolour painting, I was surprised that with Chrissie's help and encouragement I quickly got hooked on pastel painting.
I have now tackled portraits, animals, flowers and landscapes and have far exceeded my expectations. Chrissie is an excellent teacher, inspires confidence, is very calm, patient and non-threatening. Her small classes ensure we all have individual time with her as well as time for a chat with everyone. I find the classes to be stimulating, relaxing, friendly and most of all fun. I would recommend them to anyone.”  Jen

Pastel Workshops
“A good mix of information, direction and time to do - kept us interested and involved all day. I would be interested in joining your classes.” Milda
“Really enjoyed the day, would love to do more pastel workshops” Louise
“Had a great time - loved the workshop” Sheree
“We had a great day, thank you” Tim & Fiona
“It was informative, captivating and easy to follow, many thanks” Margaret
“Very enjoyable and as a complete novice it was good to have Chrissie’s help. I learnt a lot, thank you.” Alan
“Chrissie gave a good proportion of instruction and demonstration and sufficient time to develop our own work. A thoroughly enjoyable day.” Gillian
“This was a great pastel workshop. Really enjoyed it Chrissie. Thank you! xx My 'hot chilli peppers' are now framed on the kitchen wall!” Sue
“Thank you Chrissie for an enjoyable day - just keep on doing what you do!” Christine