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January 2008

Wednesday 16th January 2008, 12:39 PM

As you can see this website is being regularly updated.  We at Adventures in Watercolour hope that you will keep visiting the site for the latest information on courses and news about what we are doing.  We hope to offer some extra feature like tips for painting and an interpretation of a painting or drawing which might be helpful for those with an interest in watercolour. 

The Bruges Adventure is almost full and soon there may well be a waiting list. I am considering offering a repeat course in September and withdrawing the Assisi trip.  If you are interested in going to Bruges on the new Eurostar at that time of the year please get in touch and I shall take this idea further.

If you click on ‘Further information’ when you visit the ‘Courses’ page you will find some images and texts telling you more about that particular course.  If you have any questions or if I can be of any further help then please do get in touch. 

I am glad to be able to announce that Ron, Brenda’s brother is helping me with the administration so we should be more able to maintain Brenda’s high standards. 

I shall be in India from January 25th to February 9th having some holiday and visiting a school we are sponsoring in my wife’s memory.  My daughter, Anna whom some of you have met, will be accompanying me.  She, like her mother, is well organised and no doubt will see that I return safely with another illustrated journal and plenty of stories to tell.  We shall make arrangements to have mail dealt with but there might be some delay in getting back to you during this time.

With very best wishes,

Phillip McFadyen

Christmas and New Year 2008

Friday 14th December 2007, 4:03 PM

Thank you for your enquiry and interest in Adventures in Watercolour.
 
Firstly my apologies for not updating this site sooner.  Some of our regulars will already know that my wife, Brenda, died suddenly at the end of August.  As you can imagine this was a tremendous shock. So much so that it has taken me some time to decide whether or not to continue with the Adventures in Watercolour she so ably managed over the last few years.  However, with the help and support of my family I have decided to continue her work, which has given such pleasure to dozens of people many of whom have become friends and I am now in a position to publish a list of proposed courses for 2008. 
 
I hope you will find them attractive and interesting.  I can assure you that the excitement and delight of working with watercolour remains a strong motivating factor in making this decision. 
 
Please do not hesitate to reply to this mail or get in touch on our watercolour helpline 01603 628739 if you need any help or assistance in choosing a course for yourself or gifting the course as a Christmas or Birthday present for someone else. 
 
With very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year,
 
Phillip McFadyen