What a lovely bunch of Painters!!

On 17th July we entertained 25 ladies - and 1 very brave gentleman - in the unique surroundings of The Windmill, provided them with some liquid refreshment, and set them to work as novice painters to create within two hours their very own piece of artwork under the tutelage of the excellent Dani from Paint Circle.

Some excellent representations of our Windmill went home with our happy students. Thanks to them for their participation and good humour - and for their ready participation in our raffle!

Funds raised during the evening go towards the cost of basic upkeep of The Windmill - circa £25k/£30k per annum before the cost of major upkeep and renewals.

So our grateful thanks also go to local businesses Nisa Local Upminster, M&S Upminster and Brew Dog Upminster for their donation of goods for the event.

And finally thanks to Dani [and Brenda, her glamorous assistant and also her mum!] for her patience and expert guidance in enabling everyone to produce more than recognisable reproductions of the target image.

See you again next year??

Getting the Background right ………………

Adding the outline of the building ………..

Flowers in the Foreground ……………………

Look what we have done in two hours from scratch!!

Windmill helpers - or something - on the night!!