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21st June 2022

IT GOT ME

After sleeping solidly for almost 12 hours, I woke up ready to face the world. I didn’t feel a hundred percent – I had developed a bit of a sore throat and a tickly cough – but the extreme tiredness of yesterday had dissipated, and after a refreshing shower, I was ready; hungry for breakfast and geared up for my...

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20th June 2022

CHARITY JUMBLE SALE

We had a rough, bouncy night. Not, by any means, the roughest or bounciest we’ve ever experienced, but certainly enought to notice the effects in the morning. Both of us had a poor night’s sleep leaving me feeling quite drained and not entirely ‘with it’. But I had two classes to run, and the show must go on… Today’s lesson...

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19th June 2022

RIDING ‘THE LIFT’ IN LISBON

Today, we arrived at our final port-of-call, Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. We worked it out that this would be my thirteenth visit to the city, and over those previous visits, we’ve pretty much done it all (all the tours, the castle, Belem Tower, Christ monument etc), so we went ashore planning to do the one thing we had...

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18th June 2022

THE SUPPER CLUB

Today’s painting class was all about Creative Lighting, in which we transformed a dull photograph into a dramatic winter sunset. It’s a session that always seems to go down well (and made up for yesterday’s challenge). We’ve been going down to The Supper Club with some regularity. There are always lots of things going on throughout the ship of an...

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17th June 2022

CODE ALPHA, CODE ALPHA

Today, we were back at sea, heading towards our final port-of-call, Lisbon. My class today was all about line and wash, with a little bit of ‘Urban Sketching’ thrown in for good measure. Line and wash is always quite popular; unfortunately, the chosen subject called for a basic understanding of perspective, which proved particularly challenging for some people. The knock-on...

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