25 Nov 21'
"My wife and I chose to take 2 half day sessions with Kate (Mark Making & Experimental Painting Techniques) spread over an afternoon and the following morning. The whole experience was brilliant from start to finish. Kate was an inspiring, empathetic, very practical tutor. Speaking as two retired teachers(!), it was clear from the start that she had prepared thoroughly, really knew what she was doing, and even had books of other artists’ work to show us when it seemed that we might be using techniques that were similar to those artists’.
We both think Kate is inspirational, friendly, very welcoming, hospitable, aware of our needs, flexible; and also prepared to allow us the freedom to follow what we were doing, without being prescriptive.
As someone who has always thought about painting and drawing in a figurative sense, here I was “doing abstract art”! it was wonderful when she said “it doesn’t have to be anything!”. Liberating!
Finally, we also absolutely loved all her own work. We keep talking about it!
Thank you so much, Kate, we hope to see you again."
Coach House Studio responded:
"Hi Stephen and Lia - I'm so glad you enjoyed our 'mark making' and 'experimental techniques' sessions in the studio. It was a joy to host two such enthusiastic workshop participants. The quality and quantity of the work you both produced was very impressive, and extremely rewarding for me as "teacher" !!
I hope the rest of your visit to Pembrokeshire was fun, and that you will be able to visit the Coach House again soon. Thank you for writing such a great review of your time here.
Best wishes, Kate"