There are much worse ways to spend a Saturday than teaching nine talented amateurs how to paint water-lilies in acrylics. I just wish I had been there for one more hour so that I might have finished my painting of Australian water-lilies (slightly different to English ones because they are smaller and stalkier, although they grow conventional ones too). I’ll have to finish it in the week – bet it takes longer to finish it than start it. Here is a photo of the painting so far.

Now I’m going to put my feet up and watch “Strictly Come Dancing”.