John Black's workshop was a bit of a rare treat in that he did not open his programme with a demonstration of his artistic skills and tips on how he did things, but asked that everyone who attended get on with their own projects (hence the request for each to bring their own photo or photos to choose a subject from) and he would circulate amongst the members present giving advice on how their work should progress, whatever the medium they were working in.
He was always on hand to offer guidance and even borrow your paintbrush to help steer your picture along. At various stages, most of us were rewarded when he picked up our picture and walked round showing it to the rest of the class which made you feel pretty good about what you had achieved. Some of us have difficulty in knowing when to stop and possibly overwork a picture, but John always knew when to say stop and ask us to just finish off by signing our work.
Bill Pearson.
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