I Was a Little Terrified, If I'm Honest

I remember the feeling before my first art class.

A kind of low-level dread, the sort that whispers you're going to make a fool of yourself and everyone else in the room will know exactly what they're doing. I was not, by any stretch of the imagination, an artist. I was the person at school whose drawings were quietly unremarkable, who assumed creativity was something other people had been handed at birth and I simply hadn't been in that queue.

So signing up felt brave. Possibly foolish. Probably both.

Delighted to be running and owning Seasons Art Class in Napier, sharing creativity and inspiration with the community.

What I found when I walked through the door was not what I'd braced myself for. It was warm, and unhurried, and nobody was performing or competing. The tutor just quietly showed us how to look at things, really look and then how to translate what we were seeing onto the page. It was practical and calm, and somewhere in the middle of it I forgot to be nervous.

By the end of that first class, I'd made something I was genuinely pleased with. Nothing dramatic — but real, and mine, and better than I'd thought myself capable of.

That was eight years ago, and now I owned and run the business in Hawke's Bay.

Dave, showing his amazing bird painting

What I love about Seasons Art Class Hawke's Bay is that it isn't a course you finish — it's something you return to, term after term, and each time you find yourself going a little further than before. The skills build gently, almost without you realising, until one day you look at what you've made and feel quietly amazed at how much has changed.

If you've been thinking about giving it a try but haven't quite talked yourself into it yet I understand that feeling completely. And I'd just gently say: come anyway. You might surprise yourself.

Our Hawke's Bay classes are starting again in June and spaces are limited they do fill up, so if you've been sitting on the idea for a while, now is a lovely time to stop thinking about it and actually do it. You can find all the details and book your spot at seasonsartclass-napier.com.

We'd love to have you.