ART CHOCOLATE & TEA

As most of you know I live in this darling little town called Palm Springs,

the last few posts have featured this enchanting desert city.

Palm Springs is also the backdrop for the classes I teach.

With winter season coming soon I will start teaching once again

Photography and Drawing

Today I am going to show you where I will be holding my sketching and photography classes. This is Cafe Chocolate on North Palm Canyon in Palm Springs

What better combination than Art Chocolate & Tea.

For both the photography and art classes we start off at this lovely cafe for tea

and Chocolate and discuss either photography or sketching.

The view setting is similar to what you would see in Europe.

And from this lovely little venue

here is what you see...

Is this inspirational?

In the photography classes I help you figure out your camera (digital) and I teach you how

to take incredible, moving photos. You can attend one class just to get you

started on the right track.

But if you want to get deeper into photography there are

more Photo Classes I offer that get deeper into photography.

Just email me at stopandsmile@me.com and

look on my blog Daily Art

or my web site Diane Patricia

I also teach drawing classes... same wonderful place...

all you need is a sketch book and a pencil or pen... and by the way, you can sketch the

beautiful scenery, or the deliciously creative chocolates.

So join me at the lovely

Cafe Chocolate for Tea, Art and Chocolate

515 N. Palm Canyon

Palm Springs...

email me .. Diane at stopandsmile@me.com

And make sure you stop by for lunch... it is very special.

Cafe Chocolate carries my favorite tea.. Tea Forte

and all Tea Forte accessories

They Could Not Stop Touching

This couple was a joy to watch

They just couldn't stop touching...

If you are interested in learning

how to compose a good photograph just contact me at

stopandsmile@me.com

I teach small groups or large groups...

if you just want to learn composition or if you want to delve into all the fun things

your digital camera can do..

The Art of Touch...round 3

I love the way children and their parents or grandparent hold hands and touch...loving

and ever so comfortable...

Many of these will be in my upcoming show..

A Flower is the result of a plant gone mad with LOVE

More on one of my favorite subjects......

I teach photography in Southern California and Chicago... if you are interested just text me at 

stopandsmile@me.com

The Art of Touch...more on the show

As I told you the other day I am working on a show called the "The Art of Touch"

or "I want to hold your hand"

So I wanted to show you some more of the photos and see what you had to say..

all comments welcome

Purple Plus Flowers

When I went to Seattle to visit my wonderful friend Joy I had amazing flowers

waiting for me in my room...

Of course I took a million photos and these are my favorites.

A designer friend of mine bought the series of my flowers and a few of these ended up in a magnificent home in Hawaii. We blew them up and framed them simply with wide mats and a silver frame... walaaah!