The retreat began Thursday afternoon, and I was the second one to arrive. Until 6pm, as women slowly entered the house with tales of traffic woes that delayed their trip, we all got to know one another. I heard on the local news that a jumper off the Braga Bridge caused a traffic jam on Route 195E.
Once we were all there, we enjoyed appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages. Alcohol would be served during our final celebration on Saturday night. After a lovely dinner, we cleared the old wooden dining room table, removed the leaves and covered it with plastic. Barbara then brought out a perfectly -fitting round cloth covering with a large black circle near the edge and a smaller one in the center.
We all stood around the circle while she divided it into seven sections with masking tape. We all then chose a color of tempura paint and a brush with which we began our group painting with a symbol of our choice. I chose a leaf. We continued on like this as we moved around the circle and added more symbols, lines or whatever we wanted to each section in turn. We also swapped colors or chose new colors as desired when instructed. Eventually we began adding lines or dots to other's images until the wheel looked full. Barbara then peeled off the tape and we joined the sections with lines or dots as images moved each of us to paint. Lastly, we left our signature line in the center to complete the paunting. I chose a yellow dash-dot pattern. Voila! The painting was complete and we walked around it amazed at how interesting and lovely it was. We also shared how fun it was to paint as a group.
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