When a Hollywood actor wandered into her studio and asked for lessons, artist Lynne Gougeon was a bit taken aback.
David Bradley, perhaps best known for his roles in Harry Potter and Game of Thrones, had recently moved to Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, and decided to find a new way to express his creativity.
“I was just very impressed with her as a person and clearly she was passionate about what she did,” Bradley explained. “I said, ‘do you teach?'”
“And she said yes. I said, ‘can I have a go?’
Having never painted, not even in school, the 84-year-old had to begin with the basics.
“He couldn’t manage the paintbrush on the first lesson, I don’t think,” Gougeon said, although “he took to it straight away”.
“I think, if you’ve never painted before, then you learn very quickly.”