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Weekend painting
I created a small art journal out of very thick cartridge paper a week or so ago, but the painted surface turned out to be very smooth and not so good for collage and doodling. I’d also painted the...
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A walk to work
I decided to walk to work today. At first I felt I’d made a mistake – my hands went numb from the cold and I’d not put on an appropriate coat. But the moment I got to the park, my spirits soared and I...
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Experiments on a vintage book
We spent a lovely day in Hay-on-Wye yesterday, digging around the second hand bookshops. For some reason, we never go to Hay in warm weather so once again we had fun dashing from shop to shop and...
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Linocutting
On Monday I took delivery of my linocutting kit. I’ve wanted one for ages: I get almost indecently excited by the rich black of the print. There’s really nothing else like it and the simplicity is a...
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Weekend!
What a fab weekend! Lots of time to paint! Mark was at an orchestra rehearsal on Friday, and then again on Sunday with the rehearsal also being on Sunday. So, I had lots of time to myself. Despite...
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Putting paintings out there
Something interesting occurred to me whilst I was talking to somebody on Facebook yesterday. We were talking about sharing paintings on Facebook. She was saying that she enjoyed looking at other...
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Room screen
I've been making this since early Jan – a little screen to hide the DVD player in our relaxation room. I'm so pleased with it! One of the things I'm particularly pleased with was the way I approached...
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Charcoal
I wasn't going to sign up for any classes this year. I want to watch the pennies a little and also I have a huge backlog of books and courses to try. But I began seeing the output of Misty Mawn's Face...
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Another sketch from bed
Still ill (boooo) and M is even worse, so I did another sketch in bed from a photo reference. It's an awkward makeshift working area and I was working in the half light of the bedside lamp. Not ideal...
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Relaxation room
One of the things we achieved at the start of the year was turning our back bedroom into a pleasant space to sit and relax, do yoga and perhaps meditate. The room started out as pretty much a dumping...
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Oil pastels
A quick try of oil pastels this morning, blended with Zest-It. Not sure if I took it too far, but it's all good learning
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Yearbook photo in ink
I wanted to try to be a bit more precise, or perhaps economical, with my lines so I thought I'd try a sketch straight to pen, with no pencil measuring. It was quite a challenge and I got the shape of...
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Digital art
I put this digital collage together over the weekend whilst still in full grip of the virus that was dragging me down. It's a simple one, for obvious reasons, and it's easy to see my desire to be...
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