Well good morning everyone, waving hi 
and nice to see you back here Trevor. Lovely work everyone, and congrats Pam. No time to paint yesterday, I too spent the day in the garden well after the rain stopped anyway! have a touch of sunburn too ouch! but at last the garden is finished, we just need to get some more bark chips - here’s the before and after shot
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what a transformation Max, gardening may be hard work but it’s very rewarding!
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Morning all… If you want a few gardening commissions Max, I’m sure I can drum some up for you… 
Looking good…
Just listed a couple of new (to here) pictures for today before we’re off out in the sun - coincidentally to Ramsgate, the same place those pictures originated. I like coastal works, hopefully i might get a few more today…
Enjoy your day 
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I agree Margaret it looks great Max and yes it is rewarding isn’t it. Hubby has transformed our veggie patch this year and we finally got some stuff planted yesterday.
Waving everyone … Hope you are all having a good weekend - the sun is shining here 
In keeping with the sea theme this is one of my larger pieces at A3 size so lots of wax !!!
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Absolutely stunning Hazel, I do so love your sunset scenes
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Great work everyone…a lovely day here…all the windows open.
I twisted my back yesterday and I never have a bad back…ouch !! So I am sitting down painting…(any excuse)…
I have just listed this postcard sized floral painting.
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Amazing transformation Max, well done! It looks much bigger now.
Super work from everyone, I especially love Brenda’s sunflowers.
This is my latest wip, I’ll be testing out my Pebeo fantasy paints on a tile. The black is a pebeo relief outliner. The subject is my adopted home town of Liverpool.
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I look forward to seeing the finished tile with interest Stephie, looks good so far.
Fab sunflowers Brenda
Lovely boats Trevor, very summery scenes.
Hi Everyone,
Thank you @HazelRayfield @HandcraftedbyPicto for your lovely comments, i’m enjoying playing with this wee character got much more of him coming up soon 
Stunning work as always everyone!
Nice to meet you Trevor @Century21Art really loving your coastal work! I know the coastal area’s down south very well as i grew up in Folkestone and still have family down there, your pictures capture the atmosphere beautifully.
Max @paperchainsandbeads fabulous garden transformation!!!
I’m just back from a lovely weekend with family. Fab weather lead to a 7hr hike through masses of breath taking habitats spotting sooooo much wildlife & flora…lots of inspirations! Just a couple of my photo’s…
Have a fabulous week everyone
J x
Good morning 
. Looks lovely @cheekymonkeystudio. Looking forward to seeing your tile Stephie.
Beautiful sunflowers Brenda, OH has just sown some in our garden, would be great if they grow hope you back gets better soon, as a sufferer I know how it feels, mine is still aching from the garden but should be oaky in a few days
Gorgeous sunset Hazel, really vibrant
Lovely peacful scenes Trevor
right off to the day joib, back later have a lovely day
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Good morning all, hope we’re all relaxed after the weekend… nice to meet you too J @cheekymonkeystudio - I’ve got a few (!) more pieces from that neck of the woods… 
Anyone else getting the ‘Bad Gateway’ message on their listings - I listed a new picture late last night an it’s getting 'bad gateway when the link to the listing’s clicked - I notice a couple of others have mentioned it this morning, just wondering how widespread it is…
Morning Max, don’t work yourself too hard - remember to save some energy for the gardening contracts I’m getting you…
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My bad gateway listing has cleared itself onw, so I’m hoping they’re sorting out the problem… Here’s my latest listing:
Fab castle Trevor glad you’ve sorted out your bad gateway!
beautiful photos cheekymonkey, that’s my kind of countryside.
Hope your bad back improves soon Brenda
I can get back on the forum at work now for some reason! Probably going to be too busy to pop in much though.
Have a great day everyone!
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Morning all…looks like being a beautiful day…not a cloud to be seen.
I had a good night but could hardly walk when I first got up.Against my better judgement I have taken a couple of Ibuprofen…as long as I can get to the shops I will survive…lol…then hope to do some painting.
Trevor…enjoying your new pics…
Cheeky monkey…lovely photos…I have relatives in Folkstone somewhere but they are distant ones so no idea who they are…lol…I know that my dad used to go there often to visit them.
waving Margaret and Max…
Stephie…that is a better pic of Liverpool than some of the ones on the Painting challenge !
Back later with a listing…
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back with today’s listing
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Evening all,
Hope your back’s feeling better soon Brenda @teabreaks, i feel for you…i manage my back probs with regular Chiro treatments and weekly yoga, touch wood doing ok lately. Who knows i might even know your Folkestone relatives.
Well as it’s World Oceans Day wishing you all a whale of a day! 
J x
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Evening folks! Hope you’ve had good days - I’ve spent about half of mine in the local hospital today, firstly I had an appointment that lasted a couple of hours, then I had to take Mandy down to casualty for an x-ray as she tripped up a kerbstone and smashed her toes up yesterday… luckily nothing broken but she left with the recommendation she wears steel toe capped sandals in future… ah well…
Yet another new listing from me - I’ve moved further north today, another picture from Norfolk which I very much like. Hope you do too… Like your new listing Brenda
Thanks J…strangely I have a relative who lives near me here in Wales, and SHE is from Folkstone…small world all round…I didn’t know she lived near here when we moved here from London.
Love the Whale.
Lovely windmill Trevor…love windmills…I love the idea of people making flour and living off the land…
I have never hurt my back before, so hopefully this is just a “one off”.
I am off to have a soak in the bath and a jacuzzi later…(flash corner bath with jacuzzi in it!!)
I managed one aceo today but that is all…I need to paint faster.
Did anyone watch The Auction House on tv last night…some PRINT of a US street scene, sold for over £500…yikes, I can’t even get £5 for an original.
Trevor…you need to photograph some street scenes…lol…
I have also just seen an artist on fb who sold a painting for £2900 and although his art is good, some of the work on this thread is far better…!!
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Evening all, my you’ve been a chatty lot today
It’s major stress fortnight in my household with A Levels, not helped by the fact that Kit’s not been well for 2 months and is needing a lot of support to get her through. So apols if I’m not around much this next fortnight.
Just listed my string sheep
https://folksy.com/items/6671595-Sheep-painting-ORIGINAL-ACEO-
Morning flying by to wave hi . Lovely work everyone, got a lot on in the day job at the moment travelling around south Wales doing presentations on our new business plan and writing my first ever ‘sales brochure’ for our services a bit scary as I’ve never done anything like that before so been doing some work at home for research and reading. Wishing Kit good luck in her exams
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