Weekly Art chat w/c 2nd June

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Gaynor…I can’t do straight…(you won’t see me painting buildings or bottles of wine)
I can’t sew to save my life…I love safety pins.

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LOL I can’t cut straight …

I have been painting ACEO … on a garden theme …

Will be listing shortly

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Gorgeous feather Max. How’s your dad doing?

Great depth to that one Brenda, it looks very summery.

Enjoy your guests Gaynor, I love having lots of people around.

Hehe I can’t cut straight either - I have a steel rule, a stanley knife and a guillotine to take care of that for me :smiley: Lovely garden scenes, the yellow roses are my favourite.

Waving Margaret, looking forward to seeing your flowers.

I’ve just listed this elephant hawk moth, again based on the photo that @JOYSofGLASS allowed me to use, but this time I moved him to a fuchsia bush and gave him some antannae :smile:

Which photo do you like the best?

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Lovely Stephie, I like the top one best :slight_smile:

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I like the top one best too, though both are very similar!

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Thanks, that’s useful to know. The only difference is the background, I’ve taken the wallpaper out by putting a long piece of watercolour paper over the wall.

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yes I do that sometimes too Stephie, I think its good to ring the changes, that why sometimes I go for a plain look and other a more staged arrangement like today with the books in this one …

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I do all mine the same for unity across my shop. And to be honest it’s easier too lol. I like how you’ve done yours on some relevant books.

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Thanks I thought it might be fun … and we have gardening books !!!

I do know what you mean about keeping a looking nice and crisp and I did do that for a while, I think folksy mentioned it in their blog, but I’ve decided that I like a mix and a bit quiky too, as my Art is a bit Quirky and so I am I to be honest lol

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Well I like the bottom one Steph…I think the beautiful moth stands out more!!!
Jeanie x x

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So that’s what was different! I couldn’t work it out, I didn’t spot that the background was different.

I’ve not been able to get onto the forums for ages, don’t know if it’s my computer or it’s been down…?

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Folksy seems very slow today Margaret, I had to wait ages to do my listings :slight_smile:

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great idea, think the best idea come then, when your brain has stopped dealing with the everyday life stuff and you are about to sleep :smile:

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lovely, the first one too

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I prefer it with the plain background Stephie. I like the idea of the books Hazel.
Great ur Mum’s enjoying the pastels Margaret. I agree with the comments re paper. Another thing she could try is VERY fine black or grey wet and dry sandpaper.

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another flutter by

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Hi everyone and loving all your work. Took me a while to find the link to the forum today!

I prefer the top one too Stephie.
Gaynor I was pleased with my cards from Moo but now use a local printer as they can do them in different sizes, cheaper too as I don’t have to pay postage.

I couldn’t find a forum post for blogs but here it is, about my poorly cat who is thankfully now fully recovered :smile:

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Ok that’s cool, the blog thread has just shown up as suggested topics!

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Sad me :’( http://www.flowapowaart.com/2014/06/do-not-varnish-acrylic-ink-paintings.html

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Off to read your blog Annabel…btw, did you know you’ve put it in the April blog thread? There should be one for June somewhere.

EDIT: I just tried to comment on your blog but it said I was posting comments too quickly. Odd as I haven’t posted any other comments on wordpress all week.

Anyway, what I wanted to say was I hope Lottie continues to improve, and I love the poppy and bunny bag, it’s very effective.

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