Original charcoal art by Fiona Glass.
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Sketching in public (gasp)
We strolled down to Windermere Jetty museum yesterday morning and treated ourselves to a coffee, sitting outside with the usual stunning views of the lake. I’m getting braver at sketching in public, so took a sketchpad and pen and plucked up courage to draw the view of the mountains at the head of the lake.…
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Sketching trees (and people!)
We took advantage of the good weather yesterday evening (on a Tuesday, for a change!) for another outdoor art session for Windermere Art Society. A gang of us met up in the relaxing surroundings of Windermere’s Library Gardens to chat and sketch. This is a huge redwood tree in the grounds, drawn in fibre tip…
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Gluck – solving a mystery
I watched a fascinating BBC4 documentary the other night, about the early 20th century artist Gluck – who was something of a trailblazer in how she chose to live her life. The programme was well done, with a nice lack of fuss & sensationalism from the Beeb. An added bonus was that it solved the…
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View of a view
It rained all morning but the sun broke through after lunch so I went for a walk. Stopped off at the Biskey Howe viewpoint and the view towards the head of Windermere was so lovely I wanted to sketch it, but only had a tiny notebook and a biro in my handbag! Needs must, as…
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Sketching a manor house!
Members of Windermere Art Society were recently invited to a sketching session at the stunning Cedar Manor Hotel in Windermere, courtesy of the owners. Several of us took advantage and had a lovely time, with tea, cake, a nice chat, and even time for some sketching! The gardens and architecture are beautiful. I took a…
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Moody Morecambe marsh…
I’m working on a pastel picture of the vast salt marsh/estuary of Morecambe Bay from the prom at Grange over Sands. The bay always has a very special light and I was lucky enough to catch a photo when the sun was just bursting through dark clouds creating a sunburst effect. It was tricky to…
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An old church and a swallow…
These are the latest doodles from my journal – a couple of quick sketches of a lovely cross-country walk from Lakeside/Newby Bridge to Finsthwaite on Saturday. The village turned out to be incredibly pretty, and quiet as it’s off the “beaten track” and less accessible to tourists. We spent a happy few minutes poking about…
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Trying pen and wash
For our last session of Windermere Art Society for the season, there was a fantastic demo and workshop on the techniques of drawing in waterproof ink and then highlighting with watercolour. I enjoyed the session so much I completely lost track of time – in fact the picture was still wet when I came to…
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Banksy or not Banksy?
That is the question… Another discovery in our “grand tour” of London last week was this eye-catching piece of street art. It was stencilled on a blank wall somewhere in the maze of back streets between Picadilly and Oxford Street; I can’t tell you the exact location because we were zig-zagging merrily while trying to…
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Art in the Big Smoke
We’ve just got back from a few days away on a city break in London. We’d orginally planned a list of things to see and do, but for whatever reason blew out on most of them. Top of the list was a “secret” trail of noses in Soho – yes, really! around 30 sculptures of…
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