Original charcoal art by Fiona Glass
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One small step…
…for an artist… I’m busy getting ready for this year’s Windermere Art Society exhibition in August. With a total of seven new pieces of art to mount, title, frame and label, it’s surprisingly hard work. One down, six more to go!
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A morning at Sizergh Castle
We’ve had a super morning at nearby Sizergh castle, a Grade I Listed, 14th century pele tower with later additions and stunning gardens. It was lovely to wander around in the warm sunshine. I took lots of photos and even managed this quick pen and ink sketch of the castle.
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Sketching by Windermere
The forecast yesterday afternoon was for thunderstorms – absolutely typical as Windermere Art Society had an outdoor art session arranged. It didn’t look too threatening, though, so a handful of us went for it and had a smashing time. After one brief shower it cleared up and was warm and sunny enough to give me…
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Old Kendal bridge
The other day we had coffee outside the Waterside Cafe on the banks of the River Kent in Kendal. They were busy and the drinks took a while to come, so I whipped out my sketchbook and drew the view of Miller Bridge. It’s a lovely old structure which dates from 1818 and still carries…
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Green Door Artists
I’m absolutely delighted to announce that I’ve been accepted as a member of Green Door Artists’ collective / general support group, based in Kendal. It’s been a dream for the year and a half that I’ve been doing art, so you can imagine how excited I am! I’m really looking forward to getting to know…
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Outdoor art in the rain
A rather wet “outdoor” art session last night, hosted by the wonderful people at Calgarth Park near Windermere. A soggy day meant the outdoor element consisted of dashing out to take photos and then retreating to the (very comfortable) residents’ lounge to chat, drink coffee and draw. A lovely social event. This is the front…
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Rolling along…
There was supposed to be another outdoor art session for members of Windermere Art Society in Kendal yesterday. I really wanted to go because it was based in the grounds of Abbot Hall, a very beautiful Grade I Listed manor house on the banks of the River Kent, which would have been wonderful to sketch.…
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Engrossed in art…
Apparently I get very engrossed when I’m sketching… This was taken by a fellow Windermere Art Society member at the Library Gardens event the other week. I didn’t notice until afterwards!
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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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