Original art by Fiona Glass
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Secret noses!
Apparently there’s a whole art trail of nose sculptures in and around Soho (the London one), which has been there for 30 years. It’s so secret I’d certainly never heard about it, but now I’m filled with curiosity and need to get to London to see them for myself! You can find out more at…
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Loot!
I’ve been under the weather with a flu bug for the last couple of weeks, and to cheer myself up I ordered a lovely big tin of coloured pastel pencils. They arrived today, look smashing, and I can’t wait to start trying them out! A worthwhile treat…
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Charcoal trees
I’ve had flu for the last fortnight and haven’t been posting as much as usual, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been doing art. This was the result of the most recent session at Windermere Art Society, on charcoal trees. Excellent demo as always and then we were let loose on the materials… The trees…
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Trying dry point etching
Last time at Windermere Art Society we had a demo and workshop on dry point etching, using takeaway container foil lids as templates to scratch our designs into. I couldn’t manage the inking as I couldn’t get gloves on over my recently sprained thumb, but the tutor kindly did that bit for me and I…
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Frames – with a bonus view!
I bought some extra picture frames ready for the next exhibition from Morecambe yesterday and while we were there we had a lovely long walk along the promenade in brilliant winter sunshine. Who needs “abroad” with views like this?!
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Bridge House in pen and ink
I was determined to do something arty on Thursday in spite of the art society session being cancelled (ice at venue, very understandable). So I grabbed paper, fineliner pen and a photo I took of the Bridge House at Ambleside a few days ago and set to work to produce this. The proportions aren’t 100%…
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Practising watercolour flowers
I saw a new technique for painting flowers (and leaves) in watercolour on Instagram recently and thought I’d give it a go. Some came out better than others, but I had a LOT of fun trying! I can’t wait to try it on other subjects…
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A new exhibition
So on 1st December I took a very deep breath and applied to enter the Cumbria Local Arts exhibition for the first time ever – and heard 2 days later that I’d been accepted!! The event happens in Grasmere in April next year and you can bet I’ll be posting more details nearer the time……
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Cartmel Priory gatehouse #2
And this is the other side of the medieval priory gatehouse in Cartmel, Cumbria. My hand was shaking a bit when I was drawing this yesterday (long-term wrist injury, sigh) so it’s a bit… scratchier than I’d have liked. But you start to get a sense of just how massive it is – and I…
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New pen drawing
I messed around with a fineliner pen again last night while watching the snooker and this is the result. It’s the wonderful medieval priory gatehouse in Cartmel which I’ve been itching to draw for a while. Some of the perspectives were quite complex but I’m pleased with the way it came out…
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