Tag: Art
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Pictures at an exhibition
The Windermere Art Society exhibition is now open and includes four of my charcoal drawings (the top four in the photo) plus loads more fantastic artworks. It’s free to get in and there’s free parking so if you’re in the area why not call in? We’d love to see you! Ladyholme Centre, Lake Road, Windermere10.00…
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Acrylic mini canvases
I had a busy afternoon helping other (much more experienced) members of Windermere Art Society set up ready for the annual exhibition, which officially starts on Monday. This is the display of mini canvases painted (mostly in acrylics) by various society members – and me! Mine is the one roughly in the middle, with green…
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My first art exhibition!
I’m so excited that my work is being featured in this year’s Windermere Art Society exhibition, alongside many other works by the Society’s very talented members. Tomorrow is setting-up/hanging day and I’ll be helping out, as well as taking five of my pictures along – four charcoal drawings and an acrylic painting on a small…
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Outdoor sketch in the woods
There was an outdoor painting/sketching session for Windermere Art Society last night, and for once it (gasp) wasn’t raining! A group of us wandered down to the local beauty spot of Sheriffs Walk and although it was too dark under the trees to do much art, we took some photos and then headed back to…
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Under the sea in acrylics
This little painting is the result of a fun workshop session at Windermere Art Society earlier this year. One of the other members demonstrated how to use texture to build up interesting effects when using acrylic paints. The texture included sand and clean eggshells, broken up into small pieces. The textures inspired me to create…
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Expensive string!
I can’t quite believe I had to pay £5 for a ball of string the size of a golf ball yesterday! For that price I’d have expected spun gold… However, it’s exactly what I needed to finish off the framing/labelling of all my pictures for the (rapidly) upcoming Windermere Art Society exhibition, which kicks off…
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Swan drawing framed
Yay! That’s the first of my pictures all finished, framed and ready to go off to the Windermere Art Society exhibition in August. This charcoal drawing is based on a photo of a rather pushy swan I “met” by the lake shore in Bowness a few years ago. It was clearly after my sandwiches, so…
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Framing hell!
I’m running around madly this week, trying to get all four of my pictures titled, signed, framed, sealed and labelled in time for the Windermere Art Society exhibition. It’s a steep learning curve; although I’m not making the actual frames myself I’m having to get to grips with signing on the mount, sealing everything up…
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A colourful flower painting
Just because I usually work in charcoal doesn’t mean I’m not still experimenting with other materials! Here’s one I did a few months back. It’s based on a photograph I took at Dalemain, which is a stately home in northern Cumbria with the most gorgeous gardens. Most unusually, the butterfly stayed still long enough for…
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Shiny new business cards!
I designed and ordered some business cards to have ready to hand out/leave lying round at the Windermere Art Society exhibition next month. They’ve just arrived – and I’m so pleased with them! It’s always a bit of a toss-up ordering online as you don’t quite know how things will turn out. Colours can vary,…
fiona glass art 