Tag: Windermere Art Society
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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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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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Cumbria Local Arts exhibition 2026
Another morning in Grasmere visiting the amazing Cumbria Local Atrs exhibition. It’s hard to believe that this time last year I dreamed of one day being accepted for this – and now here I am with 3 pictures on display and another in reserve. It’s been an exciting journey of discovery, and one I’m incredibly…
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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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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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A snowy scene
There was another fun and informative session on watercolours at Windermere Art Society last night. This one focussed on using a limited palette, blending and semi-abstract techniques to make quick paintings of snow. I’m quite proud of the one I did, especially the barbed wire fence. 😁 (I also used a rigger brush for the…
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Rocky!
There was a workshop on painting rocks in watercolour at last night’s Windermere Art Society meeting – very useful for Lake District landscapes!! This is my first attempt…
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First sale!
Absolutely delighted (aka running around the house shrieking) to learn that this picture sold at the Windermere Art Society exhibition yesterday! Called ‘Ladies Who Munch’, it’s a charcoal drawing of two Herdwick sheep I photographed in a field near Keswick in the Lake District a few years ago. This is my first ever “proper” 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…
fiona glass art 