Tag: Windermere
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Distant hills…
Does anyone else remember that old piece of music? It was the B side for Eye Level, way back in the days when music still came on little round bits of vinyl. I’m showing my age. Anyway, moving on… I had coffee with a friend at the Mission cafe in Windermere this morning, and couldn’t…
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Preview night
I had a super time last night with Other Half, four friends and at least a hundred other guests at the preview night for Windermere Art Society’s annual exhibition. The event was packed, sweltering and slightly exhausting – but a roaring success! Artwork is selling fast so come on down if you want to see…
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Windermere Art Society exhibition
It’s all hands on deck this weekend preparing for this year’s exhibition. I never realised how much sheer hard work was involved in terms of designing and putting up the stands, hanging all the pictures and getting all the other displays, payment systems, front desk etc set up. Hats off to the members who’ve been…
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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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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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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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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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Art on display
I’ve been forgetting to mention that two of my pictures (below) are on display (and *cough* for sale) in the Windermere Room at the Ladyholme Centre in Windermere. There are also artworks by other members of my monthly pastels group available and I’m genuinely blown away to have my art featured in such good company.…
fiona glass art 