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geefull said:
good evening all :)

4.5 this morning

off out today to the charity big shed to swap out mr. gee's catalogue and repair work for the week, now we're just going in to pick up the quarantined things donated during the week and take back the items which could be repaired and cleaned, ready tagged for sale from last week's pick up ;)

when we got back the weather had moved from 'miserable and overcast' to sunny so we had a good walk round the village :)

Hope your day is treating you well :)

@SlimLizzy - well so long as 'cat' is happy, though the French version is pleasing too :)

@gennepher - that's a lovely painting, it sparks so many mental images, big hug for your trying day though, glad today is looking a bit calmer :)

@dunelm - three interesting images with their range of brush strokes, the coloured brush pens look like an interesting tool to try and they make a joyous splash of colour :)

@Alien Aspie - interesting image, you've achieved a real fluid look :)

@Muddy Cyclist - I like your pencil sketch very much it has a great feeling of depth and I can already feel the distant landscape of your new work :) looking forward to seeing it's development.

art bit - didn't do any art yesterday :sorry: ended up reading so will have to catch up over the next couple of days.

this one was a calm morning, all the valleys were full of mist, the land spit used to be a ferry point many years ago

sorry for the weird splats at the top left hand corner where the paint got under the tape holding the paper down :sorry:

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Thank you. Wonderfully tranquil painting - what is at the end of the jetty?
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
Good Morning and 6.2 for me today.

Mrs MC says I have to get the house back in order this morning after our let's do every room decorating spree. So she came up with a plan, Mrs MC is off to ride her horse, I'm doing the getting house in order. :banghead:

Lost my Aunty who was my Godmother yesterday, she was a month of being 100, the sad thing is that my cousins were not allowed to visit her once she had gone into hospital a week ago, must have been so frightening for her, difficult times.

Master time today, once it's gone it's gone. Keep safe.
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Very sad, condolences to you and your family
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.2

No idea what the Beeb whether app says, it is so contrary but I see some blue sky and sun out there. But will it stay...
This time of year, as I am a bit high up the sun doesn't reach the ground in my back garden until nearly spring, although it shines on the roof of Popeye"s potting shed all winter. Potting shed is warmer than this bungalow in winter...

My painting for today...
I had a wobble as I started it, I just mentally went downhill, for no apparent reason, apart from all the rubbish going on around us these days. I know we are in the red alert area in Wales, which is why we got another strict lockdown a fortnight ago and more rules. But the council site says it is going to become stricter. I don't think anyone cares round here any more. They don't in my road. They are behaving as in pre-Covid times in every way. And next door is having their grandchildren and family over daily. Which is a no no in current rules. I give up.

So I painted over it and over it and over it. It started in iPastels. Painted over and over it with many layers of digital pastels. Disaster. Went into Procreate. About a 100 layers later, my wobble had gone. There is no rhyme or reason to this painting, apart from painting the wobble out of my head.

Cat, Popeye, wouldn't sleep with me again last night, he told me my wobble hadn't gone. I fell asleep and he came back in the bedroom and sat on my chest and woke me up to tell me my wobble had gone, and I was relaxed enough to sleep on....

He is going to find himself shut in the potting shed shortly, the sun is shining on it, and I can catch up on sleep...

So this is my offering for today.

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Glad that you sorted out your wobble. Your painting reflects it, showing the light at the end of the tunnel as through a modern stained glass window.
 
jjraak said:
Sorry to hear about your aunt passing. @Muddy Cyclist
Awful time for the family, especially given the circumstances...may she rest in peace.
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Thank you. Ironically she had been asking for my Uncle ( her husband long passed) to come and fetch her, he did on his birthday. My cousins are not sure if he will rest in peace for much longer. :)
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.2

No idea what the Beeb whether app says, it is so contrary but I see some blue sky and sun out there. But will it stay...
This time of year, as I am a bit high up the sun doesn't reach the ground in my back garden until nearly spring, although it shines on the roof of Popeye"s potting shed all winter. Potting shed is warmer than this bungalow in winter...

My painting for today...
I had a wobble as I started it, I just mentally went downhill, for no apparent reason, apart from all the rubbish going on around us these days. I know we are in the red alert area in Wales, which is why we got another strict lockdown a fortnight ago and more rules. But the council site says it is going to become stricter. I don't think anyone cares round here any more. They don't in my road. They are behaving as in pre-Covid times in every way. And next door is having their grandchildren and family over daily. Which is a no no in current rules. I give up.

So I painted over it and over it and over it. It started in iPastels. Painted over and over it with many layers of digital pastels. Disaster. Went into Procreate. About a 100 layers later, my wobble had gone. There is no rhyme or reason to this painting, apart from painting the wobble out of my head.

Cat, Popeye, wouldn't sleep with me again last night, he told me my wobble hadn't gone. I fell asleep and he came back in the bedroom and sat on my chest and woke me up to tell me my wobble had gone, and I was relaxed enough to sleep on....

He is going to find himself shut in the potting shed shortly, the sun is shining on it, and I can catch up on sleep...

So this is my offering for today.

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Very pleasing piece of work. Like @dunelm i thought of modern stained glass catching the early morning sun.
 
HarryBeau said:
Morning...worked last night began at 13:00 finally finished after 01:00 shattered this morning...switching the heating on and brewing another coffee I need it...a potter round today & a little tidying is all I'm aiming for...woke to a 6.5...keep safe everyone.
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That's the same sort of day I'm aiming for a slow potter and paperwork / internet catch up :-)
 
Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen and all who are suffering the passing of relatives and friends.

A surprising 7.2 this morning, complex this diabetes malarkey. Give me and me's quantum mechanics any day.

Some interesting posts and paintings in the last 24 hours. Please don't stop posting the artwork. Mrs J has had a go at a few of the painting programs, but is not impressed and my comment about learning how to use these programs met with me retreating into the garden taking cover behind some rose bushes.
 
dunelm said:
Glad that you sorted out your wobble. Your painting reflects it, showing the light at the end of the tunnel as through a modern stained glass window.
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Thank you @dunelm
It sometimes takes a serious amount of painting to get out of the wobble. If this were real paints and paper, acrylics, or encaustic wax painting, or gel printing which is my go to for this, before I really started painting digitally, then you would have literally a mountain of work in one day. Which is stored in boxes in the garage...
Thank you for the compliment.
 
alf_Josiah said:
Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen and all who are suffering the passing of relatives and friends.

A surprising 7.2 this morning, complex this diabetes malarkey. Give me and me's quantum mechanics any day.

Some interesting posts and paintings in the last 24 hours. Please don't stop posting the artwork. Mrs J has had a go at a few of the painting programs, but is not impressed and my comment about learning how to use these programs met with me retreating into the garden taking cover behind some rose bushes.
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Oh dear @alf_Josiah
What a to do...
 
Had a walk from home this am for a couple of miles. A lot of the trees have been stripped of their leaves by the winds and some species have not turned yet but here is a sample of some colour.
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16.10.2020.
7.40am FBG 5.8
No granola, so scrambled eggs and a very small slice(can19g be called a slice?)of wholemeal toast with peanut butter.
BG one hour 7.4
Two hours and ten mins, BG 6.0
We took Cat out shopping today. Experiment to see how/if he settled. He absolutely hated it and has rubbed his face raw in one place, where there was a previous injury, trying to get out of his transport box.
Am thinking of going back to the crates... awkward as they were at least he didn't hurt himself in them.
@Muddy Cyclist how sad for all your family, with no chance to say goodbye.
And for your Aunty to be cared for by strangers. Life can be very hard at times.
Much sympathy to you all.
 
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