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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7

Painting for today in Procreate...
And I have no inspiration. My mind is a total blank...
Cat is asleep on my lap.
Mrs Blackbird keeps coming up to my window and looking at me "Aren't you being let out of your cage today?", she seems to be saying...

Here is my painting done this afternoon while I have no thoughts at all in my head...

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And I thought, obviously quite wrongly that it was only us blokes that can think of absolutely nothing. :)

A meander through a world of bubbles, care free and open minded to what adventure awaits. An innocent and pleasing piece of art.
 
jjraak said:
Sure they all do, once we get adopted.

Looks happy and contented.
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He is a disabled cat, can't jump or run fast and has many broken teeth. Poss car accident? Then again his absolute terror of humans implies something else. It took nearly a year and lockdown to gain his confidence. Think being a stray was really tough for him.
 
good evening all :)

4.6 yesterday and 4.8 today

serves me right for doing very little yesterday except finish knitting my sweater sleeves :sorry: to be fair it would have been an exercise in trying to stay upright to venture outside up here in the windy North :hilarious:

We went over to Mum's today and we levelled, tamped and topdressed the bit of garden the plumber had been working in ;) and I trimmed some of the frost burned hedge down her drive, it may be a lost cause, it looks worse now than it did a week ago :(

Hope your day is treating you well :)

@dunelm - love the grape vine though the helicopter gave me a fright, I thought it was a big spider :D
and your picture today, looks like the young grapes just starting to swell :)

bigger than A3 paper, woah! it takes me all my time to psych myself up to A4 :hilarious:

@gennepher - furry godfather :hilarious: like the sky, very calm, we had one like it here today, for all of 5 minutes between the showers ;) and I like today's painting, the scintillating 'bokeh' effect works well and it has an optimistic and relaxed feel :)

@RFSMarch - nice to see you :) and glad that you feel there is some progress even if it's not exactly what you want. I second @jjraak 's suggestion of Subway, they will do you a big customised salad based around the range of fillings you can get on a sub.

@Muddy Cyclist - Hugs for the sore muscles, you're a brave man going after tree roots ;) When we first moved here there was a whopping old and very wild rose 'bush' just outside the back door, we chopped through as many roots as we could get to with a spade and still nearly dragged the backside out of our car trying to get the root out :D
Nice' shot' of the Loire and there do seem to be a lot of chateaux in that area ;)
I like both the starts you have made today, impressive sky in the first and I already love the way you have handled the water in the second :joyful:

@lindisfel - we're lucky to get a varied palette of birdlife and watchers in our area too what with Loch Eye and the Nigg Bay nature reserve :)

art bit -

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geefull said:
good evening all :)

4.6 yesterday and 4.8 today

serves me right for doing very little yesterday except finish knitting my sweater sleeves :sorry: to be fair it would have been an exercise in trying to stay upright to venture outside up here in the windy North :hilarious:

We went over to Mum's today and we levelled, tamped and topdressed the bit of garden the plumber had been working in ;) and I trimmed some of the frost burned hedge down her drive, it may be a lost cause, it looks worse now than it did a week ago :(

Hope your day is treating you well :)

@dunelm - love the grape vine though the helicopter gave me a fright, I thought it was a big spider :D
and your picture today, looks like the young grapes just starting to swell :)

bigger than A3 paper, woah! it takes me all my time to psych myself up to A4 :hilarious:

@gennepher - furry godfather :hilarious: like the sky, very calm, we had one like it here today, for all of 5 minutes between the showers ;) and I like today's painting, the scintillating 'bokeh' effect works well and it has an optimistic and relaxed feel :)

@RFSMarch - nice to see you :) and glad that you feel there is some progress even if it's not exactly what you want. I second @jjraak 's suggestion of Subway, they will do you a big customised salad based around the range of fillings you can get on a sub.

@Muddy Cyclist - Hugs for the sore muscles, you're a brave man going after tree roots ;) When we first moved here there was a whopping old and very wild rose 'bush' just outside the back door, we chopped through as many roots as we could get to with a spade and still nearly dragged the backside out of our car trying to get the root out :D
Nice' shot' of the Loire and there do seem to be a lot of chateaux in that area ;)
I like both the starts you have made today, impressive sky in the first and I already love the way you have handled the water in the second :joyful:

@lindisfel - we're lucky to get a varied palette of birdlife and watchers in our area too what with Loch Eye and the Nigg Bay nature reserve :)

art bit -

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Foolish man rather than brave. These roots are over a foot thick and I have found four of them.

Thanks for liking my watercolours.

I do like the way you have used layers of washes in your landscape today. That touch if light in the sky on the horizon works very well and is so well seen. Good suggested foreground grasses. A good piece of art.
 
geefull said:
good evening all :)

4.6 yesterday and 4.8 today

serves me right for doing very little yesterday except finish knitting my sweater sleeves :sorry: to be fair it would have been an exercise in trying to stay upright to venture outside up here in the windy North :hilarious:

We went over to Mum's today and we levelled, tamped and topdressed the bit of garden the plumber had been working in ;) and I trimmed some of the frost burned hedge down her drive, it may be a lost cause, it looks worse now than it did a week ago :(

Hope your day is treating you well :)

@dunelm - love the grape vine though the helicopter gave me a fright, I thought it was a big spider :D
and your picture today, looks like the young grapes just starting to swell :)

bigger than A3 paper, woah! it takes me all my time to psych myself up to A4 :hilarious:

@gennepher - furry godfather :hilarious: like the sky, very calm, we had one like it here today, for all of 5 minutes between the showers ;) and I like today's painting, the scintillating 'bokeh' effect works well and it has an optimistic and relaxed feel :)

@RFSMarch - nice to see you :) and glad that you feel there is some progress even if it's not exactly what you want. I second @jjraak 's suggestion of Subway, they will do you a big customised salad based around the range of fillings you can get on a sub.

@Muddy Cyclist - Hugs for the sore muscles, you're a brave man going after tree roots ;) When we first moved here there was a whopping old and very wild rose 'bush' just outside the back door, we chopped through as many roots as we could get to with a spade and still nearly dragged the backside out of our car trying to get the root out :D
Nice' shot' of the Loire and there do seem to be a lot of chateaux in that area ;)
I like both the starts you have made today, impressive sky in the first and I already love the way you have handled the water in the second :joyful:

@lindisfel - we're lucky to get a varied palette of birdlife and watchers in our area too what with Loch Eye and the Nigg Bay nature reserve :)

art bit -

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Thank you for the painting compliments @geefull
:)

A great painting, of a sky that could change at any moment. There is incredible detail and depth in that painting.
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
And I thought, obviously quite wrongly that it was only us blokes that can think of absolutely nothing. :)

A meander through a world of bubbles, care free and open minded to what adventure awaits. An innocent and pleasing piece of art.
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Thank you for the painting compliment :)
It is peaceful thinking of nothing...
 
geefull said:
good evening all :)

4.6 yesterday and 4.8 today

serves me right for doing very little yesterday except finish knitting my sweater sleeves :sorry: to be fair it would have been an exercise in trying to stay upright to venture outside up here in the windy North :hilarious:

We went over to Mum's today and we levelled, tamped and topdressed the bit of garden the plumber had been working in ;) and I trimmed some of the frost burned hedge down her drive, it may be a lost cause, it looks worse now than it did a week ago :(

Hope your day is treating you well :)

@dunelm - love the grape vine though the helicopter gave me a fright, I thought it was a big spider :D
and your picture today, looks like the young grapes just starting to swell :)

bigger than A3 paper, woah! it takes me all my time to psych myself up to A4 :hilarious:

@gennepher - furry godfather :hilarious: like the sky, very calm, we had one like it here today, for all of 5 minutes between the showers ;) and I like today's painting, the scintillating 'bokeh' effect works well and it has an optimistic and relaxed feel :)

@RFSMarch - nice to see you :) and glad that you feel there is some progress even if it's not exactly what you want. I second @jjraak 's suggestion of Subway, they will do you a big customised salad based around the range of fillings you can get on a sub.

@Muddy Cyclist - Hugs for the sore muscles, you're a brave man going after tree roots ;) When we first moved here there was a whopping old and very wild rose 'bush' just outside the back door, we chopped through as many roots as we could get to with a spade and still nearly dragged the backside out of our car trying to get the root out :D
Nice' shot' of the Loire and there do seem to be a lot of chateaux in that area ;)
I like both the starts you have made today, impressive sky in the first and I already love the way you have handled the water in the second :joyful:

@lindisfel - we're lucky to get a varied palette of birdlife and watchers in our area too what with Loch Eye and the Nigg Bay nature reserve :)

art bit -

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Hi geeful,
I well remember seeing Red kites on and near the Black Isle, and the sea duck and Divers are good on the Firth.
It is a great place for cetaceans as well.

And the whole area has it own birdlife, there is lot to sèe with Ospreys most days and we havent started on its natural beauty !
Like dunelm, you are on the East coast flyway for migrants.
Best wishes
Derek
 
Good Morning and 5.9 for me today. I did not expect such a high score as last night's meal of stuffed aubergine had no rice, pasta, cuscus or anything carbs other than a few chopped almonds.

Tree root removal day, I hope. I am still tired and aching from cutting it down two days ago and moving all the wood yesterday so how digging down to clear roots for sons chainsaw massacre is going to effect me I have no idea. The joys of age, I need a painting in the loft as @lindisfel friend has.:)

Wet and very windy here, although we have just had the most wonderful light and deep blues in the sky. So digging root either in sou'wester or birthday suit.

Keep safe enjoy the wonders of the world.
 
Fbg 6.7

My digital painting for today.
No thoughts.
Just playing with different paint effects in Procreate...

This painting became 'Memories'.
But there was no such thought when I began painting.
It was simply, initially, playing with, and investigating how to alter the different painting tools in Procreate...

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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7

Painting for today in Procreate...
And I have no inspiration. My mind is a total blank...
Cat is asleep on my lap.
Mrs Blackbird keeps coming up to my window and looking at me "Aren't you being let out of your cage today?", she seems to be saying...

Here is my painting done this afternoon while I have no thoughts at all in my head...

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A forest of bubble thoughts and not a care in the world
 
geefull said:
good evening all :)

4.6 yesterday and 4.8 today

serves me right for doing very little yesterday except finish knitting my sweater sleeves :sorry: to be fair it would have been an exercise in trying to stay upright to venture outside up here in the windy North :hilarious:

We went over to Mum's today and we levelled, tamped and topdressed the bit of garden the plumber had been working in ;) and I trimmed some of the frost burned hedge down her drive, it may be a lost cause, it looks worse now than it did a week ago :(

Hope your day is treating you well :)

@dunelm - love the grape vine though the helicopter gave me a fright, I thought it was a big spider :D
and your picture today, looks like the young grapes just starting to swell :)

bigger than A3 paper, woah! it takes me all my time to psych myself up to A4 :hilarious:

@gennepher - furry godfather :hilarious: like the sky, very calm, we had one like it here today, for all of 5 minutes between the showers ;) and I like today's painting, the scintillating 'bokeh' effect works well and it has an optimistic and relaxed feel :)

@RFSMarch - nice to see you :) and glad that you feel there is some progress even if it's not exactly what you want. I second @jjraak 's suggestion of Subway, they will do you a big customised salad based around the range of fillings you can get on a sub.

@Muddy Cyclist - Hugs for the sore muscles, you're a brave man going after tree roots ;) When we first moved here there was a whopping old and very wild rose 'bush' just outside the back door, we chopped through as many roots as we could get to with a spade and still nearly dragged the backside out of our car trying to get the root out :D
Nice' shot' of the Loire and there do seem to be a lot of chateaux in that area ;)
I like both the starts you have made today, impressive sky in the first and I already love the way you have handled the water in the second :joyful:

@lindisfel - we're lucky to get a varied palette of birdlife and watchers in our area too what with Loch Eye and the Nigg Bay nature reserve :)

art bit -

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Thank you @geefull - always a tiny helicopter in there somewhere. I am sure that the garden will contribute to it’s repair.
Like the hints of grasses and the shape to the trees. Very pleasing.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7

My digital painting for today.
No thoughts.
Just playing with different paint effects in Procreate...

This painting became 'Memories'.
But there was no such thought when I began painting.
It was simply, initially, playing with, and investigating how to alter the different painting tools in Procreate...

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Click to expand...
Interesting where our non-conscious thoughts take us to without us even being aware of the journey.
 
5.5 on this wet and windy morning. Admin went really well yesterday. Zoom not quite so well as some class members experienced technical issues - which did disrupt the smooth running of the class a bit.

No lunch break today - but I stop at 3.15pm so can have a lovely relaxing evening.
 
Good morning everyone from a very we and dreary start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north
The wonder wheel of Caldo-Verde and some home made bread came in at a banging 5.0 this am

Lovely bright day yesterday so out of the door by 0830 - round the park with the girl in the bubble and then down onto the prom and and then a walk back along the sea wall. Not very many people about but did not stray into the High Street.
New batch of turmeric tea make, cooled and now residing in the fridge. My latest purchase of turmeric roots are extremely good - sometimes they can be a bit small and not fully orange inside. Work continues faffing on with the bay windows - Mrs Miggins in now replacing the second of the curtain rails - my job being removal and salvage operative with the old ones and duty rawl plug remover and hole filler - there is probably a trade union or even a guild for these very delicate skills. When we were in Army quarters and it came to move - accommodation had to be handed over in pristine condition - toothpaste was the go to hole filler once picture hangings were removed - I imagine over the years that whole strips of wall would be entirely made of toothpaste (not that pink powered stuff that you got in a tin though -, nor the stripey stuff).

Art thing. I had fiddled about with the grape vines, adding some colour, but the outcome was not too good - never mind. I had a go at a misty morning instead. A4 on unsized rice paper. Hope everyone has a pleasant Saturday (other day’s available on request as long as social distancing rules are applied). Time for koffy.


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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7

My digital painting for today.
No thoughts.
Just playing with different paint effects in Procreate...

This painting became 'Memories'.
But there was no such thought when I began painting.
It was simply, initially, playing with, and investigating how to alter the different painting tools in Procreate...

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Click to expand...
More uncharted adventures on a voyage of discovery, both imaginative and new skill levels found in your art today. It will be interesting to see where this mindless wandering will take you.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a very we and dreary start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north
The wonder wheel of Caldo-Verde and some home made bread came in at a banging 5.0 this am

Lovely bright day yesterday so out of the door by 0830 - round the park with the girl in the bubble and then down onto the prom and and then a walk back along the sea wall. Not very many people about but did not stray into the High Street.
New batch of turmeric tea make, cooled and now residing in the fridge. My latest purchase of turmeric roots are extremely good - sometimes they can be a bit small and not fully orange inside. Work continues faffing on with the bay windows - Mrs Miggins in now replacing the second of the curtain rails - my job being removal and salvage operative with the old ones and duty rawl plug remover and hole filler - there is probably a trade union or even a guild for these very delicate skills. When we were in Army quarters and it came to move - accommodation had to be handed over in pristine condition - toothpaste was the go to hole filler once picture hangings were removed - I imagine over the years that whole strips of wall would be entirely made of toothpaste (not that pink powered stuff that you got in a tin though -, nor the stripey stuff).

Art thing. I had fiddled about with the grape vines, adding some colour, but the outcome was not too good - never mind. I had a go at a misty morning instead. A4 on unsized rice paper. Hope everyone has a pleasant Saturday (other day’s available on request as long as social distancing rules are applied). Time for koffy.


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The skill of hole filling, too much filler and you have a the Alps, too little and you have a Meteorite Crater. :)

Good misty start to the art today. Like the colour and streaks in the sky, also the Chinese version of Lowry fishermen creeping into the picture. :)
 
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