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Lovely nettles. I do like seeing the beginnings of your paintings, backdrops for hanging the details on.
 
Not far from Uldale, north end of Skidaw - we used to love hearing the Curlews when camping out on the mountains.
 
Thank you for your kind comments, yes, brushes can be very uncooperative. Love your waves, we have had some whoppers here over the past couple of days.
 
Updating software can come at a cost, wonder if you can revert? AA may know.
Lovely fluid landscape. I like your trees and their placement and full praise to Popeye for sitting still for your fabulous sketch of him.
 
Good morning everyone from yet another billowing morning in the dark and dangerous north

The wonder wheel of salad days came in at 5.1 this am.

It seems that the good canine folk around the world are training dogs to sniff out Covid-19 and trials are on the go: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...sr1Z5fuaEjjbg_HMUSbL5kwFFWP84v6-QVUxtwJlmEQ-g
If you have to wear a mask and glasses during Covid-19 you may be entitled to condensation.
I’ll get my coat.
Have a great day if you can, welly boots at the ready, koffy in the pot.

 
dunelm said:
Updating software can come at a cost, wonder if you can revert? AA may know.
Lovely fluid landscape. I like your trees and their placement and full praise to Popeye for sitting still for your fabulous sketch of him.
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Thank you for the compliments @dunelm

I might go back to my first iPad...iPad 1...it was iOS5. I didn't know it was out of date when I bought it for a song, £75 in 2009/10 I think, I knew nothing of computers or tablets then). I was blissfully unaware of iOS updates then because it couldn't update beyond iOS5, until I bought my second iPad in 2016...then I discovered there was this thing called software updates....

My first iPad still has a very simple version of Procreate...my first iPad is still usable, and has some very old apps I like that are unobtainable now.

Unfortunately I deleted Procreate off my second iPad (I got this because of a camera which first iPad does not have), and Apple store won't let me download an older version of Procreate back on the second iPad
 

Wow! I love the dramatic power of this sketch...uplifting @dunelm
 
dunelm said:
Not far from Uldale, north end of Skidaw - we used to love hearing the Curlews when camping out on the mountains.
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Hi Dunelm, yes Curlew and Cuckoos and other birds are still in the high pastures which are unimproved. Their song in Spring was the continual backdrop in our cottage garden down here on the low side.

You must have been near the narrow road along the fell side.

When our two were young we use to take them sledging up near Dead Crag on the way to Skiddaw House on the slope down to the track.

I did a lot of bird atlas work for a number of tetrads including all of NY24.

When we came here on the low side between the sea and the mountains all the fields were unimproved hay meadow full of Curlew, Skylarks etc. It was converted to silage grasses and now there are no curlews when the air was full of curlew song in spring. I used to be able to count 40+ different bird species by song or sight in spring in 30mins in my garden.... it is sad we have lost so many.

Silage, and slurry have polluted the rivers since we lost the hay meadows. The dippers, grey wagtails and kingfishers are disappearing from the Waver.

I hope the next generation can turn it all round.
D.
 
geefull said:
@Muddy Cyclist - Hugs, I hope that your back pain subsides soon bringing you more comfort. I do like your plough sketch, the colourful boarding is great and I look forward with interest to the development of your next picture.
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Thank you.

That's a great wave the crest highlight and face detail worked well.
 
Two very different but well drawn digital art. I like both and successful even with software update problems.

Thank you for your appreciation of my watercolours.
 
A 6.1 this morning and blue skies following earlier rain. No gardening today as I have other stuff planned but I might do some tomorrow.

@gennepher I updated to 14.1 this morning so went to check response speed. I remember you saying before about not being able to use the pen so I tested with a finger. I have a two-year-old iPad and it seems ok, I don't notice any lag. You can rollback the software but personally I never think it's a good idea with Apple. Here's a how-to if you need it https://www.imore.com/how-to-downgrade-ios

Enjoy the day

EDIT If you don't normally back up your iPad then don't rollback as you will have to restore everything from scratch
 
That's a real cliff hanger from you today, a fine dramatic piece of art.
 
Good Morning and 6.2 for me today.

A fine bright and less windy morning here, my back is still Hurting, so frustrating, more rest for me I guess.

Do the best you can with time today. Keep safe.
 

Hi @Alien Aspie

I am the Queen of backup!
I backup things every which way before I attempt anything

This iPad Pro I bought Jan 2017 I think. (My previous iPad2 had been nothing but problems, been back etc etc & finally a friend downloaded a whole music library to it & set it up with a boom box in front room so I can blast my head off...not directly attached to processor but the vibration all around). So, this iPad Pro, I am using now) is nearly 4 years old.

But I won’t rollback the software (thanks for the link, and explaining) because I tried to rollback the iPhone software, after updating software, when those disastrous tremendously loud sound alerts came directly into head via the processor last year. It didn’t work.
 

Can I ask why you won't download the newer Procreate on the iPad Pro?
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
Good Morning and 6.2 for me today.

A fine bright and less windy morning here, my back is still Hurting, so frustrating, more rest for me I guess.

Do the best you can with time today. Keep safe.
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You rest @Muddy Cyclist
You might still think you still have that 17 year old body (I do!). You do tremendously with your strenuous cycle rides, and they are important to you. So take care of yourself so you can continue with them.

By the way, I don’t take my own advice, I will be up a ladder in the garage loft in a few minutes...and I don’t have a head for heights...
 
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