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A sandcastle kind of day...
This is already week 5 of Summer of Colour and this week's colour combo was candy apple red and yellow. I have to admit that I really struggled with this one. I don't really like primary colours. I do...
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A lick of paint, some new door knobs and our week in photos!
Last sketch from the 75 day challenge - even the fish looks happy!!So I've had a lovely week with my sister, we even had some fabulous weather which saw us on sun loungers in the garden (apart from the...
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A farewell to summer (of colour)
Can you believe it's already the last week of the Summer of Colour challenge hosted by Kristin over at Twinkle Twinkle Like a Star?It really is my favourite challenge and I'm sad to see it end. This...
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The magnetic pull of the north...
'Sunrise and Silence' - Acrylic on Canvas 23.5cm x 30cmThis week, I've had a real urge to paint a landscape in acrylics based on the Big Skies, Little Planet idea just less whimsical but still not...
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I have an awesome art class give away for you!!
'Keep the home fires burning'- mini-canvasSo, now that I've got your attention, let me tell you all about it! I recently got an email from Craftsy.com wondering if I might like to offer one of their...
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A mosaic of summers past...
When I visited Denthe's blog on Friday she had created a mosaic to show her artwork for the the six weeks of Summer of Colour 2013 and put it together with the six weeks of Summer of Colour 2012 to see...
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An art class winner, mini art for sale and a new, old cat
'Dancing Skies' - mixed media mini canvasLast week I posted about a chance to win an on-line art class courtesy of Craftsy.com. They contacted me last night with the number of folk who entered and I...
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Give a dog a home...
Staffy pet portrait - acrylic on 5x5 inch box canvasWell, the last of the art shows is now over and in all I sold only one small painting which wasn't even one I thought was particularly good. It seems...
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Doodles in an old jotter...
It's funny how things come about. I was looking for a specific type of card recently and I couldn't find just the right one so I decided to create my own. I came across a quote that I really liked and...
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I'm not sure how to say this...
...'Gouache'. Really. Up until a few weeks ago I honestly didn't know how to pronounce it far less what it actually was. Perhaps that's why I'd never tried it before - the inability to actually ask for...
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Golly gouache, I think I like it!
Puffin in gouache on watercolour postcard Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by last week and told me how to pronounce 'gouache' (g'wash)!I spent this week completing my first ever gouache...
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A very gentle giant
'A gentle giant' - acrylic on box canvas 5x5 inchesBack to acrylics this week and my little mini dog portraits. This is one of the dogs at the shelter still awaiting his forever home. He's a Great...
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Make a little birdhouse in your soul...
It's been a productive week Chez McLean. I bought a box of 6 little birdhouses from Amazon a few weeks ago and as I've just signed up to take a stall at a Christmas Craft Fair in Caithness Horizons in...
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Sunshine and Snow!
'Puffin Christmas' - gouache on watercolour paperDid I mention that I'm going to Florida next week? No? Well, I'm off to Florida next week!!When my sister came to visit back in July, she told me that...
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It was a hoot!
Owl Birdhouse - balsa wood birdhouse painted in acrylicI got back from Florida on Monday night at midnight - I left on Sunday afternoon and it took a taxi journey, two flights, a bus journey, another...
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A view of Derry/Londonderry
'Peace Bridge, Derry/Londonderry' - Watercolour paint spatters & Indian InkThis week I've got something a little different from my normal subject matter. These are two pieces that I was asked to do...
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There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness...
Jotter Doodle - Chakrabbit - paint spatter watercolour & inkRecently I learnt about a really horrible way of hunting known as 'lamping' which involves big, strong, testosterone-filled men (or...
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The End of the Summer...
'The end of the summer' - acrylic pointillism on mini box canvas (5 x 5 inches)So, everywhere I look these days I see fields of gold with round bales of hay scattered all about them. It's a very clear...
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Inchmore Gallery - CD Art Exhibition
'Proud Phillip' - Pheasant in gouache 11.5 x 11.5 cmMy arty friend, Angela, is the font of all knowledge when it comes to what is going on in the art world up here in the far north of Scotland. She's...
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Snow birds...
...But not the kind with grey hair that flock to Florida for the winter months! This is the third of the painted birdhouses I'm doing for the Christmas fair. What with the clocks going back and winter...
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