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  1. LyndaG

    LyndaG Super Gardener

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    All the above pictures are really lovely, I really wish I had a talent for drawing, but I never improved past the five year old stage (literally) it is my worst failure, but the thing I loved most at school! Very frustrating!
     
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      LyndaG....I bet your stick men are as good as mine!!! :lunapic 130165696578242 5: I can't draw to save my life, Ive never been able to, to be honest it frustrates me, my mum can draw anything, I guess we can't all be good at the same things!
      We have some excellent artists on here, well done & thanks for sharing all those great drawings :blue thumb:
       
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      • Dips

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        Gave janes suggestion of a bee a go today

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        I used water soluble pencils, tipex and 0.3 pen

        Honestly im chuffed with it. I like it so much its replaced some old art foundation work and made it into one of the frames that line the wall up my stairs.

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        • Dips

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          So not a drawing or a painting but my version of a modern art installation :snork:

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          After all what else are you suppose to do with empty coke bottles surely the logical answer is always pour acrylic paint into them and display them on a window sill lol

          such a pain to dust tho! so i kind of don't :heehee:



          sketch wise tho im working on a hydrangea. I'm only part of the way through at the moment

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          Going to be doing a blue flower series that I will be selling to raise money for the charity Invest in ME during may as its ME awareness month/week/day then

          im hoping someone will want to buy them. So far i can only think of a blue poppy, glory of the snow, grape hyacinth and forgot me not that are blue so if anyone has any blue plant suggestions that would be amazing!
           
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            Just as an idea I've just quickly grabbed a couple of photos of Mrs Shiney's blue paintings. I didn't bother to take them off the wall and photograph them properly, without reflections and in proper light, as this thread is not her showcase.

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            • Dips

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              @shiney they are lovely and so delicate looking. Tell her i'm quite jealous as I cant do delicate lol

              and i wouldn't expect you to take them off the wall and photography them properly because frankly that is just long

              what is the second flower? i know it and the name is somewhere in my head but i cant seem to find it right now
               
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              @Dips It's Morning Glory :blue thumb:

              She has done some really lovely delicate paintings but doesn't restrict herself just to those. :)
               
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              • Dips

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                I did a morning glory shiney.

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                And here are the rest of my blue flowers im selling to raise money for invest in me

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                • Dips

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                  Also done flower post cards for an exhibition

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                  And postcards of llangollen for the exhibition too

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                  Then just finished this birthday card today. Its for a girl who has been in hospital 7 months now with severe ME. She turns 19 this month and her mum has asked people to send in cards so i made this one. Her mum said her fav flower is pink roses so i hope she likes it

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                    One I did last week outside an abandoned barn. Reckon I will submit it to that exhibition.....
                     
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                      Yep def Jane. That one really speaks to me i like it
                       
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                        Thanks Dips. I keep thinking I should add colour to them though. As I think some look rather sparse.
                         
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                        Noooo dont i like the sparseness its cold and isolated and quiet and i think thats why it works because it makes it beautiful.

                        I think anything else would make it overworked
                         
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                          my first order in my seren sketches shop has been paid for :-)

                          it was a custom order for a forget me not drawing

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                          i find forget me nots really hard to draw for some reason

                          anyway this has just been packaged up and is off to america :-)
                           
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