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Flutterby
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I love painting and am a local amateur painter have got an N.V.Q. Level 4. I sell locally but not recently. I work as an Art technican, which involves allsorts really! I think more should be done in schools as painting is a good way of helping children communicate and deal with stress, adults too !
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Stanley
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Posted - 15/01/2007 : 15:13
Must be the nicotine and whisky........
Stanley Challenger Graham
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marilyn
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Posted - 16/01/2007 : 05:33
What does the term 'wet on wet' mean? (  )
Does it help the creative streak if one is a bit of a 'tippler', do you think?
I can't make cards or do any kinds of crafts requiring glue. I was going to say I have a problem with glue.....but...errr....I didn't mean it like that. (Images of Maz inhaling deeply over the Clag pot are not true). What I meant was, I get in a real mess with glue and before I know it, I am stuck to every available surface in the room. Thankfully I am much more dextrous with a needle and thread.
get your people to phone my people and we will do lunch...MAZ |
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Posted - 16/01/2007 : 05:57
Hello Maz. Does sound a bit arty know all doesn't it? Wet in wet is a watercolour technique where you allow one colour to dry a little on the paper, then paint into it with another colour. You can be lucky and pick this method up straight away or, like me, sometimes make a total mess of it. The secret is timing as you want the first wash to be still wet but not so much as just allow the colours to blend. If you leave it too long you end up with cauliflowers on the paper where the second wash has bled into a drying wash. Its a great method for creating misty or distant scenes in landscapes.
I would think you could get similar effects with acrylics if you use them as a watercolour ie. loads of water.
I wish I could paint as well as I can talk/write about it! Nolic
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Stanley
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Posted - 16/01/2007 : 08:05
But is doing it 'well' really the point? I know nothing about painting but I know about cutting metal and the joy to me is that you've changed something with your hand and brain. I have an idea that this is the therapeutical bit. When I'm in the workshop with a problem time flies by, I'll bet it's the same with painting. After all, any activity like these is a form of control over the medium, whatever it is, the sense of achievement is a real boost and I reckon this is because you have exercised independent control, a very deep need in human beings. (Sorry, I was getting a bit deep there I think!)
Stanley Challenger Graham
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belle
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Posted - 16/01/2007 : 09:31
Maz, I'm just like you with the glue... can't even pull out a line of Sellotape and stick it down without it all getting in a mess. I have a little bug bear about Art shops stocking so much craft material (please don't get upset those who can do both) to me Art is one thing and Craft is another. When i do my summer school , because there are lots of other activities going on, on site, people are always coming up to me and asking if I can do a sign for them or make a mask, etc, I have to explain "I don't do gluing and sticking, I'm not a sign writer, I am an artist... I can do Art." Now I realise this site is probably full of people who can do both... but I am not one of them.
Nolic... uncle Stanley's right...it is the joy of doing the thing... yes it is very frustrating not to have the finished result you want, but that's what drives you to do it again...the beleif that you can improve... my Art teacher used to say "The day you like what you have painted, is the day you stop growing and you've lost it as an Artist."
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Posted - 16/01/2007 : 10:16
As well as paint, I like to have a go at lots of crafts. My end products are not perfect by any means but I did it. I enjoy the challenge. At the moment I am making a coat, I am sure it will be no where near as good as a bought one, but I will like wearing it because I set myself a challenge and will have completed it ( hopefully). Its similar to research. Set a target , plan it out, do it and hopefully achieve something. Use it all as a learning experience and build on it, and improve with practice
Its a shame my typing doesn't improve with practice!
Sue
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Vee
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Posted - 16/01/2007 : 18:51
If there wasn't a challenge, then it would be boring and you wouldn't want to do it. The challenge creates the interest and the finish product gives you the satisfaction, and everytime you do it you get just that bit better. Then it becomes like a 'red rag to a bull' with yet more motivation to carry on and do better.
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Posted - 16/01/2007 : 19:30
Sorry and I forgot to mention - the fact that it is also relaxing and removes the stresses and strains of everyday life........
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marilyn
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Posted - 16/01/2007 : 21:44
Love all these little smiley things. I have resisted clicking on them because I encountered something similar before and clicked on one and it just went ahead and installed a whole new email system to my computer. Febby was a mite cross with me and spent all evening removing it because after a few hours we had about 30 spam messages. We are spam free normally. Are they just smileys.....or does their cuteness go deeper Vee?
get your people to phone my people and we will do lunch...MAZ |
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Posted - 16/01/2007 : 22:12
Maz they are ace and free. Also I have had a bad experience before like you were saying but not with these. There is loads:-
 animals  communication  emotion  entertainment  hobbies  holidays  humour  love  objects  occassions  organisations  military  people  sport  weather  work  world
and then theres talking ones...
and stamps.. 
....and you can do a signature...
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Vee
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Posted - 16/01/2007 : 22:15
Oh dear I messed the screen size up - SORRY  Vee
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Stanley
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Posted - 17/01/2007 : 06:42
I have a JPEG of my real signature which I use on 'official' emails....
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Flutterby
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Posted - 14/06/2008 : 17:53
Hi ,
iI thought that i would see if everyone is ok? I have nt done any painting for ages ! just wondering how you lot are doing painting wise? |
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Posted - 14/06/2008 : 18:42
Not to good at painting but good to see you again, hope your well, lets see your most recent paintings
Frank Wilkinson Once Navy Always Navy |
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Posted - 15/06/2008 : 07:29
Hello Flutts, how are you?
I bought some Terry Harrison brushes on special offer this week through Leisure Painter offer and had a dabble with them . I did an acrylic painting of a bluebell wood. I might just have a go at the same scene in watercolour today... but it looks like it might be an outside type of day. Nolic
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