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March 11th, 2021

11/3/2021

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Hello from far-flung Brundall in the sunny?? (we actually had hail today!) Norfolk Broads.  Hannah here, with, finally a good enough broadband connection to do the blog again.  Thank you so much to Noreen for stepping into the breech - as elegantly as ever she did, and thanks to all the contributors for the continuing high standard of their work.

Moving was interesting.  I knew we were in for fun when they packed the shoes I had been slipping in and out of all day, without asking; and my knitting, the garment, not the spare wool or bag, was packed with some cushions that haven't turned up yet.  Most of it was OK apart from that, but on the Monday when they returned with the rest of the stuff, they wedged their lorry between the front of the house and the fence, and had to get a recovery vehicle to pull them sideways.  Red faces all round!
First this week we have Maggie-Anne, with a self portrait and a painting of spring flowers.  This is the third, and she says she has now had enough and wants to get back to wildlife, dogs cats horses etc.  This is  a fine likeness, though, so the time was well spent.
She decided to do a spring flower picture and took some photos of the daffs and primroses in the garden but it wasn't a sunny day and the photos were disappointing. So this is based on a picture she liked on line, cropped and done in pastels. She found the hyacinth very tricky but really enjoyed the colours.
 Now for Diana, with something completely different.  She says, 'Got nowhere this week although I did try .So the first two  are son Charlie’s,  he even made my studio wall look amazing. The last one is mine from a couple of years ago ,based on a Shropshire hill.
A couple more self portraits, I think we will all know who, as the likeness is very good*.  More stern in the one done from looking in the mirror, but I think we are all finding that the concentration of observing yourself does that to your expression.
*That was Carolyn, of course.



Next is John Walters, who has also given us a self portrait, complete with camellia buds, to herald the spring.
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Sally P. wasn't able to join us this week for Zoom, because she was doing a Michaelangelo at home (explanation below).  She sent these cards and said, 'Painted using Aldi Premium(!!!) acrylic paints! The colours and colour mixing are a bit dodgy and they dry very quickly! They have a satin and a metallic finish, which is rather nice.'  The stairs set up looks very professional - are you available to do a quote, Sally?
Here is a very recognisable face, showing the same concentration as Carolyn's picture, but with a bit of a Noreen twinkle!  She has also suggested that her palette contains some most interesting abstract painting - as you can see, she is right!
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Frances took her previous work inspired by Sally L's icy puddle of a few weeks ago, and mounted a linocut of an owl printed on tracing paper onto it; the first in a series?  She showed us another on Zoom.
The second picture is an oil done in fit of frustration after unpicking knitting about three times!!!
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Jackie's first this week is an evening scene at Redgrave and Lopham Fen, with colourful sunset and the birds going home to roost.  The second is from a photo taken in Westhorpe Church a couple of years ago, where she was struck by the sense of calm and serenity, which is well conveyed in a deceptively simple image.
Jane has supplemented a painting from the photo she provided last week, with another from a similar subject also taken on holiday in France.  Both acrylics, she commented on Zoom on the difference she felt the two canvases had made to the process, one linen, one cotton - the linen much the better.
Lesley has been really productive this week.
1.  My final attempt at a self portrait, in watercolour using a photo taken In 2019. Not enough jowls and wrinkles, but strangely they didn’t show in the photo.
2.  An experiment with using a candle as a wax resist, Quink ink and watercolour on mixed media paper. I shall have another go, planning a composition rather random marks- it’s difficult to see white candle marks on white paper.
3.  My interpretation of Jane’s wonderful photo of her mineral collection. I decided not to be realistic but go slightly abstract. A hotchpotch of acrylic inks, wax crayons, oil pastels and metallic acrylic paint. I enjoyed doing this, thinking  about a previous life as I painted.
And finally,  a photo of an unusual cloud formation over my house at lunch time. It’s called mammatus, because it’s supposed to look like mammaries hanging down! It indicates really violent weather which seems right for today.
And so has Harriet, who has also provided this week's inspiration, which you will find below her week's work.  Another very good likeness in the self portrait, though she does look rather worried, but perhaps this is concentration again.
More images for abstracts as well as realism or impressionist treatment.  Full files below for bigger images.  Nothing from me as the limited painting I have done this week was of the same variety as Sally P's stairs (though nothing like as impressive!).  Have a good week.  Enjoy the beginnings of spring - only a couple of weeks to go before people can meet outside in gardens again, and then in April, hopefully even more freedom!
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Noreen
13/3/2021 10:28:50 am

How on earth did your moving van manage to get itself into such a predicament!
Glad to see you back Hannah with a splendid report.
Noreen

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