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Thursday 24th February

24/2/2022

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See PS: addition at end

Ian Cotgrove sat for the portrait work this morning, in spite of getting rather stiff.  He brought a whole lot of tools for the still life drawing.  I nearly called it a masculine subject … till I thought I should be less discriminatory!    Click on images to enlarge them.
Let’s dive straight in with the art work today.  Frances sent three pieces.  The first is a plan for another of her small seasonal block canvasses.  The second a sketch she did at Orford on 31st December.  The third an oil painting of the same view which her father did.  She says, “I found it when looking through his stuff after I had done my sketch.  It was lovely to think that he had been in the same spot where I sketched.” ​
Sally P used her pastels to do a very convincing painting of some of Ian’s tools.
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Harriet is away in Wales, dodging rain showers and storms. She has sent two pictures that she did earlier in the week, Looking at the Rain and After the Rain.
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​Lesley has sent us another view of the Galloway coast, in watercolour this time; unfinished!
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​These are: Elisabeth’s portrait of Ian and Les Bragg’s of Maggie-Anne.
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Rachel was at the meeting and had a go at portraits. Here are her two of Ian.
Josie was at the meeting but working on her own subject - her grandson Oscar.
Diana says she only managed an hour today but it was good to see everyone again. She adds, "As I haven’t done much for the last few weeks except feet up with the cat on my lap I’ve put in a few February paintings from the last 6 years."
Jane experimented with different styles but fears she has not got a likeness, something I've often thought she was very good at. (An off day?)
June was at the meeting and working on a portrait of Ian in watercolour.  However, she wasn’t happy with it and hasn’t sent it in yet, but here is a photo of a still life with pears, which she did the previous day at the Bank.
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Finally, Hannah has written, "This week I have started on another iteration of last week’s abstract, itself a crop from a previous painting. Last week’s was 50 x 50, this one is 40 x 40, and still has a way to go. Very enjoyable. I used acrylic underneath to get rid of the white.

Back to digging in the garden!

Best Wishes,
Hannah
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Have a good week everyone and please send your photos to Hannah for the next blog.
For fans of Hockney or of the Fitzwilliam Museum, here is an article I spotted in iNews earlier this week.  Noreen
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PS  Late addition 
I had posted the blog before receiving Maggie-Anne's email, but she wanted to show that she had done some work.  The pears are in pastel and a continuation from last week. This week she began the horse picture taken from a newspaper photo of a thoroughbred at Newmarket, which she calls "self indulgence really!"   It's in watercolour and still to be completed, but she says she is enjoying doing it.
Just to remind you, we appreciate receiving contributions to the blog by 3pm to give us time to organise and post the blog the same day.
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