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Indulge me for a while.....

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Well it's not quite an Exhibition, but......

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Heart on my sleeve

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Priming a canvas for acrylic

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Betting Serie A tournaments

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Weekly Calendar for Kids and Family DIY

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L. S. Lowry The Unheard Tapes

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A Lighthearted look at early art .

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Making Gesso - RSG & Whiting

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Flake white for sale - Grumbacher pre-tested Artists Oil tube

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Is it worth joining online lists of 'art tutors'

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Inspiration from Artists Wk 223 Featuring Artists : Jean- Victor Bertin and Charles Heaphy

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Trying to Identify the Artist for this painting I got at an Estate Sale.

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A Lighthearted look at early art .

by Peter Smith

There are some beauties on here! Here's one I enjoyed...…

Our super sleuth strikes again, well done Collette .

With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.
Varnish Brush

by Robert Jones, Napa

It is possible - if you get it in a bit of warm water and Fairy Liquid quickly enough - just to use soap and water.  But…

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Depressed to Stops

by Paul (Dixie) Dean

I have been watching this thread and decided that I would leave it to see how it developed , last time I removed a…

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True - if the artist wanted to be paid he had to flatter the sitter!

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Depressed to Stops

by Paul (Dixie) Dean

I have been watching this thread and decided that I would leave it to see how it developed , last time I removed a…

The advantages of working on a series!

by Alan Bickley

A great start Paul, a lot to take in… My morning scribble is my local church, just a 20 minute wet in wet job, keeping…

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Solvent

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Sylvia, if you tune in occasionally, we all miss you and your big personality. X

Thanks Tessa I didn’t notice that it appeared under his name, it  I should know to check as it’s happened before.