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Help Identifying Artist...

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Monthly Challenges

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December 2023

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Exhibitions, competitions & your work

Here's the place to share your exhibition experiences, news on open competitions and where to find your work on the site

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Matisse, Derain & Friends exhibition

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Work In Progress

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Drawing of a cute dog

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Works for critique

Share your work here for constructive criticism from fellow artists

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New to painting, doing abstracts. Would appreciate advice

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Artist Introductions

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Hello from Switzerland

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Drawing

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Sketchbook recommendations please

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Small sketchbooks

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Wallace and Seymour

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Pastel

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Combining Chalk and Oil pastels

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Mixed media

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Cobalt

by Robert Jones, NAPA

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The art of book-binding

by Robert Jones, NAPA

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Art book and DVD reviews

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General art discussion

Open chat about all aspects and issues regarding art

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Manipulated Photographs

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#AskJacksons

Ask your art-related questions for the team of experts at Jackson's Art Supplies to answer

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Canvas

by Martin Shaw

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Buy, Sell & Wanted

The easiest place for you to let each other know if you have any unwanted second-hand art products

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Wilfred Skyline For Sale £300

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Art Materials

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where to find bulk art supplies

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Ads, again

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Art Tuition

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Is it worth joining online lists of 'art tutors'

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Artistic Inspiration

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Inspiration from Artist Week 92 Maritime Artists .

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Question & Answers

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Questions about perspective?

by Charlotte Cremaschi

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An excellent choice Marjorie . I follow his work on instagram. He is also a member of the RSMA.

With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.
Manipulated Photographs

by Robert Jones, NAPA

Didn't spot them, though maybe they weren't there when I last looked. Eternal vigilance really does seem to be the…

December 2023

by Tessa Gwynne

Good for you Denise. 👍🏻hope you enjoyed your break.

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November Sketch a day

by Sylvia Evans

Wonderful , love foxes ,a magic moment was watching a vixen in a bluebell wood watching her cubs roll around.   We also…

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I’ve taken the decision to remove the AI post this morning and ban the poster. It’s totally irrelevant whether or not…

Next weeks featuring artist are George Laporte and Carry Ackroyd .

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