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Alan Beresford

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Good work everyone, a quick dash by me today, this is a friends birthday card I made them

Margaret Nisbet

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I'm late to this again!    A cracking lamp, Christopher - I really like that style; Anjana, nice iguana; really like the yellow highlights on your super urban sketch of roadmen, Tessa; lovely colours on your gate and wall, Dixie - worked very well; Linda, that hare is beautiful!; Margorie, a lovely preparatory drawing - I saw your painting in the gallery - which has worked very well.   Love the Pooh card, Alan! I was at art class today but it was a portrait and I forgot to ask if it was okay to post online, so had better go and do another sketch!

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Margaret Nisbet

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A speug (house sparrow) from one of my own photos.   As a matter of interest, what do other people call them?

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Fiona Phipps

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Spuggies Margaret.......my day is ruled by one, she’s nine this year and her name surprise, surprise...is Spuggs! Great little sketch by the way.
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They be spadgers where I come from.  I just love them.

Margaret Nisbet

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Thanks, Fiona :)  That is a good age!  We don't see many in our garden now unfortunately - that was a Kippford speug.  I love that the names change round the country! Spadgers is a great name, Michael - where is that from?  I agree, they are lovely wee birds.

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Marjorie Firth

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Nice little spuggy sketch Margaret.
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Michael Edwards

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Spadgers is a great name, Michael - where is that from?  I agree, they are lovely wee birds.
Margaret Nisbet on 12/02/2020 21:50:16
It's the name we called when I was young in North Londion - not sure how widely it was used but, yes, it's a great name for these cheeky lovable little chaps ( and chapesses).

Christopher Smith

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A bit late today or early which ever way you want to look at it. Here's a sketch of one of my new trainer's.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Most birds were referred to as spuggies when I was a lad, in Leeds, most of the birds were Sparrows that were seen in the garden. A quite pretty bird when you look at them close. Great sketching of your speug Margaret and very nice trainers Chris, I’m a bit boring with my footwear. Another quick one today as in out for the rest of it in different stages from a photo taken in November up in the Chilterns, should have spent longer on it but did this in 15 - 20 mins. Will do a proper job at some stage, ha e a good day folks.

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Alan , your Pooh card is super, cant beat a personally made card like that. I think it means so much more. Christopher, very smart new trainers, see you coming in those! Dixie a lovely tranquil landscape especially in 20 minutes! Margaret, a great little feisty sparrow. I’ve never heard of spadgers, spuggs or spuggies ! They’re all just plain sparrows to me. For the last 5-6 years we’ve had one who nested behind the drain pipe at the back of our house, but who seems to have recently passed on to that great bird nest in the sky. We knew him as Sexy Sid because all he did every day was.....you can guess the rest! They say sparrows are scarce but no shortage here in Gloucestershire. Art class today and we had a sitter Mark complete with tuba which he played as well as posing for us.

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Spadgers is a Scouse sparrow..nice work everyone...
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