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I have to ask, what’s a biscuit joiner Alan? Never heard of that one, and sounds like you made a good, if not tidy, job of it! We’ve been attacking our garden but our local council has stopped collecting garden rubbish indefinitely so we have one very full bin and nowhere for it to go!
For anyone that doesn’t already know this, the www.gov.uk website has a list of conditions which class you as a vulnerable person and if you fit the bill your details are passed to the main supermarkets enabling you to get regular deliveries without trying to get the usual slots. Many will not have quite the right conditions but it’s worth looking at if you are struggling. It’s very easy to register , you do need to put your NHS number and you can do it for someone else.
One thing a lot of us have in common is that we live in beautiful parts of the country with good walks nearby. Marjorie that’s a stunning beach to have on your doorstep, and Sylvia you live in God’s country, nuff said!
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Good morning Tessa, a biscuit joiner in simple terms, cuts slots in multiple pieces of wood that you want to join together to make a larger surface area. In the slots you put in, ( in my case are shop bought) are a slim oval shaped piece of wood. This is called the biscuit. If you have cut all slots correctly they should line up. If they do, you glue the surface insert the biscuits, join together and clamp.
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Hi all, good to read so many positive comments. I am more fortunate than many in that I live on a farm and have over 50 acres of grassland running down to a river to use for dog walking and painting (not at the same time!), totally private and no public footpaths or bridleways so isolating is not an issue. I have been out on the hotter days recently doing some plein air oil sketches for later use in the studio even though they are views I have painted more times than I care to remember. Have also been sketching around the ranch and have tried, for the umpteenth time, to sketch my wife's horses...but will they stand still for me? No! But my wife still expects a Stubbs like picture of her pride and joy. Going to paint some still lifes on the dull days, and dream of the times when trips away weren't limited to a weekly expedition to Sainsburys.
Keep painting and stay positive. Someone once said 'all things must pass' and the songwriter JD Souther said 'time passes, things change' so let's hope it's not too long before they change for the better.
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All well here, managing to keep busy with a series of features to write for The Artist mag. Got my laptop out on the patio, beautifully peaceful, apart from the Canada Geese making a racket on the pool.
I'm struggling slightly with my painting, but it will return. I know there will be others out there struggling also.
These little chaps have just dropped in on a rough patch of ground near my composter - two males and a female! They're having a break from swimming.
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That looks very peaceful Alan. I think a lot of us are struggling as regards painting at the moment. We probably feel we should be doing wondrous things with all this time, but it’s rather lovely just to enjoy the peace and quiet. Tomorrow is due to be much cooler so hopefully that will help. I remember a few years ago having three months off work after a knee replacement and planning to do loads of things, very little of which got done!
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Whilst sorting out my shed/ painting glory hole, I came across these and added the Spitfire yesterday. All but one of the owl ones were done engraved into glass the one of the owl picture was done on Perspex using a sharpened six inch nail.
Sony about the photo quality but it was difficult using the iPad and not getting a reflection.
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Hi all, I don't post here often, in fact, this may well be my first post.
I seem to be having a bit of a different lockdown experience than most of you in that I'm actually getting a bit more painting done. Usually I'm at the office all day and come home a bit (mentally) knackered so try to squeeze some painting in at weekends. Now I'm working from home and there's no daily commute I seem to have made some painting space in the evening. Maybe the fact there's no football on TV either is helping me a little too.
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I think a problem is that this enforced leisure time has removed the structure to our days - and it's very easy, much too easy, to just wander around listlessly trying to decide what to do. Of course, this may just be my excuse for laziness - I'm also aware of a huge backlog of work building up, which I'll have to plough into when this is over; and in the meantime, have to keep in touch as best I can with my political party members, so they don't lose interest and let their membership lapse.... but I'm drawing more than I have been, and if I can make the leap from pencil to paint, I suspect I shall take off and not be able to stop: I hope that's the case - after all, emerging from all this with nothing to show for it would be deeply shaming!