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Keep safe everyone.
I am trying hard to get painting again, nothing to post here, but I am working on cleaning out my spare room/studio come box room.
I am waiting for some storage boxes for old paintings that will go a long way towards getting some order in there and also some pastels and also a small selection of pan pastels to test just for background work.
It's been a strange 2 heart breaking months for me so far, I lost my mother aged 98 in March then I fell onto my right knee and couldn't bare to put any weight on it for a week and then lockdown so it's all just melted into one long lockdown. I want to hug my son but all he can do is stand outside and talk to me from 6 feet away and he will not break that rule.
Marjorie Firth
One thing keeps me going, the though of a holiday on the coast and Marjorie, your picture sums it all up for me, can I use it for a subject please, it will be balm to my heart to paint such a wonderful sky and sea.
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by Steph Salt
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Hi Steph and welcome. You certainly have had a tough time of it. We are all missing hugs! My daughter and granddaughter called the other day to drop something in, but wouldn’t come in the garden which I thought would have been safe, but probably just as well. I felt quite tearful after they’d gone.
I fancy we’ll all be heading to the coast once this is over, what a lovely thought!
Keep safe and look forward to seeing some of your work on here.
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I suppose our current situation must have an effect on us. In my case I had several things I'd planned to do, but can't seem to get started on them. Sometimes I just want to draw something without thinking about it too much. So yesterday I drew this in my A3 sketchbook...pen and inktense pencils. It was just going to be a page of random drawings, but now I think I'll turn it into a picture. Not the best way to go about things, but these aren't the best of times. I'll let you know how I get on. It's odd...with more time to draw, I'm doing less. Must be going stir-crazy.
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I've been dipping in here reading everyone's posts for several weeks, but haven't been able to write... just feel listless / vacant (like others have mentioned). I attempted to get the paint brushes out yesterday but its wasn't enjoyable!
The first few weeks of the crisis I felt completely anxious, but have calmed a bit since (except when I have to go food shopping).
I am grateful for the good weather, and that I'm lucky to have a garden. Spent much of friday levelling a small area in the border, to put a garden seat in, and I have been sat there most of the days since, (either with the husband or with the cat), listening to the birds. It's now my favourite spot.
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Lew and Helen I think you are experiencing the same as a lot of us at the moment, time to do thing but the seem not able too.
Whilst we carry on a much as we can, current events are with us all the time, even when we are aware that we are thinking about them. It seems to me that we all share concerns and fears for our loved one and friends, I would even say people that we don’t know, but that’s what’s makes us who and what we are. I started several painting over the last week or so just to loose interest and shelve them. I have one nearly completed that has taken me a week of bits at a time, I’m determined to finish it today. Don’t loose heart keep plodding on, having this site is a big help as you can express you concerns etc knowing that other understand and possibly feel the same way. Take care of your selves as you are all important to not only your family but to our online community.
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What a lovely spot Alan, you are fortunate! I suspect we are all spending more time in the garden while the weather is good. Also it’s hard to get the news out of your head and concentrate on painting. I’ve been continuing my daily sketches but not quite getting into that new painting that’s waiting somewhere inside.
On my walk yesterday I took this photo. It was only later that I realised what it said on the crate! Does anyone remember what I’m referring to ?