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Tony Auffret

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Stopping now is a wise decision.  I don't think more detail will add anything to what this painting says.

Sylvia Evans

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Works well LEAVE alone.   Why is your pond mu h cleaner than mine ?
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Marjorie Firth

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It is now. A few weeks ago it was disgusting, a massive waterlily to pull out, it filled the wheelbarrow…and loads of gunge. We’re still working on the green water.

Sylvia Evans

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Let me know if you sort your green water and how you did it.  I spend my life de snotting mine and it’s HUGE .  Bill took out one of our water lilies and the root looked like a crocodile.  The Herons filch the fish… I do love sitting by it but sometimes wonder why we did it.  
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Marjorie Firth

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I wasn’t the one who was keen…..but I was the one who kept an eye on it……we’ve used barley straw…..tetrapond……that works but you have to siphon off the green clumps. After we took out the giant waterlily and a lot of gunge we got more oxygenating plants etc. We’ll see ( it’s only a little pond ) - is this an art discussion? Yes! It all relates back to my pond painting! Anything can when you’ve had a couple of glasses😆

Sylvia Evans

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It could be a pond forum.  I was let loose with a spray can ( yellow) and a man with a digger….. like my G& T s it kept getting bigger.  ….I learned the hard way,  barley straw , Tetra stuff , oxygenating gunk, been there done that.  But back to art forum.   It is very pretty to sit by and paint out of control water lilies .  
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Marjorie Firth

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There’s a good article in The Artist mag ( July issue?) re painting waterlilies.

Sylvia Evans

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Oh…good .lol.

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Gillian Cooke

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The. Lily pond was good enough for Monet so it has to be good enough for an art forum! Watched the programme on channel 5 last night about Monet’s long love affair with his lily pond! 
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