Practice with Oil and Knives

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Very nice Katy .

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Sun 21 Mar 07:57:28

Always like good sheep!

Posted by Heather Love on Sun 21 Mar 08:05:31

This is very good, Katy. Lovely sheep!

Posted by Mia Ketels on Sun 21 Mar 08:43:38

Looks pretty good to me Katy.

Posted by George Cutter on Sun 21 Mar 10:18:59

Love how you have composed this Katy. A very natural sheepy group, doing sheepy things....like eating anything and everything. Was this from your visit to Drumbeg? I use to live near Drumbeg, a fab place.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 21 Mar 17:11:25

Thank you Paul, Heather, Mia, George and Fiona for your comments, much appreciated. Do struggle with oils, I think I paint better in a hurry and with oil it ends up a sticky mess! Yes Fiona, they were the daily visitors to our cottage in Nedd. Ozzie, our rescue collie, was so funny, he pretended he couldn’t see them and they ignored him. I remember you saying you used to live nearby, it’s a lovely part of the world.

Posted by Katy Dean on Sun 21 Mar 18:33:09

Lovely Katy.

Posted by Diane Boswell on Sun 21 Mar 23:56:14

Hang on Studio Wall

20/03/2021

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I sketched these daily visitors to our holiday cottage in the highlands last year and decided to use the sketch as a practice for an oil painting with knives, fingers and brushes. Small canvas 8” x 10” not sure I have the patience with oils. I’ll leave it to dry and see if I want to do any more to it.

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Katy Dean

I am an amateur artist. I started drawing in 1993 when my husband bought me a £2.50 book on how to draw. I had just lost my horse after 24 years and needed a distraction. I was earning my living, believe it or not, pressing flowers and selling my work at craft shows. In time I introduced a little…

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