Hello all! As promised, here is the first in hopefully many threads involving all things art & crafts.
I want it to be open to those who don’t necessarily do traditional art as well because I genuinely believe no matter skill set or level, everybody can be an artist if they put their mind to it. 👩🎨
If you’re a creative, please do join in on the introductions!
I feel like a proper introduction would be a good way of starting this off, so I’ll start;
ME: I have always been a creative person and have been creating since I was literally 4! I currently have a small business that I run along side being a full time mother of two DC, where I sell pet portraits, colouring pages and other things. I wish I had more arty friends, but I do not 🥲
MEDIUM: My favourite mediums are gouache and pencil but I flit around and also partake in crochet as well.
EXTRA: I am obsessed with tea, Yorkshire tea is the best and I am mildly addicted to anything regarding chocolate.
PHOTO; Some of my recent commissions 😃
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All the p-Arty People - Thread #1
PoliteTurtle · 20/02/2024 10:08
ChatteringStarling · 24/02/2024 12:52
Your art course sounds fun @Spodge . Is it in person, or online?
Are you making the cards just for fun @PoliteTurtle or also to sell?
I’ve been working hard on honing my urban sketching skills over the last week. I’ve done some before with pen & ink, but for my sketching holiday I want to also use watercolour and that’s a whole different challenge.
This week’s experiments were not helped by my bright idea of using up some rubbish watercolour paper first. It turned everything into a mess. Anyway, I’ve finally seen the error of my way and broken out the good stuff. Paintings are still fairly rubbish, but at least the paint stays roughly where I intended it to be 😊
Spodge · 24/02/2024 15:03
@ChatteringStarling the course is run by our local Adult Education Centre, in person. It's good, and also good value because the current course was government/local authority subsidised. Funding has now been stopped but they are continuing to offer courses so I am going to carry on. The teacher is encouraging and the group is supportive and lovely.
I, too, have used rubbish watercolour paper. Urgh. Actually, I have used all manner of really poor quality equipment. Some I have found to be OK and some (oil pastel set costing a fiver, I'm looking at you) has been an unmitigated disaster. It is a wonder I actually bothered to buy some decent pastels to try, but I'm really glad I did.
Are you using watercolour pencils for your urban sketching, or actual pans/tubes?
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