tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18868118776134900832024-02-07T20:26:06.602-08:00Mo Teeuw ArtWelcome to my art blog
"A mind stretched by a new idea can never return to its original dimensions" Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.comBlogger292125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-76158539928143937012022-07-30T06:19:00.002-07:002022-07-30T06:26:17.521-07:00<p> </p><table align="center" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableCard" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="mlContentTableCardTd" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 10px 0px;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#f6f6f6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable ml-card" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="bodyTitle" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #111111; direction: ltr; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 42px; text-align: center;">A Bit of a Catch Up</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableCard" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="bodyTitle" id="bodyText-6" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Does anyone know where the stop button is??<br style="direction: ltr;" /></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-10" height="10" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; line-height: 10px; min-height: 10px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableCard" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="mlContentTableCardTd" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 10px 0px;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#f6f6f6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable ml-card" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-10" height="10" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; line-height: 10px; min-height: 10px;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="bodyTitle" id="bodyText-8" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">They say as you get older that time goes quicker but this is ridiculous!</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">I don't think I've stopped since I last wrote way back in May and suddenly, nights are drawing in and it's almost August.</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">Norfolk Open Studios in May and June were very successful and it was lovely to see so many friends and collectors. I was part of the trail, South of Sheringham. In all more than 100 sculptors, painters, printers and other artists took part. </p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="direction: ltr;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-size: 18px;"><br style="direction: ltr;" /></span></strong></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="direction: ltr;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-size: 18px;">Painting in Norfolk</span></strong></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">This is the second year that I have been based at <span style="direction: ltr;"><a data-link-id="998527655" href="https://www.bigskyartcourses.com/" style="color: #09c269; direction: ltr; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">The White House</a></span> near Burnham Market. I had such a lovely group that it didn't seem like work at all. The weather was kind to us and we were able to get out to the coast and surrounding area every day. We made a return visit to <span style="direction: ltr;"><a data-link-id="998527656" href="http://www.wivetonhall.co.uk/history/" style="color: #09c269; direction: ltr; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Wiveton Hall</a></span> with kind permission from Desmond (of 'Normal for Norfolk' fame) which was very well received by the group.</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I'm already looking forward to next year. 14th May - 19th May 2023 This course sells out very quickly as there only ten places so a quick heads up if you are interested - you can book now (<a href="tel:+44) 7785 439727" style="color: #09c269; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; word-break: break-word;">+44) 7785 439727</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-20" height="20" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; line-height: 20px; min-height: 20px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableCard" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="mlContentTableCardTd" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 10px 0px;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#f6f6f6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable ml-card" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable marginBottom" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 267px; width: 267px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentHeight" id="imageBlock-11" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr;" valign="middle"><img border="0" src="https://bucket.mlcdn.com/a/3831/3831317/images/bc507029b575897977fce27c5fb875a7bfd9fdd3.jpeg/0ccc422d87f6123c141e151f098d59aeea7686d3.jpeg" style="border: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block; outline: none;" width="267" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 267px; width: 267px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentHeight" id="imageBlock-12" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr;" valign="middle"><img border="0" src="https://bucket.mlcdn.com/a/3831/3831317/images/9411ae1a708edce05f054e48486d6186d72514e1.jpeg/4064a706ae9f7400e60864e9d1154a5968adb09e.jpeg" style="border: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block; outline: none;" width="267" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableCard" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="mlContentTableCardTd" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 10px 0px;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#f6f6f6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable ml-card" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="bodyTitle" id="bodyText-16" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><em style="direction: ltr;">Wiveton Hall Demo, looking to the sea </em></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-10" height="10" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; line-height: 10px; min-height: 10px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableCard" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="mlContentTableCardTd" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 10px 0px;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#f6f6f6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable ml-card" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-20" height="20" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; line-height: 20px; min-height: 20px;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: initial; border-spacing: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; direction: ltr; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-20" height="20" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; line-height: 20px; min-height: 20px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableCard" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="mlContentTableCardTd" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 10px 0px;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#f6f6f6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable ml-card" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="bodyTitle" id="bodyText-20" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="direction: ltr;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-size: 18px;">Friends</span></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableCard" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="mlContentTableCardTd" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 10px 0px;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#f6f6f6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable ml-card" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="bodyTitle" id="bodyText-22" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">Those of you that follow me on Instagram may have noticed my absence for the last couple of months. This is mostly because I haven't been painting much. </p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I have taken time to catch up with friends. It was so easy after lock down to continue to isolate so, I made a concerted effort. One of the things we did was to get together 40+ people that we hadn't seen in some cases for as many as 50 years. This involved a lot of detective work and we eventually had people coming from Cornwall, Cumbria, South Coast and London. It was lovely to see sooo many smiling faces as everyone renewed friendships.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableCard" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="mlContentTableCardTd" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 10px 0px;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#f6f6f6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable ml-card" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" id="imageBlock-24" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://bucket.mlcdn.com/a/3831/3831317/images/149e33838b9fa2922e99f91b329c84886c58c536.jpeg" style="border: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block; outline: none;" width="640" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableCard" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="mlContentTableCardTd" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 10px 0px;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#f6f6f6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable ml-card" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="bodyTitle" id="bodyText-26" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><em style="direction: ltr;">Old Friends</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-20" height="20" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; line-height: 20px; min-height: 20px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableCard" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="bodyTitle" id="bodyText-30" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="direction: ltr;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-size: 18px;">Garden</span></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableCard" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="mlContentTableCardTd" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 10px 0px;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#f6f6f6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable ml-card" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="bodyTitle" id="bodyText-32" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">Another reason for lack of painting is of course the garden.</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">A couple of weeks ago we opened our garden for the village's annual Garden Crawl and Scarecrow Competition. We put many hours into the garden making it as good as we could. </p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">The event was a huge success with 43 scarecrows dotted around the village. Our garden had a constant stream of visitors too. Fortunately it was before temperatures hit 40c then we watched as the garden visibly wilted. I have however managed to keep the hanging baskets and pots alive.</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I cheated a bit with our scarecrow by buying a ready made outfit and stuffing it. I had a good excuse though as I had just fractured my ankle.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-20" height="20" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; line-height: 20px; min-height: 20px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableCard" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="mlContentTableCardTd" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; 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line-height: 21px;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-size: 16px;">August promises to be a quieter month for me so with a bit of luck I will get back into the studio to dust off my paints - watch this space.</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-size: 16px;">Enjoy the rest of the summer whatever you are doing and look after yourselves</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-size: 16px;">Love & Best Wishes</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-size: 16px;">Mo</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-31908585808015159932021-11-29T07:22:00.004-08:002021-11-29T07:22:53.947-08:00<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: black; max-width: 600px !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td id="templateHeader" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #0289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 32px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">November News</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/c8c4ed9d-1f6f-201a-95d8-ecc7d8ecee9c.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 4%; border-bottom-right-radius: 4%; border-top-left-radius: 4%; border-top-right-radius: 4%; border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="templateBody" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 9px 18px;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="background-color: #5289a1; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 18px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">It's hard to believe we are halfway through November. The leaves are still hanging on and we are yet to have our first frost. I did have to do a double take the other day as I drove past a house with a fully decorated Christmas tree all lit up in the window. It reminded me of how quickly Christmas is creeping up on us so, I have turned my attention to creating a few festive still life paintings.<br />It's also been a real joy to be able to visit art clubs again and also to be able to teach face to face. I hadn't realised how much I had missed it.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="templateFooter" style="background-color: #fafafa; background-image: none; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-color: rgb(82, 137, 161); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #0289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: 24px;">A Trip to France</span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Frank & I had a very pleasant few days visiting Sue & John, the new owners of Le Marroniers.<br />A farmhouse and 3 gites in central France. The weather was perfect for driving around the area, seeking out places to paint for when I return next year to run a course there. The studio has had an overhaul and is now fitted with a woodburner in case of any cold wet days we may have. Mostly though I intend being out and about.<br /><br />Here are a few of the locations we will be painting.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageGroupBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/1a4cf604-ce9a-b09f-a33c-5032db40bc84.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 6%; border-bottom-right-radius: 6%; border-top-left-radius: 6%; border-top-right-radius: 6%; border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/4593cb62-7278-21f5-880b-dbc5c4398773.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 6%; border-bottom-right-radius: 6%; border-top-left-radius: 6%; border-top-right-radius: 6%; border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/6c4fa7a4-432d-ee6c-6b36-ba04c1f212e5.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 6%; border-bottom-right-radius: 6%; border-top-left-radius: 6%; border-top-right-radius: 6%; border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/f96a4bc5-45ad-4fff-2a24-df1f2dd192dc.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 6%; border-bottom-right-radius: 6%; border-top-left-radius: 6%; border-top-right-radius: 6%; border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #0289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><em>Gargillesse le Celle Dunouis</em><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageGroupBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/31315332-2e83-9a10-8e29-dd52f5309d44.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 4%; border-bottom-right-radius: 4%; border-top-left-radius: 4%; border-top-right-radius: 4%; border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/3c9288df-b56c-1011-4798-bc7a9e41a161.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 4%; border-bottom-right-radius: 4%; border-top-left-radius: 4%; border-top-right-radius: 4%; border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #0289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><em>The Studio</em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #0289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>The proposed dates are 7th - 14th June 2022 </strong> (to be confirmed)<br />Prices start at £710 and <span style="font-family: arial;">is inclusive of all tuition, accommodation, meals, drinks, transport to and from Limoges airport.</span><br />Do let me know if you would like more information or would like me to reserve a place for you and a friend - no obligation at this stage.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-color: rgb(82, 137, 161); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #0289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: 24px;">Art Clubs</span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />I have visited two art clubs this month. The first was a last minute stand in at Spalding and the second was a trip to Wymondham, Norfolk.<br />It must be two years since I last stood in front of a live audience.<br />I soon got back into the swing of things and really enjoyed chatting and answering questions. </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageGroupBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/3fc31eee-4b7f-11d8-f49d-51f994743ab3.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/c591fb45-b4b9-709b-6f30-890b2a9e5962.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #0289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><em>A festive still life at Spalding Art & Craft Society</em></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageGroupBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/c6a2441d-8ad9-bde6-9e09-f0029beaf5d9.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/507a416e-28a0-f924-4c21-e4304f59f349.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 825px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #0289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><em>Brancaster Staithe, oil demo for Wymondham Art Society</em></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-color: rgb(82, 137, 161); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #0289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: 24px;">Norfolk Creative Arts</span></u></span><br /><br />Last weekend I ran a workshop at Norfolk Creative Arts. Unfortunately there were quite a few cancellations. due to illness - yep, the 'C' word!<br />This did mean that after doing a demo for everyone I was able to work on a second painting in-between going round to see everyone.<br />Lunch as always was fabulous and we were all quizzing Hans for the recipe for his amazing vegetable lasagne. </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageGroupBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/f6f472a9-4ea3-7e6a-efd9-cc558c706901.jpg" style="border: 0px; 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font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">Both paintings are 10" x 10" and are available<a href="https://www.moteeuw.co.uk/availablepaintings" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank"> here</a> at just £250 unframed</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif;">My next course at Norfolk Creative Arts is on </span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif;"><strong>22nd May 2022</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif;"> 10am - 4pm<br />The price is just £99 and includes, all materials, tuition, lunch, teas and coffee</span><br /><em><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif;"><strong>only 12 places available</strong></span></span></em><br /><br />contact Hans on 01485 240420 or <a href="mailto:art@norfolkcreativearts.co.uk" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">art@norfolkcreativearts.co.uk</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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I dug out a load of tubes that I'd bought a few years ago when I'd tried painting with them but, being disappointed with the results, they were relegated to back of the cupboard.<br />I signed up for an online demonstration by the talented <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jennyaitkenart/" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">Jenny Aitken</a>. I learned a lot from her and been having a play myself. I do feel I'm getting somewhere now. At the moment I am experimenting with different surfaces, Gessoed watercolour paper, board and various watercolour surfaces.<br />It is always good to try something new and step out of our comfort zone. Interestingly, when I switched back to oils I found that I had taken some of what I had discovered and was applying it to my oils</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageGroupBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/3f68ec29-8051-d2af-44f8-f39a74a02df2.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #0289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: 24px;">The Garden</span></u></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif;">I have been taking advantage of this fine weather to tidy up the patio and tucking all the tender plants up safely in the greenhouse. I have a tray full of bulbs sitting in the garage still waiting to be planted, (it's amazing how many other jobs you can find to do!)<br /><br />As happens every year, my holly tree which is always covered in berries is now being stripped by the blackbirds. This typically happens a few days before I go out to pick some to decorate the hallway. This year we have had an unusual visitor - a white blackbird. We did have four white fledglings in our garden over ten years ago but none survived. This looked to be very heathy as it tucked into my berries.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/00d2b2dd-4ff3-f684-80ed-e9448190d71f.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 7%; border-bottom-right-radius: 7%; border-top-left-radius: 7%; border-top-right-radius: 7%; border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 446px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 9px 18px;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="background-color: #5289a1; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 18px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">I think this September has been the busiest month of the year for me so far with, the exhibition in London, teaching in Harwich, Open Studios and the Strada easel challenge - painting from life every day throughout September <br /><br />I'm looking forward to a slightly quieter October but it has already started off with a big bang as I reached a certain milestone birthday on the 4th.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, "lucida sans typewriter", "lucida typewriter", monospace;">Strada Easel Challenge</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif;">Well I don’t know how but I did it! <br /><br />A painting from life every single day throughout September and, on a couple of occasions, just before midnight.<br />It is a very good discipline and I would encourage anybody to have a go because, even though we all make excuses and find other things to do, it just proves to yourself that it can be done<br /><br />Here are just a few of my favourites</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/7e98488a-b47f-4b4e-d2a5-7cfc55a61c66.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 4%; border-bottom-right-radius: 4%; border-top-left-radius: 4%; border-top-right-radius: 4%; border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/c5f4e04f-9baa-7b08-039f-517605360151.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 4%; border-bottom-right-radius: 4%; border-top-left-radius: 4%; border-top-right-radius: 4%; border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/260bddad-9818-09ea-2674-17c21415600f.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 4%; border-bottom-right-radius: 4%; border-top-left-radius: 4%; border-top-right-radius: 4%; border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"> <div style="text-align: center;"><br />I haven't really had much time recently for my You Tube channel so<br />I decided to film my self doing this painting for the challenge.<br />The video is 20 mins long with a bit of commentary if you're interested</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/07fadb35-8064-8f0e-7ad6-cc250ca38d88.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 5%; border-bottom-right-radius: 5%; border-top-left-radius: 5%; border-top-right-radius: 5%; border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 1153px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="259.44" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"><em><a href="https://moteeuw.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dc83909400d89a7bde544d690&id=68cb7c5cf6&e=427f91b0ce" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">You Tube</a></em></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-color: rgb(82, 137, 161); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, "lucida sans typewriter", "lucida typewriter", monospace;">Old Bank Studio</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif;">This was my first visit to The Old Bank Studios. I had a very warm welcome from Bev & Nigel Caleno that own it. Everything was very organised and I had the most lovely group. We were lucky with the weather and went out to the beach or to the pier each day. I have to say it was rather windy and having given everyone advice - my easel fell over twice whilst I was going round seeing the group. <br />I'm pleased to say that I have been invited back for next year, watch out for the dates.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageGroupBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/0e0970ff-95cf-57a8-a3b8-e229fe9206f8.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/995338df-af70-c687-1bcb-97668dc99947.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"> <em><span style="font-size: 12px;"> butter side down brushed off when dry and overpainted in places</span></em></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-color: rgb(82, 137, 161); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, "lucida sans typewriter", "lucida typewriter", monospace;">Norfolk Open Studios</span></span><br /><br />This weekend 8, 9 & 10th October is the last weekend for open studios. It was very quite last weekend as I think everyone was conserving their fuel and not wanting venture out in the cold.<br />There was one exciting moment - I had been asked if I would be the last clue in BBC Radio Norfolk's Treasure Quest. It was great fun listening to people solving the clues. The final code was hidden behind my sunflower painting</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageGroupBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/ee03a47a-16af-cf6a-0db3-2fb289cd3edc.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 5%; border-bottom-right-radius: 5%; border-top-left-radius: 5%; border-top-right-radius: 5%; border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 900px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/48e1b301-b7ee-50c3-d35d-1aa61249946c.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 5%; border-bottom-right-radius: 5%; border-top-left-radius: 5%; border-top-right-radius: 5%; border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 900px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5289a1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><em>Julie from radio Norfolk unframed work from £200</em></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, "lucida sans typewriter", "lucida typewriter", monospace;">All the paintings from the challenge are now<br />on show at my studio in Norfolk.</span></span><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, "lucida sans typewriter", "lucida typewriter", monospace;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">OPEN THIS WEEKEND<br /><strong>10 - 5pm</strong><br />Friday 8th - Sunday 10th</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, "lucida sans typewriter", "lucida typewriter", monospace;">Don't forget to mention you are a subscriber<br />to get an extra discount<br /><br />I'd love to see you.</span></span><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, "lucida sans typewriter", "lucida typewriter", monospace;">Prices start at £200 for an unframed picture.</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5a8ba7; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><strong><span style="font-size: 30px;"><span face=""comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif">September Newsletter</span></span></strong><br /><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif">My feet have hardly touched the ground since I last wrote to you all. The exhibition in London has been and gone, I've caught up on a bit of weeding, we've had the outside of the house decorated, I've been to Norfolk to prepare for Open Studios, been out painting and, I am taking part in the Strada Easel challenge which means a painting every day throughout September.<br />I have a couple of offers for you too this month, read on for more details.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="templateFooter" style="background-image: none; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-color: rgb(78, 110, 122); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5a8ba7; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span face=""comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif">Colour & Light</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><span face=""comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif">Mall Galleries 7th - 12th September</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/cfe9c305-c437-bffe-72ab-c84a9e23a78d.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5a8ba7; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I'm still having to pinch myself. The exhibition exceeded my expectations with just under a third of all paintings sold. I am also delighted to have sold six of the ten paintings I had in the show.</span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I arrived in London the day before the hang to ensure I was at the Gallery for 8.30am Monday morning. The first thing we had to do was place the 240 paintings around the room and from there we shuffled them around to make a pleasing hang. That is easier said than done! By lunch time we were pleased with the layout so the pictures started to go up on the wall. I thought I'd got an easy job, I couldn't help hang as my shoulder still isn't up to it so I started putting labels on. I soon enlisted the help of Maria Rose, John Stillman and Tim King. Matching labels to titles and catalogue numbers, juggling spreadsheets, finding the correct label and placing on the wall, and ticking off of sheet actually took the best part of three hours. <br />We finally finished at 6pm. I stood back and took the whole room in for the first time and had a little emotional moment. All the hard work had paid off and here I was, standing in the Mall Gallery with a group of lovely artists that I'm proud to call my friends.</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageGroupBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/fa795066-8773-9899-823c-0e7b39b557d5.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/004da816-b42d-b377-204e-9d7710379cef.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5a8ba7; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><em>arranging the paintings the label team</em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5a8ba7; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I returned to my hotel room by 7.15 had 15 mins to chat to Frank before heading out for dinner with The <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CTqCdP-o4av/" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">Northern Boys</a> who were in town painting for the week. I got back to my room again at 11.30 and remembered I hadn't done my Strada easel challenge for the day so I did a gouache painting of the bananas I'd bought for my lunch.<br />Guess who overslept?? I had to rush to get down to the Mall by 10am ready for a day stewarding. Time went so quickly as there were so many lovely visitors to chat to. I shot off at 4 to meet Frank who had come down for the private view Tuesday evening, a quick change and back to the Mall. It was lovely to see so many friends and visitors. One thing I did NOT expect was any reward for my efforts so it was a great surprise to hear my name over the speakers and turned around to see Tim & Maria on the steps calling me over. I was over the moon to receive and rather splendid bottle of red wine from F & M, a Diana Armfield book I'd wanted and a voucher for Cass Art.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/a359cd5f-a208-fbb3-a9a9-62774bf475b2.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 1005px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="248.16" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5a8ba7; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><em>with Maria & Tim, and yes I made a speech to thank everyone</em><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5a8ba7; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">We have an amazing catalogue for the show<br />we are selling them online now as souvenirs of the show</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.britishpleinairpainters.co.uk/catalogue/color-and-light-catalogue-onlineversion-v01-1-0" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #656565;">order yours here</span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-color: rgb(78, 110, 122); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5a8ba7; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span face=""comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif">Norfolk Open Studios</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span face="comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif">Sep 25, 26, Oct 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10</span></span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif">On my return from London I had a couple of days at home catching up on a few jobs before going to Norfolk to prepare for <a href="https://norfolkstudios.org.uk/" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">Norfolk Open Studios</a>. I am open at weekends 10am - 5pm</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="https://norfolkstudios.org.uk/artist/mo-teeuw/" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">MORE DETAILS </a></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageGroupBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 564px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/96b9e073-fba6-b318-70e1-2e461fb3c23c.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/526d9f78-0125-2d33-1809-0f017f9c1bc1.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/1dfc68b2-905e-5237-b7f4-65c7e4a3c4d3.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5a8ba7; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><em>inside the gallerage. still more paintings to hang</em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5a8ba7; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif">I will also have a selection of art materials from my recent studio clear out, plus there is a bargain bin of unframed work that is taking up too much space .<br /><br />As an added bonus, </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif">I am offering you as a subscriber 10% off all purchases.</span></span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif">Please don't forget to mention it.<br /><br />I do hope you can pop along and say hello</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-color: rgb(78, 110, 122); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5a8ba7; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span face=""comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif"><strong>Strada Easel Challeng</strong>e</span></span><br /><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">As if I wasn't busy enough, I have undertaken the Strada Easel challenge. This means doing a painting from life every day throughout September and then posting them online. It's a great discipline and because of the the public commitment, it does make you paint when you might otherwise find something else to do.<br /><br />I had started the month with the intention of doing all the paintings outside but I'm afraid the rather wet weather soon knocked that idea out of the window. I did however manage to catch up with my friend <a href="https://www.emmaperring.com/" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">Emma Perring</a> who had come to Norfolk for a few days to paint. We had a couple of albeit rather cold days, painting on first Cley beach and the next day on Weybourne beach.</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageGroupBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/931daab5-b3d0-2728-3a03-9fa14e6a2c8a.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/96158a5c-bd89-4231-0aa5-238d5ad47b8a.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5a8ba7; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><em>sky study, Cley beach Cley church from the beach</em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/fb2e3049-810e-dba5-811a-78804d5f237e.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5a8ba7; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><em>Weybourne Beach</em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #5a8ba7; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">All the paintings I do as part of the challenge are available.<br /><span style="font-size: 18px;">Prices start at £190</span><br />Please let me know if you see one you fancy<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;">here are a few more for you to browse</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageGroupBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/_compresseds/f21875ec-99d2-d67e-2dd0-80eadafd0050.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 2609px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/_compresseds/a2413541-9501-633c-16a8-8d728737db30.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 2583px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/d549d1d8-38e8-cd68-562c-3948e9d4537a.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageGroupContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageGroupContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/_compresseds/c9cc33a4-2ea4-d773-45d1-3b1220626d75.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 4032px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="color: #336699;"><em>more available paintings from the challenge</em></span> <br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #336699;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif">I almost forgot to mention that many of my recent paintings have been painted with my 'wrong' hand.<br />I am still finding awkward but am enjoying the results.<br />I even sold one of my left handed paintings at the Mall Galleries and the buyer was delighted with it, especially after I told her the story of the broken arm.</span></span></span><br /> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; 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word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #336699;"><strong><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span face=""comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif">Mulberry House</span></span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif">I mentioned at the beginning that we have had the outside of the house painted. I spent ages choosing the colour and finally decided on F&B Lichen, a beautiful deep blue/green.<br />The result is nothing like I imagined, it has come out more 'minty'.<br />Nevertheless I am quite pleased with the result and the house looks nice a clean again</span></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/c6c12d0d-69f7-8033-5693-41b7bdcc007b.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-color: rgb(78, 110, 122); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 9px 18px;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="background-color: #79b6d3; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 18px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color: white;">I hope you've enjoyed catching up on all my news.<br />I'm off to run a course in Harwich next week,<br />I'm hoping that next month will be a little quieter.<br /><br />I reach another milestone birthday at the beginning of October<br />(I'll leave you guessing). Time to take it easy??? I doubt it very much.<br /><br />Thank you so much for your support. I hope to see to in Norfolk <br /><br />love and best wishes<br />Mo x</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnFollowBlockOuter"><tr><td align="center" class="mcnFollowBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><br /><div class="vcard"></div><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-62200100315556884112021-08-14T03:36:00.000-07:002021-08-14T03:36:49.972-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="color: black; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="templatePreheader" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="templateHeader" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="text-align: left; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img align="center" alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/0d821356-c80c-6c70-5b5d-63bcc89fe64c.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/0d821356-c80c-6c70-5b5d-63bcc89fe64c.jpg" width="600" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">News From Mulberry House, Garden & Studio</span></h1></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="templateBody" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><h3><span style="font-family: verdana;">August Newsletter</span></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well I have to say July was a month to remember or maybe forget.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Disappointingly I had to postpone my course in Harwich as I had only just broken my right arm and it was too painful to travel. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two weeks later I did manage to run a very successful painting course for Big Sky Art in Norfolk staying at the White House, Burnham Market. I had a really lovely group and was even able to manage a couple of left-handed demonstrations.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did promise you last month that I would show you any paintings that I managed to do with my left hand I will post these below.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some of you may know, I have been coordinating the next exhibition for British Plein-Air Painters. We had got the smaller North Gallery booked at the Mall. Whilst standing at Brancaster Staithe painting with my group, I had a phone call from the Mall to say that the proposed exhibition in the main gallery had pulled out and they offered us the chance to have the main gallery. I had to make a snap decision on behalf of the group and so I said "yes" - then the reality set in, my goodness what a big space to fill. I’m sure we can do it we have some excellent artists in the group.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="templateFooter" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><h4><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mulberry House & Garden</span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Very little has happened since breaking my arm. I could almost weep when I walk down the garden. With recent rain and warm weather, the weeds have gone crazy, some of the dahlias which I hadn't got around to staking have fallen, the lily beetles have had a field day, most of the apricots dropped off in the heavy rain and the plum tree seems to have some kind of fungus.<br />Frank has been going into work as we are starting to get bulbs in now at Gee Tee so he hasn't had time to help. I did try to to pull a few weeds out with just my left hand but had to give that up when I put my back out!!<br />It's a bit disheartening after all the hard work we put in at the beginning of the year<br />Anyone know a good gardener??<br /><br />On the upside, we've had a brilliant crop of French & Runner beans and the tomatoes are beginning to ripen.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/75593d7a-236c-d0af-ea99-1ec8f63ef3c8.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/75593d7a-236c-d0af-ea99-1ec8f63ef3c8.jpg" width="264" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/c5f2dab8-1c81-698a-53f2-bea39fd6b4c5.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/c5f2dab8-1c81-698a-53f2-bea39fd6b4c5.jpg" width="264" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;">weeds are taller than the flowers</span></em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><h4><span style="font-family: verdana;">Studio</span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />I was delighted with my one off Open Studio Norfolk weekend, I had a constant flow of visitors, friends, followers and buyers. Thank you every one that came to see me.<br /><br />I shall be taking part in the wider Norfolk Open Studios in September & October<br />You can see who is taking part <a data-cke-saved-href="http:// https://norfolkstudios.org.uk" target="_blank">here</a><br />I shall give more information nearer the time.<br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/04a50052-5512-7b29-b725-0680623bc6f4.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/04a50052-5512-7b29-b725-0680623bc6f4.jpg" width="264" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/4e88ea2a-f9c4-e503-06e3-b586424619ef.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/4e88ea2a-f9c4-e503-06e3-b586424619ef.jpg" width="264" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;"> studio clearance one happy buyer & artist</span></em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><br /></span><h4><span style="font-family: verdana;">IEA Painting Day</span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />On 29th July I was picked up by fellow member of the Institute of East Anglian Artists, Jim Power, to take part in a Painting Day at King's Lynn.<br />I optimistically took my paints and decided to give it a go. This was my first attempt at painting left handed</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="text-align: left; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img align="center" alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/ffad23f8-6786-3325-77c5-48d65d02a2db.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/ffad23f8-6786-3325-77c5-48d65d02a2db.jpg" width="265.08" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;">room for improvement?</span></em></div><em><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There was a very good turn out and the predicted rain stayed away until the very end of the day, mind you it was very windy on the quay sideband I had to use my body to stop easel blowing over as I couldn't hold it<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/2dbdc7fe-9435-d2b3-87b1-82b7e0b0baff.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/2dbdc7fe-9435-d2b3-87b1-82b7e0b0baff.jpg" width="264" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/7d6b1a46-5d70-ea3e-5329-648e8270e8cf.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/7d6b1a46-5d70-ea3e-5329-648e8270e8cf.jpg" width="264" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;"> chatting with Ian McManus enjoying a midday coffee</span></em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><h4><span style="font-family: verdana;">Big Sky Art</span></h4><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have just returned from a wonderful week in Norfolk running a painting course at the White House.<br />I had a group of 15 enthusiastic painters.<br />On the first day we painted within the grounds but after that we went and painted at Brancaster Staithe, Burnham Overy Staithe</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did manage to do a couple of left handed demonstrations and paintings.<br /><br />A lot of the group have rebooked for next year but there maybe a couple of places left if you are quick<br /><a data-cke-saved-href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rauJEwLujf6tdRelRJ41gi8poZu9cukI/view" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rauJEwLujf6tdRelRJ41gi8poZu9cukI/view" target="_blank">Big Sky Art</a>. Phone +44 (0) 7785 439727</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/3d16059b-6ca0-bfe9-d101-4b7ef64ead03.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/3d16059b-6ca0-bfe9-d101-4b7ef64ead03.jpg" width="264" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/4ce54925-f16b-4961-e10e-583aefd07459.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/4ce54925-f16b-4961-e10e-583aefd07459.jpg" width="264" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;">Burnham Overy Staithe Brancaster Staithe</span></em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/503576e3-3a18-a24e-734b-d3251dee5833.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/503576e3-3a18-a24e-734b-d3251dee5833.jpg" width="264" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 273px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/43a9a3cf-758f-b93d-4b19-af08103a08d7.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/43a9a3cf-758f-b93d-4b19-af08103a08d7.jpg" width="264" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <em> The White House My bedroom <br /> (shower room downstairs)<br /><br /><br /></em></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was very pleased that I managed to get special permission to paint in and around the grounds at Wiveton Hall. There is a wealth of subjects everywhere you look. The group were very pleased to meet Desmond from TV's 'Normal for Norfolk' fame and yes, he is as mad as he came over on the television.<br />We had the most marvellous lunch there which I had preordered. <br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="text-align: left; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img align="center" alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/f19011a1-2c6e-4297-9f83-505ae952f0e9.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/f19011a1-2c6e-4297-9f83-505ae952f0e9.jpg" width="507.6" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;">the wonderful Wiveton Hall</span></em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><br /></span><h4><span style="font-family: verdana;">Exhibition at the Mall</span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I'd be organising let alone exhibiting at the Mall Galleries in London.<br />(I've had the odd painting accepted and hung in some of the major shows but this is much more)</span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I count myself very fortunate to be part of a wonderful group that we call the British Plein Air Painters.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">After painting with a group of friends in Portugal in 2017 we decided to have an exhibition together. As there were only 10 of us we decided to invite some of our friends to join us and had our first exhibition was in 2018 at the Menier Gallery. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Following the success of our first exhibition, we booked the North Gallery at the Mall for our second London show. I volunteered to coordinate the show with the help of some of the members. This I can tell you sounds easier than it is but we won't go there.<br /><br />While I was painting with my group in Brancaster I had a surprise phone call from the Mall, they told me that the exhibitors that were going to be in the main gallery had pulled out and they offered us the chance to use that space. I made a quick decision on behalf of the group and said 'yes, we would take it'.<br />I then realised the enormity of filling such a huge space and all the other problems that go along with it.<br /><br />We are very excited about it and it promises to be an excellent exhibition. I do hope you are able to come along, there will members there each day and we hope to have demonstrations each day too.<br /><br />As part of our promotion for the show I have organised painting days around the country where we can hand out flyers.<br />The next painting day is in Oxford this weekend 14th August followed by one in Kensington Gardens on 23nd. <br />All the details can be found on our web site <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.britishpleinairpainters.co.uk/" href="https://www.britishpleinairpainters.co.uk/" target="_blank">British Plein Air Painters</a><br />These painting days are free and open to any one who cares to come along and paint in the company of like minded artists.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img align="center" alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/532afc69-f3aa-36f4-6b67-13f8fd039dad.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/532afc69-f3aa-36f4-6b67-13f8fd039dad.jpg" width="287.64" /><br /><br /><br /></span><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="color: black; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><h4><span style="font-family: verdana;">Left handed demo</span></h4></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="color: black; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="text-align: left; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img align="center" alt="" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/d24eb328-d079-f643-a1f1-208af1c6e6fc.jpg" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dc83909400d89a7bde544d690/images/d24eb328-d079-f643-a1f1-208af1c6e6fc.jpg" width="564" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="color: black; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 10" x 16" Weybourne<br /><br /></span></em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="color: black; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was particularly pleased with this studio demonstration. I am offering it, unframed, at the special price of £190 including free P&P<br />Drop me an email if you are interested</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="color: black; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="color: black; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Thank you for your support, I really do appreciate it. Hopefully by the time I write next time, things will be back to normal, well, as normal as they'll ever be. I'm looking forward to being able to drive again.<br />One thing is for sure - ambidextrous , I am not.<br /></i></span><br />take care and best wishes<br /><br />Mo xx</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><h4><br /></h4></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=" cke_show_border" style="text-align: left; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="bodyTable" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; height: 100%px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody></tbody></table>Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-5622061015565226572021-02-02T03:44:00.001-08:002021-02-02T03:44:31.497-08:0031 Paintings in 31 Days<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9geEvfgdMOc/YBk2SGB-M4I/AAAAAAAAFYo/qqgm_Dt8FSMKZ0BHZM7ojFq26giEYM8MwCLcBGAsYHQ/Image%2B01-02-2021%2Bat%2B09.09.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="488" height="351" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9geEvfgdMOc/YBk2SGB-M4I/AAAAAAAAFYo/qqgm_Dt8FSMKZ0BHZM7ojFq26giEYM8MwCLcBGAsYHQ/w351-h351/Image%2B01-02-2021%2Bat%2B09.09.jpg" width="351" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>30 of the 31 paintings (couldn't fit 31)</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> Phew!! I did it 31 paintings in 31 days, that's a painting every day in January. Thanks to Strada Easel.</p><p>What better way is there for an artist to start the year but to take up a painting challenge??</p><p>Strada Easel throw out a challenge twice a year inviting artists to take part in painting from life every day for a whole month.</p><p>This is the first time I've done the Strada challenge and would totally recommend it to anyone thinking of taking part. I mean, how hard can it be to paint every day for 31 days?? </p><p> I think the main issue is, not the fact that you commit to paint every day, but committing to share a painting every day with the world!!!! </p><p>Suddenly there isn't any time for mistakes so even on the days that I wasn't entirely happy with the painting, I still posted it, warts and all.</p><p>To become better at what you do, and to grow as an artist you need to commit, you need to sacrifice, you need to work hard. In doing so you gain confidence, loosen up, and try new things. Often it's too easy to stay in our comfort zone but by pushing ourselves to try something different we can become more creative!! By sharing my work, I got to learn from others too. </p><p>It's a great kickstart to the year and I found a lot of inspiration and encouragement from the other participating artists. I met some great people and really connected with them. Now that it's over, it's a strange feeling not to be committed to painting, I so looked forward each day to seeing what people had posted on Instagram. I think it's a bit like how I used to feel at the end of a school year.</p><p>I am definitely looking forward to the next challenge. Meanwhile, I have made a promise to myself to paint more often.</p><p>Painting is a journey for me and I will never stop learning!!!</p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-49890779646328791792021-01-01T03:46:00.000-08:002021-01-01T03:46:02.763-08:00Daffodils in oils<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/21Rm4NAjiKg" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/21Rm4NAjiKg/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>For the month of January my aim is to complete a painting a day. As added incentive, I am taking part in the Strada easel challenge. https://www.stradaeasel.com</div><div><br /></div><div>My first painting is of daffodils. For me at this time of year, they are a promise of things to come</div>Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-71086141488658921432020-09-28T08:42:00.002-07:002020-09-28T08:42:30.081-07:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X9zRQKMQyR8/X3H_655b5hI/AAAAAAAAFUU/P5_RduinGUQuU_kC8rhRZ439aZx7htzfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1602/Title.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="1359" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X9zRQKMQyR8/X3H_655b5hI/AAAAAAAAFUU/P5_RduinGUQuU_kC8rhRZ439aZx7htzfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Title.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Another first for me today! </p><p>I gave my very first Zoom demonstration. It was to Norwich and Norfolk Art Circle. I have no idea how many participants there were as I couldn't see anyone. I have to say it was very strange, working alone in my studio and giving a running commentary to a silent audience, nevertheless, it was well received and I have had a lot of good feed back. </p><p>The original demo was 1 hour 45 mins but I have edited out the chat and unnecessary bits so it is now just an hour long.</p><p>Here is the link to my You Tube channel if you'd care to have a look.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/5AFntqsnZJw">https://youtu.be/5AFntqsnZJw</a></p>Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-79007262504734076252020-08-26T01:24:00.006-07:002020-09-05T04:38:45.127-07:00Painting in The Limousin<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pf3MDONnK3Y/X0ThEJXgnvI/AAAAAAAAFPs/Uo3a-XWlJEEUfi8IJIYKWR9upF_QKjdBACLcBGAsYHQ/s2528/fullsizeoutput_2cbf.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cottage by The Sedell" border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="2528" height="234" id="id_df8e_f034_2b4d_fafb" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pf3MDONnK3Y/X0ThEJXgnvI/AAAAAAAAFPs/Uo3a-XWlJEEUfi8IJIYKWR9upF_QKjdBACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h234/fullsizeoutput_2cbf.jpeg" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" title="Cottage by The Sedell" width="640" /></a></font></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><b>June 3rd - 10th September 30th - 7th October 2021</b></font></p><p><font face="arial"><br /></font></p><p><font face="arial">I am delighted to be returning to the wonderful Limousin region of France next year to run two painting holidays. This holiday is certainly very good value as there are no hidden costs. All meals and drinks (some in restaurants), transport, accommodation and tuition are included<br /></font></p><p><font face="arial">The courses are based at Les Marrionniers, a group of gites set in 7 acres of grounds with it's own private swimming pool, hot tub, games room and studio.<b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="color: #262626;"> </span></b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;"></span><span lang="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #262626; text-align: justify;"> All our painting locations and picturesque villages are within an easy drive or within the grounds. All abilities are welcome on the courses as tuition is on an individual basis in the medium of your choice. There are also plenty of group demonstrations with opportunities for questions. Each day there is a morning and afternoon painting session with a relaxing picnic and a glass of wine. Evenings are for relaxing and reviewing the days work with a drink before enjoying the wonderful French cuisine.</span></font></p><p><font face="arial">We will be following in the steps of some of the early impressionists along the banks of the River Sedell. <br /></font></p><p><b><font face="arial">There will be painting trips to:</font></b></p><p><font face="arial"><b>Argenton</b>, a beautiful town situated by the River Creuse. </font></p><p><font face="arial"><b>Crozant</b>, home of Impressionist Armand Guillaumin, with it's ruins of a 13th century castle situated on a rocky outcrop between the Creuse and its tributary, the Sédelle. Indulge in a bit of history as we visit The Hotel Lapinet in Crozant to see an
exhibition, The Origins of
Impressionism, with slide shows and original artists' materials as well
reproductions by Monet that visited the area to paint, <br /></font></p><p><font face="arial"><b>La Celle Dunoise</b> with it's church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century and the bridge, dating from the fourteenth century.</font></p><p><font face="arial"><b>Oradour sur Glane</b> We will also take a trip to this fascinating village, destroyed in 1944, when 642 inhabitants were killed, the village now remains as a permanent memorial and museum. If time allows we may also visit a porcelain factory in Limoges.</font></p><p><font face="arial"><b>Gargilesse </b>A highlight for me is painting in the artists' village of Gargilesse where there will be an
opportunity to visit the home of George Sand as well as painting the
spectacular view or the local château. Here we will have lunch in the welcoming local restaurant, Les Artiste. </font></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial"><b>St Benoit du Sault</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">A medieval village, perched in a curve on a rocky butte overlooking the Portefeuille River
In 1988, it was named one of the most beautiful towns in France. Enjoy wandering through the narrow streets and portals and see the 14th century priory. </span></font></div></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial"> Argenton</font></h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3></h3><h3><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvgK8bfeYWX8pXuSGcxQTM0hpk5o9mp5Cop6cszuLSFIbITMvP-hLQiXd1Cc8vs5Ypx4tETlsbEpbOGdeNht5sPJXnpXF6yLj7uksQmQiRb61k627GR5GSJ3ka689__WsIE_XwZ_L26wG/s2048/IMG_1282.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="arial" size="3"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" id="id_cc3a_f3b3_97b5_962f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvgK8bfeYWX8pXuSGcxQTM0hpk5o9mp5Cop6cszuLSFIbITMvP-hLQiXd1Cc8vs5Ypx4tETlsbEpbOGdeNht5sPJXnpXF6yLj7uksQmQiRb61k627GR5GSJ3ka689__WsIE_XwZ_L26wG/w640-h480/IMG_1282.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" title="Argenton" width="640" /></font></a></h3></div><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial"> La Celle Dunoise<br /></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Phty37fpVM/X0US3oCY4rI/AAAAAAAAFQ8/m01qh4xTC1wScpnkL_ivxjczcydNG_m7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_1503.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="arial"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" id="id_648a_3635_6358_3269" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Phty37fpVM/X0US3oCY4rI/AAAAAAAAFQ8/m01qh4xTC1wScpnkL_ivxjczcydNG_m7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_1503.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></font></a></div></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial"> Gargilesse</font></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LXIDuI8RzzU/X0UUVzmZaSI/AAAAAAAAFRQ/Xm52cX4_wTUL7fKkTAWM3yU7UfqJ7IXhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2582.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" id="id_4353_1f3c_af8a_d193" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LXIDuI8RzzU/X0UUVzmZaSI/AAAAAAAAFRQ/Xm52cX4_wTUL7fKkTAWM3yU7UfqJ7IXhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2582.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 480px;" /></a> </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="arial"> </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="arial"> </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="arial"> St Benoit du Sault</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yz0BwtI0e0k/X0UUukCr4II/AAAAAAAAFRY/39xuksIbZScZ3_klCgHy91b1U5Kkl77BACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_1523.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="arial"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" id="id_2315_3ab8_2966_a032" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yz0BwtI0e0k/X0UUukCr4II/AAAAAAAAFRY/39xuksIbZScZ3_klCgHy91b1U5Kkl77BACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_1523.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></font></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial"> Crozant<br /></font></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ayVy5IrkZFI/X0UejD_CMiI/AAAAAAAAFR0/sMCGvPlY3mEO-ILxzTke53jky82TIzaQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_1469.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="arial"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" id="id_9753_5840_14ec_c42d" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ayVy5IrkZFI/X0UejD_CMiI/AAAAAAAAFR0/sMCGvPlY3mEO-ILxzTke53jky82TIzaQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_1469.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 480px;" /></font></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="3">Accommodation <br /></font></h3></div></h4><p><font face="arial">Gite 1 3 star 1 x double bedroom, 1 x twin room bathroom on ground floor<br /></font></p><p><font face="arial">Gite 2 3 star 1 x double bedroom 1 x twin room separate shower and bathroom on first floor<br /></font></p><p><font face="arial">Gite 3 4 star 3 x double/kingsize bedrooms all en-suite</font></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="3">Price</font></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="arial">Prices below are inclusive of all tuition, accommodation, meals, drinks, transport to and from Limoges airport<br /></font></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="arial">Not included: flights and personal purchases</font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><u>Gites 1 & 2</u> 2 occupants £950.00 pp </font></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">3 occupants £793 pp 4 occupants £710.00 pp<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="arial"><u>Gite 3</u> 1 person per room £1007.00 2 people per room £890.00pp</font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="arial"><span style="font-size: medium;">NB</span>: <i>In the event of another Covid outbreak, full refunds will be given. This does not apply to your airfare. Cancellation for any other reason eight weeks before the course will result in a loss of deposit.</i></font></span></div>Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-68265866069490681182020-08-07T09:52:00.043-07:002020-09-05T04:38:45.325-07:00Sweet Peas demo in Oils<div><br /></div>I have been playing around with editing and have put together a short time lapse video. <div>I have to say I feel rather pleased with myself. It is a steep learning curve for someone who has no idea when it comes to technology but I think I'm getting there.</div><div><br /><div>See what you think, all comments welcome.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the final painting to see the video on You Tube, Click <a href="https://youtu.be/Abqweij12FY">HERE</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdyZN84Odk1tLXm0Apw7efLyv_dS7ReSGRyerdEDByYWZQ_6opAjtEK4n9aDEBugHDD1mBgU-xE7fTm3YAjloRIwi8xz7UtnOS_GusSuN4CqiPpoMcxsUYllNo03O953DLVqTv29OKV9sN/s2048/IMG_5801.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1564" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdyZN84Odk1tLXm0Apw7efLyv_dS7ReSGRyerdEDByYWZQ_6opAjtEK4n9aDEBugHDD1mBgU-xE7fTm3YAjloRIwi8xz7UtnOS_GusSuN4CqiPpoMcxsUYllNo03O953DLVqTv29OKV9sN/s640/IMG_5801.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-12708932203465564862020-06-12T04:07:00.000-07:002020-09-05T04:38:45.518-07:00Preparing BoardsI get through quite a few boards and canvases. Not all the paintings, I have to say, make it to being framed. Quite often I will sand a painting down (if it's not been scraped off) and paint over it.<div><br /></div><div>My main preference for a surface is a linen canvas. This comes in different grades. The one I am using at the moment is a fairly fine linen, which I bought on a roll of 10 metres from Ken Bromely. You can buy stretchers for your canvas but as I work outside a lot I prefer the portability of boards.</div><div><br /></div><div>I buy a whole sheet of 3-5mm MDF (8' x 4') which my local woodyard cut into 8, 24" squares.</div><div><br /></div><div>The next step is to seal the boards front AND back. This is especially important as MDF is porous and will absorb moisture. If, in the future, your painting were to be hanging on a damp wall or in a damp atmosphere, then, water absorbed through the back could potentially ruin your masterpiece.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1802" data-original-width="1622" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisE-dyu8_jZJH1omxciHfp5NNp38SAmUEVWv4WYPUnVvs2ThGR6qEAb1BVjdv2e8-aiEl8Ai8KV39dYKrIj2niaVwatKYGHjW9lbhZG7iRmFFqxx-gS6YOVenGSV5brHOVHTIveL3y9cUr/s320/fullsizeoutput_4210.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4><span style="text-align: left;">Paint is applied with a roller for an even coverage</span></h4><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kyZ4_3ow4V0/XuJTA80Vm9I/AAAAAAAAFGw/LtS33ilfa3Udq1mjd7HS2vLH6Z8muH-_ACK4BGAsYHg/s320/mtFzIpCoTlKT7SuKPGyfFA.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>Cut the canvas to size</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div>While the boards are drying I cut the canvas cut to size. It does shrink so I allow approx 1cm extra all round. </div><div><br /></div><div>A good quality PVA is poured on the board. You could use the roller again but cleaning up is a sticky business so I spread the glue with a piece of stiff card</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fTtuW33h8CY/XuJTCEWTdGI/AAAAAAAAFG4/j7bxfZHYijAX4D1S3xIVzsVWr3ojeeYCQCK4BGAsYHg/s320/%252BdoEpzK6Ti%252BDmLKyCFDpPg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>Spreading glue with card</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I0zg0oM2mTM/XuJTBRo1AUI/AAAAAAAAFG0/7wo3f9Kny0835t2_kO5sba5oe1rViSKeQCK4BGAsYHg/s4032/BC0wX%252BvwQdOz1jnxpK14cg.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I0zg0oM2mTM/XuJTBRo1AUI/AAAAAAAAFG0/7wo3f9Kny0835t2_kO5sba5oe1rViSKeQCK4BGAsYHg/s320/BC0wX%252BvwQdOz1jnxpK14cg.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>PVA poured on board</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I ensure that there is a good even coverage of glue before carefully laying the canvas on top. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>A quick note here - the canvas comes ready primed, I have known people to used the unprimed side thinking that the linen colour was the side to use.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3csMUy48sQ0/XuJTCjBEBMI/AAAAAAAAFG8/K0atO7mwlfQzzgYhbVq0GkFSey6ugV0GQCK4BGAsYHg/s4032/lmsnbmoFQ1GFqgV3EZoCnQ.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3csMUy48sQ0/XuJTCjBEBMI/AAAAAAAAFG8/K0atO7mwlfQzzgYhbVq0GkFSey6ugV0GQCK4BGAsYHg/s320/lmsnbmoFQ1GFqgV3EZoCnQ.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>Use a clean piece of card</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div>Starting from the middle of the board, use a clean piece of card as a squeegee and work towards the edges. Wipe off any surplus glue that squeezes out. When I am happy that there are no lumps of excess glue under the canvas, I repeat the whole procedure with all the other boards. I lay them face down on top of each other with some weight on top. When they are dry, trim any surplus canvas from the edges with a craft knife on a cutting mat canvas side down.</div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7A7RuWvm9c4/XuNZstKkD8I/AAAAAAAAFIQ/WLo1mnkxdWAWwRzDWghYubtj0a-El7F1QCK4BGAsYHg/s2199/fullsizeoutput_4212.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2199" data-original-width="1702" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7A7RuWvm9c4/XuNZstKkD8I/AAAAAAAAFIQ/WLo1mnkxdWAWwRzDWghYubtj0a-El7F1QCK4BGAsYHg/s320/fullsizeoutput_4212.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>Trim surplus canvas</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Now they are completely dry I can decide on the sizes I want to work on. </div><div>I do like to work my still life paintings in a square format so I might cut one board into nine 8" x 8" squares. Another into sixteen 6" x 6" squares and another into four 12" squares. Alternatively you can mix the sizes. For example two 10" squares and two 14" x 12". This does mean a bit of wastage but it is minimal.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-chJMG6YxEwE/XuNZ7cKb3cI/AAAAAAAAFIc/UzRl0KLRp9UR_e7AjYI9p6xBsX8j6fCXgCK4BGAsYHg/s4032/Q3tQLEVkRiCS8nOOhoveJw.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-chJMG6YxEwE/XuNZ7cKb3cI/AAAAAAAAFIc/UzRl0KLRp9UR_e7AjYI9p6xBsX8j6fCXgCK4BGAsYHg/s320/Q3tQLEVkRiCS8nOOhoveJw.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>Mark out canvas side up</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Mark out the sizes you require using a 'T' square, canvas side up. It is important to use a sharp knife and cut down through the canvas side. If you were to cut through the back of the board you wouldn't get such a clean cut.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMGPBFUeKQkW2ThrYdj8oyZgxMail_cwE_O2MDlSSURduFRfJES2S-R7-gm_cvme01ryxPSpa-J1podFTjgZXoV6xgQINl_0ZWzgfV-z8mhKjaWHaDIw_haCtovj0U2Flsous8iKeFosJ/s3024/fullsizeoutput_4213.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2473" data-original-width="3024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMGPBFUeKQkW2ThrYdj8oyZgxMail_cwE_O2MDlSSURduFRfJES2S-R7-gm_cvme01ryxPSpa-J1podFTjgZXoV6xgQINl_0ZWzgfV-z8mhKjaWHaDIw_haCtovj0U2Flsous8iKeFosJ/s320/fullsizeoutput_4213.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>Use a fresh blade in craft knife</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div>I use a metal ruler with a safety edge cut down through the board. It does take several strokes to get through. I usually get husband Frank to do it for me if he's around.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now we have a neat stack of boards all ready to paint on. If I am going to use them for taking out to work plein air, I glue matchsticks onto the back so that I can stack wet paintings together. I wish I could claim this as my idea but it was a tip from Ken Howard. I keep a clean board for 'the lid' and use masking tape to keep the pictures together</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K5C224Us81A/XuNeUCyT1TI/AAAAAAAAFJg/zoq4o_YA-GMdGACLqv5IgCs9ThK5u_TTQCK4BGAsYHg/s4032/Z0gZBWeiRrWtWB%25254yPg9BQ.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K5C224Us81A/XuNeUCyT1TI/AAAAAAAAFJg/zoq4o_YA-GMdGACLqv5IgCs9ThK5u_TTQCK4BGAsYHg/s320/Z0gZBWeiRrWtWB%25254yPg9BQ.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>Matchsticks glued on</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jHOMppf4QUA/XuNeUiAqzuI/AAAAAAAAFJk/C5TDMKF8xtwoewB-8mG0E-LS4uyBW1hVgCK4BGAsYHg/s3024/fullsizeoutput_4214.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1850" data-original-width="3024" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jHOMppf4QUA/XuNeUiAqzuI/AAAAAAAAFJk/C5TDMKF8xtwoewB-8mG0E-LS4uyBW1hVgCK4BGAsYHg/s320/fullsizeoutput_4214.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>Ready to go out painting</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div>Doing a whole sheet at a time is time consuming but well worth the effort, not just because of the stash of boards you have to paint on but, just think of all the money you've saved and the convenience.</div><div>If you would rather not go to the trouble of gluing canvas on then you can always cover the boards with gesso. Do use a good quality one though and give the boards at least two coats and don't forget to seal the back of the board. You can use household emulsion, PVA or gesso to do this.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another tip - try and work to standard sizes, it is much easier if you have standard size frames. This way you can swap you work around.</div><div><br /></div><div>Good luck and do let me know how you get on</div><div><br /></div>Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-33231243575029493342020-06-11T10:04:00.001-07:002020-09-05T04:38:45.716-07:00Studio Tour<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nJpvM0ADST4" width="480"></iframe>Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-86484590675337493962020-05-14T05:01:00.000-07:002020-09-05T04:38:45.909-07:00Garden Transformation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have been living at Mulberry House for over 35 years now and have made a lot of changes to the garden. There weren't a lot of trees when we moved in but these conifers were here and are/were over 100 years old.<br />
Over the years we have lost two and then when the storm hit, another went down. We were lucky the it didn't do any damage to the building behind or to the wall. You can see that it wasn't very deep rooted. We made the decision to have the other three conifers taken down as they too were in danger of falling. You can see the prop we put in after the previous storm as the tree leaned quite a bit<br />
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6th February</h4>
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18th March</h4>
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You can see from the stump how far from the wall first to come down was. We have never been able to grow any thing in that area as it's always so dry. This was then a good opportunity to redesign this area of the garden. To be honest, it couldn't of come at a better time as we are in lockdown and there were no excuses not to get on with it</div>
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21st March</h4>
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Clearing the site took longer than we had thought possible.<br />
We were lucky in our timing that we were able to visit a local nursery before total lockdown. We ordered some trees to go along the wall to break it up plus two ornamental trees to give a bit of height to the new area.<br />
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25th March</h4>
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Once the area was clear , we were surprised at the extra space we had gained. We hadn't moved any plants or shrubs, it was just a dead area. Looking at it we decided to sweep the lawn in a bit more to reduce the width. We were at this point, in the picture above, waiting to get some turf.</div>
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29th March</h4>
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The trees arrived. Five 'Pyrus callryana Chanticleer' in 60ltr bags approx 16 feet tall. They took some getting in. We couldn't enlist any help because of isolating but we managed. </div>
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The dogs, I have to say, were not a lot of help!. The ground was very dry so the stakes took a bit of hammering in, that I left entity to Frank although I did helpfully hold it still while he bashed it.</div>
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30th March</h4>
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Nathan had taken up some slabs from his old house and stored them at work. Having asked Jo if she needed them first, we brought them back to build a patio to re-site an existing arbour. While I painted the arbour with some paint I'd bought for another job, Frank laid the patio. We had enough slabs to make a path weaving through the border to the seat.</div>
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Gedney Bulb Company produce a wonderful range of perennials, some of which we sell in our spring season at Gee Tee, I phoned Phil up and he delivered almost 100 plants to our warehouse. A lot of the order were alpine and low growing paints to soften the edges of path and patio.</div>
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8th April</h4>
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Once the arbour was in place the planting began. we started to move some more established shrubs and also some larger shrubs that we had in pots. Having got those in place it was time to fill in the gaps with Lupins, Delphiniums, Scabious and Rudbeckia (from Phil) as well as the dahlias and seedlings I'd had growing in the greenhouse. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed we don't get a frost.<br />
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Frank came up with the idea of putting trellis on the wall. Great - that meant I could grow clematis and other climbers. Not sure whose idea it was but it seemed a good one at the time - we painted them black. It looks stunning but not a job I would recommend<br />
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12th May</h4>
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14th May</h4>
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14th May</h4>
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There are still a few plants to go in and we are at this point we are waitting for the peony and lupins to flower. The Dahlias are pushing their way through the soiled making good progress too.<br />
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<br />13th May</h4>
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It is a joy now to sit and enjoy the view of our garden from a different angle. Of course - it wouldn't be the same without a well earned glass of chilled white wine, after all I think we deserve it - Cheers</div>
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Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-26831405910882648482020-05-06T09:32:00.000-07:002020-09-05T04:38:46.115-07:00Finishing the Flower challengeWell, I made it to the end of the challenge to paint 20 flower pictures in 30 days. The thing about this challenge was, unlike other daily challenges, you could take a day or two off. This I did do and kind of lost track of where I was.<br />
in my last post, I'd got up to painting 14 so, here is<br />
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15 of 20<br />
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Double & Fringed Tulips</h4>
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I found this double tulip incredibly hard to paint, it probably looks more like a Camellia. It was a good exercise in mixing pinks, Michael Harding's 'Brilliant Pink' came into it's own here. The fringed tulips look a bit dull but I didn't want to overplay them. In hindsight, I should probably just have painted the double.<br />
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16 of 20<br />
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Lily flowering Viridiflora</h4>
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MMM! probably the less said about this the better.! Roos Schuring uses Gouache for a lot of her flower paintings and they look amazing. so, I invested in a few tubes.. First, I tried to use them like oils, then I tried adding water but used too much. They dried quicker than I expected them to as well. The frustrating thing for me was that the lights dried darker and the darks dried lighter. Definitely need more practice at this.<br />
I was encouraged to read in Roos' blog that she did not dare post her first efforts - (maybe this shouldn't be here?)<br />
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17 of 20<br />
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Narcissus in gouache 2</h4>
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Narcissus in gouache 1 </h4>
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Not one to be defeated by a tube of bl***y paint, I thought i'd give it another try. Same subject, different backgrounds. Slightly more pleased , particularly with the one on the right - third try lucky?<br />
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18 of 20<br />
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Marigolds & Orange</h4>
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Back to the oils - phew!!<br />
I was very pleased with this little painting. At least I knew what I was doing<br />
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19 of 20<br />
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Helebores</h4>
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Slightly cheating here as I'd already painted this previously. The thing is, I'd learnt so much since then that I repainted areas that I could see I could improve on. Much more pleased with it now<br />
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20 of 20<br />
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Lysianthus </h4>
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Not sure if I spelt that right but you know what I mean<br />
Final painting. Playing with background and texture. The aim was to graduate the colour . I painted over an old painting that was on a textured board. To be honest I think I prefer a smoother surface<br />
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It's been an interesting experience for me as I don't consider myself to be a flower painter but, having said that, I do include them a lot in my still life paintings. I'm now continually eying up flowers in my garden with a view to painting them.<br />
Although I didn't take the paid challenge (whereby you got feedback and help from Roos) I feel I've learned a lot. Certainly, looking on Instagram at the #30days20 I can see a massive improvement in everybody's work as the days have gone by. So a big thank you to <a href="https://roosschuring.com/" target="_blank">Roos Schuring</a>.<br />
I'll be looking out for more challenges in the future to keep me on my toes<br />
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<br />Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-14955396042410192042020-04-28T02:11:00.001-07:002020-09-05T04:38:46.312-07:00#30days20 A Flower ChallengeI'm still keeping up with the flower painting challenge set by Roos Schuring. I feel also that I am making progress, I certainly feel more confident when I start the painting.<br />
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<b>No. 10 of 20</b><br />
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Single white daffodil 8"x 6"</h3>
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Believe it or not white is one of the hardest things I find to paint, there are so many subtle colours if you look really hard. I used a pallet knife to create more interest in the background. It was painted over an old painting which has given more texture to the painting.<br />
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<b>No. 11 of 20</b><br />
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White Tulips 12"x 12"</h3>
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Still playing with white flowers I moved onto the tulips, I was more pleased with this. I love this little jug that I bought at a street market in France. I think now I am getting to grips with backgrounds too.<br />
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<b>No. 12 of 20</b><br />
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Frank brought a load of tulips back from work, they were nearly past their best so I had to work quickly on this. I spent three hours getting the form and colour of the tulips down but now need to work on the back and foreground. I have put it to one side for now and hope to return to it with fresh eyes and enthusiasm.<br />
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Red Parrot Tulips 12"x 12"</h3>
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These beauties were fully blown and begging to be painted. Boy, did I enjoy this, I think it shows too. I completed it in just over an hour. I was concentrating more on the flower than the background, In hindsight , it could have been more considered. I still love it though<br />
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<b>No. 14 of 20</b><br />
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Pheasant Eye & Bluebells 14"x10"</h3>
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Another quickie, I set myself a strict time limit to avoid any fiddling. Painted over an old painting, I used dark glazes in the background to throw out the brilliance of the flower. I used large brushes for most of the picture to help keep it simple. I am particularly pleased with the glass. Old Holland Violet Grey was the perfect colour to use for the Bluebells, I used it again in the shadows of the narcissus. This was completed in less than an hour, I could have carried on but I'm pleased I didn't.Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-78345589147776194422020-04-21T07:11:00.002-07:002020-09-05T04:38:46.505-07:00#30in20 Flower challengeThe best thing about this challenge is, that you don't have to paint every day, although I am trying to, I don't feel guilty when I spend a day gardening. Always a dilemma at this time of year as there is so much to do out there but at the same time, all those beautiful tulips and daffodils are calling to be painted.<br />
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Yellow Daffodils</h3>
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Having painted this I have decided that it looks rather stiff, the foreground cloth is a bit severe too. I quite like the complimentary colour of the background. I will be revisiting this one once it has dried a bit<br />
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Pink Camellia</h3>
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I've been tempted every year to have a crack at painting my Camillia. It puts on a fantastic show every year but I always seem to find something else to do Ha ha. (coward)<br />
I know I have to push myself so, here it is. I wanted to add the tube of Micheal Harding 'Brilliant Pink' for added interest.<br />
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7 of 20<br />
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Pink Camellia 2</h3>
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Wanted to try this one again but with different background and different highlight colours<br />
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8 of 20<br />
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Pink Camellia 3</h3>
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Got it!! It needed a darker background and softer edges. I like the way the light comes through he jar. I think I'll put this one away for now and try something different tomorrow<br />
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9 of 20<br />
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Pansies & Primroses</h3>
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Well, I said I'd try something different! I stood in the garden for this. Painted over two days as the sun moved too quickly. I really enjoyed this. I did struggle with getting highlights on the pansies. The addition of white just killed the brilliance of the violet. I resorted to Kings Blue Light and Old Holland violet Grey.in the end. Still some experimenting to be done there me thinks.<br />
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Although I am still not entirely pleased with anything yet, I do feel that I have learned a lot. Also looking at all the work by the other artists taking part, I can see how many of them too have learned a lot.<br />
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This flower challenge is created by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rosepleinair/?hl=en" target="_blank">Roos Schuring</a><br />
You can see all the other artists' work <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/30days20/?hl=en" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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<br />Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-40626577855826234882020-04-09T13:32:00.000-07:002020-09-05T04:38:46.705-07:00Artist in lockdown Now wouldn't you think that now we are confined to our homes, that I would have all the time in the world to paint? Nope!! I seem to be constantly busy and, to be perfectly honest, very happy about it.<br />
I'm being very resourceful and creating meals from things in the store cupboard, making my own bread, using flour from the windmill next door, making pasta with special flour I have in my larder (ok, so the flour there is a bit out of date) and making lots of cakes. I must say too that I am definitely giving the scales a wide berth at the moment.<br />
We are also very busy in the garden having lost three rather large conifer trees. This has opened up a whole new area of the garden. I will do a separate post on that later.<br />
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So, painting, yes, I must do more.<br />
I needed a bit of motivation so I signed up to an online challenge set by Roos Schuring, a dutch artist. The challenge is to paint 20 flower paintings in 30 days. There is so much coming into flower in our garden right now that I thought I'd give it a go. Because of course, once you publicly commit you feel obliged to carry it through.<br />
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Narcissus 'Mondragon'</h4>
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This was the first effort, I enjoyed painting the flower and thought it needed a dark background to make it stand out. On reflection maybe a complimentary colour would have worked just as well.</div>
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This one I was more pleased with. I wanted to make it not just about the flowers but also to part of the studio so, I included a tube of paint used in the picture and my turps container. The tube echoes the colours in the flowers.<br />
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Here I set myself a strict time limit (40 minutes) I wanted to make sure I didn't fiddle. My aim was for pure colour, complimentary background and soft edges. On the whole, I am quite pleased with the result.<br />
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If you want to see more paintings in the Roos Schuring challenge you can head over to Instagram<br />
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/30days20/<br />
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I will be back with a update in a couple of days.<br />
<br />Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-23422900951028495202020-03-18T05:38:00.000-07:002020-09-05T04:38:46.900-07:00Self Imposed IsolationTwo weeks after our return from Vietnam, the country is in virtual lock down because of the Corona Virus. Hotels we stayed at in Vietnam have closed. two weeks later and I think we would have had a very different holiday. Still, best not to dwell on that but just to hope that it doesn't knock those lovely people too hard, same goes for the rest of the world.<br />
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Meanwhile we are advised to keep social distancing and to avoid unnecessary travel. Now this is where being an artist is an advantage. We can easily work from home or find an isolated spot to go and paint.<br />
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I have decided to use this time to try and get to grips with water soluble oils. I have had some that I was given ages ago. When I first got them I topped up with my favourite colours and gave them a go. Couldn't get on at all, so, put them on the shelf to gather dust.<br />
Recently I have become more concerned about the use of solvents and also have been inspired by the lovely paintings by my friend Valerie Pirlot who only uses ws oils. so, I have dusted them off and been playing .<br />
The main thing I've had to bear in mind is that I am playing, not trying to produce masterpieces -(mind you, it would be good if it happened)<br />
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This is the first effort. I set up a still life using a lovely colourful pot that I bought on holiday. Was actually quiet pleased with this. I found that I had all the colours I needed too<br />
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This picture was taken from a photo taken on the beach at Hoi An. The beach was a stone's throw from our hotel, I only got the chance to walk there on the last morning as we'd been so busy. I could have spent the whole week painting there if I wasn't with Frank & friends (didn't take paints for that reason)<br />
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One of the highlights of the holiday was a three day cruise on Halong bay. Again this was taken from a photograph. I am finding that the paints are not drying as quickly as my regular paints so started using a drying medium. This is fine when I remembered to use it but I found that it does make the paint a bit slippery. Even using softer brushes I couldn't layer up the paint so I resorted to using a pallet knife. I like the effect it has given.<br />
The little junk with red sails was a real gift<br />
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This 12" x 12" painting I really did struggle with. It started off ok with thin layers but as I built up the thickness, I could not get the effect I wanted on the daffodils. The paint got very slippery. The yellows I have are not opaque so added white which wasn't the colour I needed. I also couldn't get the light shining through the trumpet of the right hand daffodil because adding white flattened the colour too much.<br />
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<br />Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-79525750806770326652020-03-05T03:24:00.000-08:002020-09-05T04:38:47.093-07:00Vietnam part 2I am now sitting with my suitcase packed waiting for transfers to airport for flight home.<br />
We’ve hardly had time to breath We seem to have been none stop since I last wrote . I’m having to look at my photographs to remind myself what we’ve been doing.<br />
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Thursday 27th February<br />
Tour of Hanoi<br />
First stop was to make our own lanterns. This I have to say was a brilliant experience and great fun. We were all very pleased with our results<br />
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Next was a walk around the old quarter including visit to traditional Vietnamese house and of course the obligatory temple. Traditional lunch in a nice courtyard and then wandering old quarter again. A trip to the tailor where the chaps got measured for jackets and a couple of shirts.<br />
Evening visit to the night market which was a bit disappointing, all the same tat everywhere so went to famous Morning Glory restaurant. Very good food and we had table on roof terrace overlooking the river.<br />
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Friday 28th<br />
Picked up by Vy, the guy we met in the restaurant a couple of nights before. Took us to My Son. There were originally 75 temples here but now, after Vietnam war, only 25. An interesting, informative visit which included a cultural show. Saw several bomb craters<br />
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Vy dropped us in town to collect the clothes we’d had made. The finish and fitting was fantastic. Also, very reasonable. As we left , there was a huge commotion just down the road, a shop owner was trying to get a big snake out of his shop with a stick. Poor thing was darting all over the place, no idea where it would have gone to next so we moved on.<br />
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We were sorry to leave Hoian, I think it was one of the nicest places I’ve visited, our Hotel was particularly good and right on the beach, sadly we didn’t have time to relax and enjoy it as there was just too much to see<br />
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Saturday 29th<br />
Flew from Da Nang into Ho Chi Minh city<br />
Very impressive views as we flew in<br />
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Our hotel was a 45 minute drive from airport. After quick shower went out to explore. Quickly found the market. You really have to haggle there. Bought some silk fabric, still not sure if I was ripped off.<br />
Back for a shower and then off out on a Vespa tour.<br />
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It’s been over 50years since I was last on a Vespa! Apparently there are 8,000,000 motor bikes/mopeds in this city and they all seemed to be right along side, coming at us or driving across the front of us. A bit hair raising but great fun. We stopped four times for drinks and various local foods ending in a night bar with live music. A fabulous evening<br />
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Tour of the city<br />
First, the Old Post Office and reunification Palace<br />
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The palace was rebuilt during the 60’s as it was bombed during the Vietnam war. We visited the bunkers that still has all the communication equipment<br />
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Next was a trip to the Cu Chi tunnels, fascinating place with hundreds of miles of tunnels that housed the fighting Vietnamese during the Vietnamese war. Great hardship and courage for these lovely people.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a cross section showing the different levels and escape route at low tide into Saigon River</td></tr>
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The streets was so busy here lots produce spilling out onto the roads. Trip hazards everywhere. Health and safety would have a field day<br />
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Next day was a two hour trip to the Mekong delta where we boarded a boat to take us out. We dined on board and had a few walks round local villages. I had a chance to make the rice pancake, a skilful job. Then a trip in a little boat rowed by a local lady.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delicious meal of 'elephant fish' which we wrapped in pancake with herbs, lettuce and then dipped in sauce, spring rolls, noodles and vegetables and a selection of fresh fruit which you could dip into 'chilli salt'</td></tr>
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Altogether it was an amazing trip. Very quiet compared to what it should have been due to people not travelling because of the Corona virus. China borders were closed and a great deal of precautions were being taken everywhere. This in great contrast to our arrival home where no-one wore masks, washed hands or took temperatures. I would go back to Vietnam any time. We loved it. I am now off to make a book of our 600 plus photographs<br />
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Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-68714206882701346332020-02-28T03:38:00.000-08:002020-09-05T04:38:47.295-07:00Vietnam Not a painting trip but a trip with Frank and friends. It would be a wonderful place to paint, maybe a bit tricky staying out of everyone’s way as it’s so busy.<br />
This is such a wonderful country with such friendly happy people.<br />
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First stop was Hanoi<br />
Saturday 22nd February<br />
Arrived at Sofitel after 24 travelling, had quick shower and then out to explore. Needed to eat so found a Sky Bar. Was hoping to see a good sunset but the sun just sank and it got dark. A lovely light though.<br />
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We enjoyed wandering the old quarters which were about half a mile from hotel. The street food was very good but mostly ate on the roof tops. Went to Ho Chi Minh mausoleum and gardens. Took rickshaw ride round old quarter, great fun. We learnt how to cross the road, there are mopeds, scooters and bikes everywhere, they don’t stop so you have to just step out and walk slowly across as they drive round you. A bit worrying the the first few times.<br />
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Monday 24th February<br />
Next stop was a cruise around Halong Bay on an Azalea ship. There were only 28 of us on board. Rooms were surprisingly spacious.<br />
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We were three nights on board. We had a couple of trips to Cat Ba island. The first was to caves high up. We climbed loads of steps, the caves were only a metre high in places. I wish we had known but we managed ok. Another trip via the tender was a village, nothing exciting but still quite interesting<br />
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Wednesday 26th February<br />
Hoi An<br />
After flight from Hanoi to Da Nang we arrived early evening at Boutique Hotel Hoi An.<br />
Fabulous place. We ventured out for a meal at Red Chilli, recommended on Trip Advisor. We weren’t disappointed, the meal was fabulous. There were a big crowd of Vietnamese tennis players booked in. We were warned it could get noisy - it did. They were all lovely and kept coming to say sorry for the noise. Even bought us beers. It all added to the great atmosphere.<br />
One of the guys was a tour leader and we arranged for him to take us to My Son in his car.<br />
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Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-11887246051917095802020-02-18T02:24:00.000-08:002020-09-05T04:38:47.494-07:00Time FliesSo much has happened in the last year and a bit that I couldn't possibly put it all into a blog without writing a book.<br />
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First and foremost was the loss of our son, Nathan. A year last November he was diagnosed with stage four cancer. He was so brave and stayed strong and positive until the end. He contracted pneumonia and was unable to fight it off and died at the end of May last year, the day after his wedding anniversary. I am fortunate that his lovely wife and three young daughters live close by . He was so proud of those girls and he lives on through them. I won't go on about how I feel as this isn't the purpose of this blog. All I will say is that, no parent should have to go through the pain of losing a child at any age.<br />
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Nathan 1975 - 2019</h4>
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The last post I made, way back in 2018, was leading up to the British Plein Air Painters exhibition at The Menier Gallery. I can report that this was an overwhelming success. Over 60 paintings were sold and feedback from the public was very positive. I thoroughly enjoyed working with such a brilliant group of artists. We hung the show ourselves and the feeling of camaraderie as we worked together was wonderful<br />
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So great was the success that I am pleased to announce that there will be another exhibition this year at The Mall Gallery. Plans are already afoot for promotion and we have a great team working on our social media pages and website</div>
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Here is our lovely poster designed by Valerie Pirlot</div>
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We have a great programme of events planned and several painting days where any artist can turn up and paint along with some of the group members. </div>
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You will find a list of participating artists on our website <a href="http://britishpleinairpainters.co.uk/">britishpleinairpainters.co.uk</a> </div>
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11th September, Soho Square</h2>
As part of an ongoing publicity campaign to advertise our forth coming show Capturing the Moment<br />
Haidee-Jo Summers and I planned a couple of paint out days in London.<br />
The first was in Soho Square on 11th September. I created an event on Facebook and was surprised how quickly word spread. On the day about 50 artists turned up to paint, I was a bit concerned as we hadn't approached anyone for any permits but all was fine.<br />
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Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and said how they were looking forward to the next Paint Out.<br />
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10th October St James's Park</h2>
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The success of the first paint out soon spread and people were eager to do it again . We arranged for people to meet at the Cafe Inn the Park around 10am, we couldn't believe how many turned up. Some artists had got there early and were already painting. We took names but I found out after the event that I didn't get to see everyone and that there must have been a lot more than 100 artists there.</div>
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artists gathering at the beginning of the day</h4>
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Poster and Palett</h4>
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some artists at work</h4>
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All in all it was well worth the organising. The feedback has been amazing. It seems that artists really welcome the opportunity to get together to paint. Even standing side by side in silence whilst absorbed in their work there is the feeling of camaraderie. </div>
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Some of the painters there had never painted outside before and told me just how much they had enjoyed the experience and that they would not have dared to do it on their own.</div>
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Looks like I will be organising another paint out again soon. Keep an eye on the web site or sign up for an email at <a href="http://www.britishpleinairpainters.co.uk/">www.britishpleinairpainters.co.uk</a><br />
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Well know author and artist Katherine Tyrell gave us marvellous coverage in her blog, <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2018/10/capturing-moment-plein-air-paint-out-in-st-james-park.html" target="_blank">Making a Mark</a>. Do visit to see more pictures of the day</div>
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Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0St James's Park, London SW1A 2BJ, UK51.5024597 -0.134810900000047725.980425200000003 -41.443404900000047 77.0244942 41.173783099999952tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-76425161576324105832018-10-23T06:46:00.000-07:002020-09-05T04:38:47.889-07:00Sommieres 2018<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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first evening by the pool on the roof</h3>
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I was more than delighted this year to make a return visit to the wonderful French town of Sommieres. Even more thrilled to learn that my dear Dutch friend <a href="https://www.corrykooy.nl/index2.html" target="_blank">Corry Kooy</a> was going us with husband Ted. Our accommodation <a href="http://hoteldelorange.com/en/home" target="_blank">Hotel de l'Orange</a> is situated in the town so we had no distance to walk to find a good spot to paint. We received a warm welcome from our lovely hosts, Elizabeth and Tom. Mary Jackson's daughter Amanda and husband Phil were our chefs for the week and I really don't think I have ever eaten so well, the food was varied and delicious every night.<br />
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breakfast served in the garden, (Paul Banning got there first)</h3>
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<span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">Dinner by candle light</span></h4>
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One day a week there is a huge market, all the roads are closed as the town is taken over by every stall you can imagine, of course being France there is a large area dedicated to food where you can buy beautiful fresh veg, cheeses, wines and fish. You can buy your food and any of the restaurants will let you sit and eat at their tables for a small fee so you can imagine the atmosphere. The square was heaving with people all having a great time.<br />
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I shared the same room as last year with my dear friend Felicity, I'd hardly seen her since the last visit so we had a lot of catching up to do. Oh yes, I was there to paint, here are some of my paintings from the trip.<br />
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Sauve, backlite, painted from a dry (ish) river bed 12" x 10"</h4>
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Fish in reflected light under the bridge in Sommieres 12" x 10"</h4>
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Through the garden of de l'Orange 8" x 8"</h4>
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Sunlit bridge in Sommieres 12" x 10</h4>
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In the vineyard Fontines 6" x 8"</h4>
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These are just a few of the 20 paintings I did that week. We were blessed with the weather although we did get the tail end of a Mistral one day. The company was as always brilliant. it consisted of <a href="https://www.newenglishartclub.co.uk/artists/tom-coates-ppneac-ps-rba-rp-rwa-rws" target="_blank">Tom Coates</a>, <a href="https://www.newenglishartclub.co.uk/artists/mary-jackson-neac-rws" target="_blank">Mary Jackson</a>, James & Tanya Burton, Corry & Ted Kooy, <a href="http://www.rickholmes.co.uk/" target="_blank">Rick Holmes </a>& <a href="http://paulbanning.com/" target="_blank">Paul Banning</a>, <a href="https://www.newenglishartclub.co.uk/artists/julie-jackson-neac" target="_blank">Julie Jackson</a> & Steve, and last but definitely not least <a href="http://www.felicityhouse.eu/" target="_blank">Felicity House</a>.<br />
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Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com030250 Sommières, France43.783449999999988 4.089738000000011243.737584999999989 4.009057000000011 43.829314999999987 4.1704190000000114tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-75825506941144982982018-07-07T14:17:00.004-07:002020-09-05T04:38:48.087-07:00Capturing the MomentIn April 2017 artist David Bachmann invited some friends and fellow artist to come and paint with him in the Algarve. The ten that flew out to Faro and painted with David were, Tony Dakin, Tim King, David Pilgrim, Valerie Pirlot, Mike Richardson, Andrew Roberts, John Stillman, Haidee-Jo Summers, Mo Teeuw and Karl Terry. Many of the group were up and out painting before breakfast. David took the group to some great painting spots where we picnicked instead of stopping for a full lunch. As you can imagine, by the end of the week there was a great body of work, most of us producing three to five paintings each day.<br />
On the last evening as we were relaxing over a bottle or two of wine and assessing the work someone had a Cliff Richard moment and said 'Hey guys, we should put on a show"<br />
The idea was born. There was much excited chat about where, when, who, how. One of the group at the end of the evening said "it'll never happen".<br />
A week later an email dropped into our inboxes from Valerie. Come on then, lets do it.<br />
Tim King had previous experience of booking the Menier Gallery so he looked into dates and costs there, Tony Dakin offered to be be in charge of finances. But wait, there were only eleven of us, surely we'd need more artists for such a big venue and to help spread the costs. More emails ensued, who else to ask? Valerie came up with a spreadsheet which she shared with us. We all had to put down the names of six artists that we thought would be a good contribution to the show. We ended up with a very impressive list but far too many so we agreed that twenty five would be a good number so we all then voted and those with most votes were approached.<br />
What should we call the show? Another spread sheet, some great ideas were put forward but after a vote "Capturing the Moment" got most votes.<br />
It looked like we were an official group so we needed a name to use in publicity so we procured the domain name 'British Plein Air Painters' (britishpleinairpainters.co.uk) from that Valerie built a web site with the help of David Pilgrim, Haidee -Jo started an Instagram page and Mo started a Facebook page.<br />
We needed images to use in publicity so we all put some paintings into Dropbox which Valerie used to create individual posters for each artist. We needed an official poster so, more after voting, we settled upon a wonderful painting by Adam Ralston. The posters were shared one by one every week on social media to build up interest and a following.<br />
5000 flyers were printed and shared out between the artists to help publicise the show and several magazines were approached to see if an article could be done.<br />
What else could we do? Haidee and Mo in charge of publicity have organised a couple of 'paint outs' where we hope to distribute more leaflets.Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886811877613490083.post-51079970535736895552018-07-07T04:51:00.000-07:002020-09-05T04:38:48.279-07:00Painting In TurkeyWell, I seem to be travelling a lot this year but I couldn't pass up on the opportunity to go painting in Kalkan, Turkey.<br />
Carol Brown, an artist living in Norwich, organises trips for artists and I picked up on this one. I wasn't disappointed. Kalkan was everything I wanted and more.<br />
We stayed at <a href="http://www.kalkanwhitehouse.co.uk/" target="_blank">The White House and Courtyard Hotel</a> with our lovely hosts Marion and Halil which I would totally recommend, the rooms, decor, terrace, breakfast were all amazing.<br />
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Marion organised some visits for us at nearby locations. We were invited to an exhibition and evening at the Culture House, in Kalkan where we met up with local Turkish artists, some of them joined us throughout the week.<br />
One trip was to the Islamlar fish farm. The view<br />
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View from the terrace Islamlar</h3>
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On Saturday we went to a lovely hotel owned by Anne Louise who provided the most amazing lunch of typical Turkish food, I found shade in the Olive grove and painted these two pictures.<br />
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Another rather bouncy trip on the trailer took us took us to the beach which offers fabulous sunsets. There was no time to paint so took these photos. What an amazing place, I NEED to go back there.<br />
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We did have some free time to paint in the town and harbour, I could have done with more time there, I have to say, the shops were a bit of a distraction but did buy some rather nice bits and bobs (all in name of art you understand)<br />
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We were a mixed bunch of artists and friends but all were jolly good fun, I especially admired the spirit of 91 year old Val who came out painting with us every day.<br />
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Val Painting, 20cm x 25cm</h3>
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At the end of the week Marion & Halil hosted an exhibition of our work along with some of the local artists. A wonderful evening rounded off with a great meal at local restaurant Isos.<br />
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Fatos, Carol Brown, Turkish artist that judged the paintings and prize winner Jenny, </h3>
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Me and my new found friend Rose Shuttleworth, an artist living in Turkey</h3>
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Exhibition Evening</h3>
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I think there is a strong possibility that I will be taking a painting group there myself next year - watch this space.Mo Teeuwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165915193002798879noreply@blogger.com0