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MG SINGH @madan02 (677) 30 May

When I was in college and school, I had a knack or shall I say the gift of making paintings and sketches. Later, when I grew up, I stopped painting as I never had the time. However one of the paintings has survived all these years...

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sea scape

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The Last Week of Medical Stuff, I Hope

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4384) 3 Nov

Since I don't know what will happen when my health insurance runs out, I have been going to get vaccinations and checkups. This week, I have my "lady stuff" done - pelvic exam tomorrow and mammogram on Friday. That should do it,...

health insurance

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I’ve got myself a project …..

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11252) • United Kingdom 14 Oct

When I was out walking on Saturday I noticed a local house had thrown some stuff out ….there was a skip on their drive and next to it was two chairs and a cupboard. When I got home The Mister was on the phone to a work colleague...

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Routine changes and renewed aspirations

Macy @almostoveryou (4954) • Philippines 16 Sep

It's been so long since I last made a post here. Life has thrown in so many changes - I just needed time to inhale and then exhale and finally settle in. I'm not even sure if I've settled myself already and comfortably. So, this...

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Horses Painting for my Drawing Room

MG SINGH @madan02 (677) 4 Jul

I have a large drawing room where I had a painting made by me on one of the walls. My partner suggested we add another painting, to make the room brighter. Accordingly, I went to an art exhibition and bought a painting of seven...

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Shopping trips.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 20 Jun

On Tuesday I went to the little Tesco, but I didn't go till after 12:00 midday because from 9:00am till 12:00 midday I was too busy listening to the Wynne Evans show! When I did go, my Mum hadn't written a...

wynne evans dog ginny

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This shirt has had to go in the bin

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 18 May 25

The photo is an old one but it’s the only one I can find where I am wearing this particular shirt. I’ve had this for many years and it used to have a skirt that matched. It’s become the shirt I wear for handyman/woman/person jobs...

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I finished two watercolour paintings on Thursday.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 18 May 25

On Thursday I finished two watercolour paintings. They were of a swan and a puffin, and the swan is pictured above. I started them two weeks previously, but I had a break from painting the week before last because I went to the...

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We've made a start on the balustrade

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 15 May 25

You might have trouble making sense of the lower of the two photos. The top image shows the front porch of our niece’s house which we’re looking after while she is away. Some of the uprights of the balustrade are missing and...

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A gift from family - a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 26 Apr 25

I was presented with a painting - a gift from family for one of my milestone birthdays. This painting is now hanging in our guest room and I am told it is the work of a budding artist. I must find out who the artist is and...

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When something catches your eye

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Mar 25

Above the TV in our house-sit is this lovely painting of an Australian bush scene. In the foreground are grass trees with flowering melaleucas (paperbarks) behind plus others-whose-names-I-don’t-know. I would love a similar...

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An Acrylic Painting of a Street Scene That I Finished Yesterday.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 21 Feb 25

I finished this acrylic painting of a street scene yesterday. It took me weeks to finish this. I first drew out the picture onto canvas. Then I painted all but the sky area with an undercoat of yellow ochre. When that was dry I...

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Art Musuem

@n.J @Iam_jauntyjen (5452) 18 Feb 25

While mindlessly scrolling over Facebook, I chanced upon a post about an Art Exhibit at a museum downtown. I asked my husband if he could take me and our daughter there. Luckily, he agreed and happily joined in. Since my...

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Painting of Taz is Finished!

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4384) 25 Jan 25

Hey friends, I realized that I haven't wrapped up my series on the painting of Taz , and I didn't want to leave you hanging. It's all done! I know it's probably been driving everyone a little crazy, waiting for that pink nose...

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The finished painting of the arcade in Cardiff.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 14 Dec 24

Above is a picture of the finished painting of an arcade in Cardiff. I finished this painting on Thursday, 12th December, and it took me 3 weeks to complete, working once a week on a Thursday afternoon. I think I told you how...

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The painting of the butterfly that I finished last Thursday.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 4 Dec 24

Above is a picture of the butterfly painting that I finished last Thursday. The background was just me using up left over paint one week so it wouldn't go to waste, and I just smeared it all over a canvas with a palette knife!...

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Portrait of Taz - Entering the Final Phase

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4384) 17 Nov 24

Okay, now that we've seen the finish of Pirate Bear (last discussion), let's go back to Taz and start to wrap things up. When last we saw this portrait, I had started the final "modeling" (using lights and darks to portray the...

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My first painting finished today.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 7 Nov 24

This painting (above) is the first one finished today. I started it two weeks ago, but last week I was doing the watercolour painting of the lampost that I wasn't satisfied with the first time round. I'm afraid the photograph of...

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I re-did the lampost painting because I wasn't satisfied with the first effort.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 31 Oct 24

Here is the finished painting now that I've re-done it. It's supposed to be impressionistic. I managed to finish it today. So I started by mixing the sky colour, trying to get it more like the colour on the reference photo, and...

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My finished painting of the still life.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 24 Oct 24

Here is my finished still life. (See above) It has taken me 3 weeks to paint it on Thursdays inbetween doing other paintings. I drew it out first on acrylic paper. I painted the background first and then put texture in for the...

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