This is an updated post as since doing the original one a few of weeks ago, I found three more!
Amazing how many different spiders there have been just in my small garden. I have listed all the ones from the last two years and hopefully will get more this year. And because I have a number of pics for each, I think a post showcasing each of them will soon come as well 🙂
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Up early enough to catch it today (first pic) and remembered to tear myself away from working to check up on it (pic 2). It’s gone a bit grey now, but hopefully a bit of sun will bust through later.
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This way of thought
They’ve laid on thick
We ‘re all gonna die
That rhetoric
Thinking of dangers
Round every turn
It’s conditioning
They want us to learn
And know our place
In their new world
Where we’ll be watched
And all controlled
Being hooked up
And integrated
If you think for yourself
You’ll be berated
Because my friends
It seems through fear
And propaganda
It would appear
They’ve turned some folk
Against their own
Right from the start
The seeds were sown
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And have been well tended ever since
Rhyme and Reason
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Now I have a few more techniques for backgrounds (when I say technique, I actually mean various sheets of coloured card) I am really enjoying creating even stranger effects with good angles and a bit of lighting. This one almost looking like a planet I thought. Although oil drops can be fun, you have no control over them and a short time to get the shot before it changes, but being honest, that’s part of the fun!
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It was a beautiful day, snowy in the morning and sunny by the afternoon. Its not frequent but does happen now and again we get snow in April. I’ve seen it a few times in my lifetime now.
But this was my view for the Spring snow of 2021.
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So, after watercolour and acrylics going well and a bit of a break while work got a busy for payroll and tax year end, I decided it was tome to face my nemesis. Oil paints. I dramatise it though, really I tried them once when I was 15 with no guidance or knowledge and it was a mess. But after watching a fair few Bob Ross episodes, I thought – be brave. They won’t be mistakes, they’ll be… yep, happy little accidents.
This is how it started – fully prepped and with my new little easel and palette. And, my grandmothers paint brushes. She passed away about 5 years ago now but my grandpa sent me the rest of her art supplies recently so it’s inspired me to try more.
In progress – trying to be all meticulous without a real clue of what I am doing. Bob makes it look so easy. But I’m working out how much paint is enough, brush technique for lots of different brushes, mixing colours and all the other things that come with painting. I can’t believe I ever though it was as simple as just pick up a brush and paint! And for some people it may well be just that, but not for me.
Honestly, I was quite pleased with where it went and ended up. My first oil painting.
Followed very quickly by a second, not as pleased with it, but had to start somewhere with more than just blending so a pale background and some trees seemed appropriate. Next weekend is for gardening hopefully, but if it’s raining, maybe some more painting 🙂
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It was nice to catch the sunrise, as they get earlier I miss them more!
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Cloudy but sunny days.
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I know I say this a lot, but this is one of my favourites. I love them for different reasons, but the brightness of this one is just awesome. A picture of a yellow African Daisy with purple flowers in the background. This make me think of gold on purple velvet which why I love it so much 🙂
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