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Another break, another excuse! But the painting is progressing

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I can't believe I haven't posted here since April - I mean it's not as though I haven't been doing much, quite the contrary - probably doing too much and posting to my blog fell way down to the bottom of the pile. However, I can report that some of that busyness has been due to many things involving the Fishguard Arts Society, for which I am now a committee member - well, that hoovers up a bit of time! But also the society has had various exhibitions this year and I challenged myself to enter some of them (which I haven't before), not only that, but I decided that I would create new material for them, largely. By the summer I had ramped this up and decided that I would fully engage with oil painting, which was only an occasional foray into in the past, to the tune of probably only managing about ten pieces in my life. So why not just really push myself and try something completely new in oils for the Arts Society summer show, having done maybe two oils in as many ye...
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Solva sketch

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I was out for a spin in the car yesterday and I was determined to sketch something, somewhere and knocked this charcoal one off at Cefn y More, Upper Solva, before hurtling back home for lunch. Pleased with this effort.
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Sketch Together with Fishguard Arts Society

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I made the effort once more today to join members of the arts society in their fortnightly 'Sketch Together' session, for only my second time, and I was very glad I did. While the weather wasn't exactly amazing, it was manageable for a little while, before the chill seeped in. But I did manage to knock up this conté sketch of the quay at Lower Town and enjoyed the challenge of using a square stick of the stuff and managing to create something presentable. I think I need to use that medium much more often. And I should go out with the group more often too, to encourage me to 'do more art' more regularly.
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I walked, I drew and I froze!

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The weekend's weather, just gone, wasn't great - much as it has been for a while - mostly wet and chilly and I was entrenched in some indoors DIY some of the weekend. By the time Sunday afternoon came round the weather cleared up and I dallied with the idea of going for a cycle ride but didn't - although in my defence it had been VERY wet in the morning and the afternoon was quite chilly. So I swerved that in favour of couch-hogging to watch football. Later I realised I had barely been out of the house all weekend, so I headed out in the dying light of Sunday afternoon and stood in a doorway on Tower Hill, Fishguard, to draw this looking down Hill Terrace, Fishguard with the main harbour in the background. And got VERY cold fingers as a result...
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A couple of sketches from a few days ago around Fishguard. Sketching when I have time and it's not too cold or slinging it down with rain - can be challenging! Landing a Catch, Lower Town Quay Tower Hill, Fishguard
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Mathry sketch from the car

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It was chilly and windy today but at least hadn't rained at the point I went out (but is now), so I pushed myself to go out, albeit I did this sketch from the car. I nearly didn't go out but I'm glad I did, I need to increase the frequency of my work - more often is always better I find. Onwards! More!
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It's not been quite such a massive gap as previously since I last posted. I have been doing some drawing, but not nearly enough. Poor weather and other distractions at home to blame mostly. Must try harder! Anyway, here's one from October in Fishguard...
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