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My New Hobby

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I have recently taken up a new hobby of water colour painting.
I plan to concentrate on botanical paintings but at the moment I am still on a steep learning curb, and coming to understand the various techniques involved. I didn’t realise that there was so many but I will keep practising and hopefully improve.
These are the first ones I have painted – Delpiniums
and Poppies.
Marjorie

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Very good,

I go to a local art group and find it very enjoyable......its not a class we each do our own thing and benefit from the enthusiasm and knowledge of tne group leader and each other

14 Apr, 2013

 

Good luck with your painting.
The pictures above are lovely :o)

14 Apr, 2013

 

Beautiful, very good and such lovely flowers to choose to paint. Love them both, look forward to more in the future. :O)

14 Apr, 2013

 

These are very good, I do some water colour painting too so I know how hard it is!

14 Apr, 2013

 

your learning curve doesn't look that steep. these are wonderful and beautifully observed.

14 Apr, 2013

 

Well done lovely paintings !

14 Apr, 2013

 

Wonderful pictures!!!! well done :-)

14 Apr, 2013

 

If I had painted those I would be very proud to put them on my wall

14 Apr, 2013

 

Very good - are you sure you don't teach the class ;)

14 Apr, 2013

 

Thank you all for your kind comments. At the moment I don't seem to have much time to paint. The garden seems to have taken over my life! I don't mind because I love my garden & the back ache it gives me. It's all worth while.
Happy gardening to you all
Marjorie

16 Apr, 2013

 

Remarkably good, they look so real.

16 Apr, 2013

 

wow your paintings are fabulous! thank you for showing us ~ i hope you will paint many more because these are just beautiful ~ delicate and yet stunning colour

18 Apr, 2013

 

They are really lovely , Marjorie. I'm hoping to get back into my painting when we move !

1 May, 2013

 

Super Marjorie! Lovely paintings. I've thought about doing art groups in the past, but stories I've heard from them (competitiveness, unhelpful criticism etc) have put me right off. I prefer to just guddle along by myself and look at as many works by other people that I can.

19 Jul, 2013

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