Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – Valentine Red

thanks to Sue W and GC for hosting Weekly Prompts https://weeklyprompts.com/2023/02/04/weekly-prompts-colour-challenge-valentine-red/

Red has always been my favourite colour.

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My favourite colour
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Collage art
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Winnie’s painting job
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Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Lighting of Any Kind

thanks to Cee for hosting CBWC challenge https://ceenphotography.com/2023/02/02/cbwc-lighting-of-any-kind/

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Battery Operated Candles
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Three in one….battery operated light, candles and oil lamp
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Ceiling Light

Thursday ‘Whimsical’ Doors – February 2, 2023

….thanks to Dan from No Facilities for hosting Thursday Doors https://nofacilities.com/2023/02/02/from-deep-in-the-archive/

On my one of my walks this week I took a slightly different route and came across a home with these adorable bird house in their front yard. They are all different and I’m sure in the warmer weather they are more than decorative.

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Bookmaking and Botanical Lines in Ink

results of yesterday’s free on-line class

I’m always getting offers for free on-line classes to make art. Some of them are good and some have way too much talking and not enough ‘making’. Yesterday’s class was one of the good ones. It was hosted by two artists, Amy Maricle and Ali Manning. I’ve taken classes with Amy before called Inchies but this was my first class with Ali. Ali instructed us on how to make books. I’ve done this before but it was a good refresher and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think I may make more books over the weekend.

After the books were made, Amy took us through a process of using India ink and a bamboo brush to make botanical marks in our new books. It was a way to experiment with ink and diluted ink. In the past I’ve used Micron Pens in her classes, which is much more controlled. I enjoyed learning from both artists. Here are the results of the hour spent with these two lovely ladies.

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RDP Friday Challenge – Optimist

thanks to the Ragtag community for hosting the RDP Friday Challenge https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2023/02/03/rdp-friday-optimist/

These squirrels just never give up. They think they can outwit these ‘squirrel proof’ feeders. Sadly (for me and the birds) they often do.

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When animals approach you they always think you have food for them…such optimists
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Not sure if this bunny is an optimist but he always comes to our garden looking for food
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The only time swans get this close is if they think you have food for them