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The Sunflowers are being released
Inspired by a gift given to me as a thank you for liberating the hidden artist waiting inside one of my workshop attendees, I decided to create a series of Sunflower portraits in every medium and will be releasing them one set at a time. Chalk & Caran This first set is sketched in chalk…
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Sacred Forest
Chapter One Louarn is out checking his larders. As the year falls it is time to stock for the winter lean times. Most of his inner larders have been raided for the third cycle in a row, it has cost him so much more than just a few bellies of food. There will be penance…
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ARTEX Month
As part of Somerset Art Weeks I have some of my works up in exhibitions, now open to the public. Firstly, as a member of Somerset Art Works (SAW) I have “Divine in the Fire” exhibited in the Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, as part of the “Behind the Scenes” exhibition, open to the public until the…
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Sunflowers – Coming soon
I’m developing a new series, Sunflowers, based on sketches in chalk pastels. The series will start with the chalk pastel and caran d’ache original sketches available framed, plus prints in a selection of sizes mounted. With the final peace being a full oil on canvas study. Inspired by a beautiful bunch of sunflowers gifted to…
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Sketching with Nature
It was a day full of weather, gentle curtains of rain, momentary downpours, bright sunshine, beautiful billowing clouds and lots of wind. Nothing that dampened the spirits of our intrepid sketchers. We started off with rapid fire 2 minute sketches, then 5 minutes for the first 40 minutes or so. This is to break everyone…
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Writing with Nature
We’ve come to the last week of Writing with Nature online. Using nature as our muse and our senses as our connection, we have journeyed through the senses and some of the general writing genres, to liberate our creative potential with words. Unshackling our inner wordsmith with a few simple tools and techniques. Each week…
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PodCast Interview
This is an interview I did as a board member of the ‘Not For Profit’ organisation Sanctuaries Of The Earth Mother, (SOTEM), for Nature-Inspired. I was interviewed by the lovely Tanja Woitasczyk. As usual my internet connection is a bit glitchy at times, so the odd word is hard to hear occasionally but it doesn’t…
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Rhubarb & Elderflower Gin Cake
Having made a rhubarb & elderflower gin; take 2 stalks of rhubarb, chop into 2cm chunks, put in a jar with 5 or 6 elderflower clusters, sprinkle on 1 oz of sugar and cover with gin. Gently shake the jar occasionally for the first 3days until the sugar is evenly dissolved, then leave to distill…
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A Private Art Class
I had a thoroughly delightful morning at Mill Meadows delivering a 2 hour art class that had been gifted as a birthday present. The weather could have been kinder, starting with high, blustery winds and ending in driving rain bursts, but we were fairly sheltered on the covered veranda. My students for the morning are…
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The Adventures of Cherry, the travelling cat.
Instagram @ kitty.in.a.van I do believe that I enjoyed that, our first trip away. We didn’t go too far and not for long, I think I could have done with more than one night to get properly settled in though. The trip up there was ok, as I’ve said before, I’ve had practise at riding…
Louisa Shorney
Intuitive Therapist