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Hellebores R Us!
Going on to look at white hellebores with the weekly class groups now. These lovely nodding creamy coloured flowers are still showing up well in the garden and I continue to find them fascinating with...
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Tuesday group Hellebore paintings...Wow!
I'm so proud of my Tuesday Group students. Look at these paintings! Fantastic work Ann, Susan, Jane, Pauline, Margaret and Heather.Tuesday group hellebore paintings May 2013Click on the photo to...
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The Wednesday group rock the Rhodos...
Just look at what some of the Wednesday group produced for our Rhododendron project. Some fabulous work, I think you'll agree!Well done Molly, Helen and Maureen. Margaret produced a work of similar...
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Patchings Festival coming up soon...
Just got back from a week in Catalonia, Spain and an exciting time coming up what with the Patchings Festival next week, (see poster below), and then my first watercolour painting break in Cromford,...
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Autumn 2013 and Spring 2014 Workshop dates
Here are the dates of workshops I have planned for Autumn and Spring. I hope you'll be able to come along and enjoy painting these new projects. Numbers are limited to no more than 8 painters so book...
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Sunny Derbyshire awaits!
Today we took a trip up to Cromford to whet our appetites for the holiday next week. Sophie wanted to have a look at the studio space and the lie of the land. The sun was shining when we arrived....
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Cromford June residential course...We had a good time!
Back from my first residential painting course in Derbyshire and it couldn't have been better...even the weather behaved and the sun shone upon us.(Click on any of the photos to enlarge)Happy band of...
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Update on Courses in Autumn 2013 and calling all beginners...
A quick update on my Autumn workshops. They have booked up well.2013 AUTUMNTuesday September 24 “Negative Painting Technique” FULLWednesday October 2 “Autumn Fruits” One place left (2 for 2 friends...
View ArticleThe "copying" Debate...
I came across a post about "copying" on my facebook timeline in response to a recent post in an artist's blog.I generally try to keep away from controversial topics, preferring to offer tips and...
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To feel inspired, not diminished...the "copying" debate continued...
Iceland Poppies by Ann MortimerSometimes I catch myself wondering why I write a blog. Because the truth is that I am uneasy talking about myself. It doesn't come naturally to me. And that is why in...
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New painting...ready to start...I'll just go and make a cup of tea first...
I made this drawing of a clematis growing against a wall a few days ago and I've been dithering ever since. Sometimes a subject just doesn't inspire and then I think of all sorts of things to do...
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Clematis...first stages
So I took a deep breath and started on the clematis.Here's my palette with colours mixed for the first wash.Colours mingled in preparation for the first wash.I had aureolin and raw sienna for my...
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Clematis... final stages.
Here's the final painting of the clematis subject. Miss Bateman Clematis final paintingI painted the flowers by looking carefully at the reference and seeing where the darker tones were within the...
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Suddenly it's all go...
Last year's pen and wash sketch of an old characterful building in lovely CromfordI was in the studio bright and early this morning. Suddenly there's lots to do and think about. I've been lulled into...
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Trying out mixed media
I experimented some more with mixed media yesterday and came up with this small sketchy watercolour of another scene from Cromford village where my painting holiday is happening in less than three...
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Painting glass...always exciting!
I'm thinking of painting my favourite glass vase for a project to film. Watercolour is a fantastic medium for depicting glass because as the pigment moves in the water, it diffuses and becomes lighter...
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Nasturtiums...oranges, yellows and greens,winding tendrils and a negative...
Nasturtiums...love them with their gorgeous vibrant egg yolk yellows and oranges, flat plate like leaves and pale winding tendrils and stalks. Monet knew his stuff when he had them crawling out into...
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The walls, the walls... chickens, rose hips and orchids too!
I love Cromford where we've just had our painting holiday. Perhaps because it seems to still remain on a human scale. I know this is due to the fact that it is a conservation area and there are...
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Crab Apples...
Today I did a workshop at Gotham art group and I promised to post the photo we used today for the participants to be able to finish their paintings.So here it is...You can enlarge the photo by clicking...
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Autumn, beautiful Autumn...
I've been posting a lot of my facebook page.https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ann-Mortimer-Art/267868499166I really wish more people I know were on Facebook. It's a really sociable place for artists like...
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