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Painting with Watercolours

16th July 2023 Blown Periphery 5309 Comments

To give everyone a rest from the military stuff, I thought I’d share one of my ways of retreating from the stresses of life, politics, the media and people. Watercolour painting is a good starting [more…]

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Drawing With Pastels

30th April 2023 Blown Periphery 11000 Comments

In part two of this series I’d like to introduce the joys and messiness of drawing with soft pastels. The pastels I use are chalk based, although some are oil-based and therefore more like crayons. [more…]

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