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I'm sorry my posting has become so sporadic. I've just started a City & Guilds course in embroidery and it's going to take up a lot of my time - it's no doddle, believe me! It's an online course and my interface with my tutor will by blog so I've set up a separate one called AngieStitches. There's nothing on it yet because I've barely started but it will get going in time.

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Dead climbing hydrangea growth on brick wall.

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FINGER PAINTING FUN

This week's first assignment for the Experimental Art e-course I'm doing is finger painting. Using acrylics the only instrument you're allowed is your hand. I never had so much fun in my life. The mug may look a bit wobbly but I think it's recognisable - just!

This one is more abstract - I just love the colours and I even used my nails in this one. I think it's going to take me the rest of the week to clean myself up. A wonderful back-to-childhood exercise!

MIXED MEDIA EXPERIMENT

Watercolour wash, oil pastels, acrylic ink, soft pastels and onion bag.

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This is the roof of my bird feeder - copper, verdigris and a splatter of bird poo :-)

FIRST ATTEMPT!

This is my first attempt at making a heart. The fabric is calico painted with acrylic paints. The pieces of silk were sewn onto it with the machine and then embroidery was added over the top. The little charm at the bottom says "made with love". And it was!!

As you can see, I have a LOT to learn. The shape is dreadful, the stuffing doesn't quite reach the bottom of the heart, the ribbon at the top is a disaster and should have looked much prettier than it does.

But I absolutely loved doing it and it has taught me a lot... and the only way to go from here is up!

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WHAT FUN!!

I'm doing a course called the Experimental Art e-Course and I'm having such fun. This experiment contains coffee and tea stains, watercolour paints, acrylic ink splashes spiked with a toothpick, wax pastels and soft pastels plus gold acrylic paint.

And this one is magazine pictures stuck onto water coloured paper stained with rubbed beech leaf, oil pastels and acrylic paint applied straight from the tube with a cotton bud.

More will follow!