Semtamology

The last few weeks, we have witnessed scenes of horror on our phones. There is a long list of things that hurt me, hurt us, I will run out of words if I began to enlist.

I will focus on one thing today, the olive trees in Palestine. They are among the oldest inhabitants of the land. The olive is the oldest resident. The olive, its oil, its branch, are symbols of nutrition, remedy, and peace, yet olive trees have been and continue to be destroyed in their thousands. Wonder what their crime is.

Among the many things on my list i am mourning for, men, women, children, animals, hospitals, medics, mosques, churches, the list is never ending, this is for the olive, the zaitoon.

Painting food again...thalis are pretty no?

All supplies were from .art

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The blue church in Bratislava seemed like a good subject to try using an analogous colour scheme.

The paper, paints, paintbrushes, and easel used to create this piece were from .art

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Was trying to be experimental 👩🏽‍🎨🎨

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I can never stop painting memories from Stockholm

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I like how the brushes go with my painting 💙🤍

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Statues and trees have become my favourite subjects. Glad my brother is into history and photography, no shortage of statue photos. 👩🏽‍🎨🎨

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I cannot say enough about how much I have been enjoying the watercolour brushes and watercolour paper from .art along with the paints from , definitely a good combination.

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This month's adventures have been all about .art

If you would like to recreate this or create something similar, head off to .art and use the discount code Sarah10 to get the supplies i used! I especially recommend the brushes and the paper ❤️

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I got some of my confidence back after painting this ☺️👩🏽‍🎨🎨

If you would like to recreate this or create something similar, head off to .art and use the discount code Sarah10 to get the supplies i used! I especially recommend the brushes and the paper ❤️

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A colleague shared a photo in a teams chat and suggested painting this so I had a go 👩🏽‍🎨🎨

Made this after work yesterday which was an uphill battle of a day, painting at the end of it felt like it wasn't too bad 😊

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Did another one from my brother's collection of holiday photographs. 👩🏽‍🎨🎨

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This one was all about Meeden at supplies, the paper, the paints, the brushes, and I loved every second of it. Thanks .art 🙂🙏🏼

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Did this before work yesterday coz I panicked the previous evening thinking I had forgotten to paint 😄

The lovely photograph you see was taken by ❤️

Also tried watercolour paper by .art for the first time and I loved it! I quite like the fact that it comes in a block.

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So my brother was in Slovakia...😁 🎨🖌

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I haven't painted many night scenes as I find them very tricky but last week I felt brave. 🌃🎨🖌

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Walking from my office to campus, I came across this mushroom like big tree (or a bunch of trees, couldn't find that out) and immediately thought of painting it.

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I can never stop painting Stockholm

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The month of May wasn't the most productive in terms of number of paintings done but definitely so in other ways.

1. I set up my studio..just a folding table and a drawing board in the middle of my lounge but it is now my designated painting space.
2. Started using my .art
drawing board which I'm very happy with.
3. Recorded nearly the entire painting process of one of my paintings

I think that's not bad 🤔 😅

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This started out well enough but the finished piece is nothing like I imagined and not in a good way 😁😄 here's to celebrating failures! 👩🏽‍🎨🎨💃🏼

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Painting delicious looking food is fun. Thought instead of food I would paint an ingredient and see how it turns out. I present to you the mighty onion! 🧅🎨👩🏽‍🎨

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I'm still trying to understand how to work with toned paper. I think I need more homework with subject, colour choice and values. This to me is a bit of a failure but I think it is worth celebrating nevertheless. 👩🏽‍🎨🎨

Thanks for taking a wonderful photograph of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Tallinn.

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My brother was travelling again and of course some paintings had to follow 🧑🏽‍💼✈️📷 ➡️ 👩🏽‍🎨🎨🖼

Thanks for the lovely photo taken in Tallinn from the skydeck at Niguliste Cathedral.

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Something lovely about a solitary house 🏠 👩🏽‍🎨

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Took this photograph 5 years ago at Central Station in Newcastle. The bright flags caught my eye and I thought it would be nice to photograph and later paint. 👩🏽‍🎨🎨

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Tried some ink art last night. Never thought I could work in monochrome and with ink but you challenge yourself in some way everyday 👩🏽‍🎨💪🏽

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Cloud studies ☁️☁️

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Another rendering of a lovely photograph taken by the amazing
As always painting nature is very relaxing 👩🏽‍🎨🎨

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This one just won an Honourable Mention in Watercolour painting competition... I'm over the moon!!! 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼



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I have lots of pictures from my train journeys, this is a rendering of one of them. 👩🏽‍🎨🎨🚂

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Took this picture ages ago in Geneva and never thought I had the skills or courage to paint this until...sort of...now.. 👩🏽‍🎨🎨

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