Category: Small Talk
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Her off the telly
Life drawing is enjoying a bit of a moment. Lockdown brought us internet phenomenon Portrait Artist of the Week and lots of small art groups and studios have widened their audience by running regular online sessions. The BBC did Life Drawing Live! And Channel 4 of course had Drawers Off! And it returns on Monday…
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Scribble
Do you sketch? If you do, do you sketch every day? It’s totally addictive. I used to take a paperback with me if I knew I was going somewhere that involved a wait. Nowadays I bring my lovely Venetian Fabriano sketchbook with me everywhere. And I use it. And I find that practice, while not making…
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I spy
I am in (one of my) home towns, having a reflective weekend. So I got to thinking about what things I could find that would immediately signal where I was to somebody who knew the place. What is the mundane but also iconic? And here are some of my snaps. Plus a selfie…I know, get…
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#1
My first post as Pollie….where will this site take me I wonder. Stitch This changed my life. It saw me move from business consultancy to artist and quilt seller. It saw my family grow from two to four. It charted my creeping Parkinson’s. And it has introduced me to new friends, skills and ideas. Pollie…
Sophie Wardle 