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Painting, sketching, pottery, what are your preferences....galleries....what do you like to look at. Favourite artists....sculpting....anything that takes your fancy...jewellery making.....anything that feeds the artistic you....

Lizzie,I would love to have a go at sculpting..but never know where to get the correct clay,providing it's not expensive..it must be wonderful to look at a bust of someone and know that you've done it,I just enjoy anything to do with using my hands,have knitted a lot but realised it didn't grow quick enough for me so started crocheting,and loved that..babies pram covers,babies shawls etc..have painted on China plates..would love to have a go at watercolour painting..but am probably not good enough..you know the saying Jack of all trades,master of none.

Loved doing watercolour painting at school....my Dad painted in watercolours and he never had a lesson in his life......I remember a blue wash and a light brown wash, both taking half the area of the paper then building my picture....anything went...little farm house, trees, clouds, the odd smudge that looked like a bird.....Watercolour painting is so forgiving there are no rigid rules in my book....paint what you feel...then it is completely your work.....

Liz,have you any paintings that either you or your Dad have done..I think you've just persuaded me to have a go at it..please have a look Liz if you have any to show us.

momac There must be classes somewhere where you can learn pottery.

Marie.it's sculpting that I would like to do,but thank you for your concern.

My Dad's watercolours that hang in the living room.....don't have any of mine from school....but may be I have inspired myself.....

Excellent work.

They're lovely Lizzie.

Yours now, Momac.
If you can't link, then I will be happy to oblige?

I agree, they are lovely paintings.

I love arts and crafts myself - I particularly like making my own Christmas cards and decorations, wreaths and I recycle lots of things, like making lanterns out of glass jars and metal wire/shapes, and decorating candles with beads etc.

Mac,I can't do links..Lizzie put them on before for me.

But thank you all the same Mac.

Here they are Momac.....

Lizzie..I've said it before,you're a star..thank you.

My pleasure Momac.....Maybe you could do one of these pictures in watercolours....maybe on a smaller scale just for a bit of a practice.....If you love these pictures so much.....maybe something quite different....your call...

Lizzie..I've made my mind up,am definitely going to have a go at watercolour painting..being honest,I absolutely love painting in oils..but somehow watercolours always look prettier to me..we have a store in Wigan,in fact it's the only one now that deals in arts and crafts,I get all my materials there..even the frames,I stood looking at watercolour pads last week and wondered if I'd be any good..I've got the paints already,can't remember when or where I got those..so am definitely going to give it a bash..and I love this thread Lizzie.

I keep meanin g to get back into my art. i stocked up when I retired. i love landscapes and seascapes. we went to see Timmy Mallet's exhibition recently and was pleasantly surprised. I also like Rolf Harris but not so sure now ...
i'm not keen on boaty paintings which you get a lot of down here.Jack Vettriano I like [similar to the lady in the chair above and Robert lenkiewicz i love. I have a limited edition print but can't afford an original.

Kath,I wish I could paint like Rolf Harris..he's a natural..but am going to have a Google at those artists you just...Kath,just had a look..both excellent,but boy oh boy..I thought Vettriano was a bit risque,he can't hold a candle to Robert can he...nevertheless,brilliant artists.

Robert lenkiewicz. a very charismatic man. amazing painter who sadly died on my birthday a few years ago

momac - yes he could be quite naughty. when my eldest was young my dd suggested we pop into his studio. well, he was in full swing of his naughty nudes and we didn't know where to look!the print i have is a self portrait of him sat at his easel.

lenkiewicz with his favourite model

P>S>i like your dad's paintings lizzie especially the tree. it must be lovely to have something of his. my dad used to draw for us a lot and i've got a drawing he did for my mum when she was in hospital having my brother

Glad that you've started an 'arts' thread, only just noticed it.
Lizzie your dad was obvously a 'natural' painter, lovely work, I'm sure you've inherited his artistic talent.
Momac glad you've got to show your portraits on this thread - brill....and yes go for the watercolouring!!!. My wife loves the medium. Different technique, she tells me. You go from light colours first & then add darker colours, and there isn't the same scope for correcting as with oils which you can always overpaint.......but go for it.
All this talk of art etc reminds me that I too did watercolour art classes and life study classes ie 'nude' drawing..........in my twenties. Who knows.

i did nude too. i did a foudation course at Wigan tech. c 1968. daft that I am i dropped out....

Many years ago I also painted a nude..I'd just finished varnishing it when our landlady at the time called and asked if she could buy it..she was the most prudish lady you could find..I've often wondered what her husband said when she took it home.

Aw Kath. This is one of those 'if only' situations isn't it.
Was it your intention to have a career in art?. I think there must be millions of amateur artists who get real pleasure from their hobby but very few people can make it pay.
I am intrigued by this Robert Lenkiewicz. Tell me more.

Momac - Goodness me!!!
That makes you a professional

Thanks Ray,but I don't think so..if I was I'd be wealthy,which I'm not.

raymyjamie - lenkiewicz was a Londoner but settled on Plymouth's Barbican. he was always a controversial character. he once did a project on mental handicap and painted kids at the school where i worked [before I was there]. he had parental permission but staff after were appalled that he painted what he say and not "Pretty" pictures. he's famous for his project on vagrancy too especially one guy who lived in an old barrel in a local park.when Diogenese died Lenkiewicz had the corpse enbalmed and kept it but no-one knew where it was.

Just a bit of parental bragging here.....this is a glass painting done by our daughter.....I think it is lovely....but then I am her Mum.....
It is a Rainbow Lorikeet....we have them in the trees here....

Lizzie,you have every right to brag,that is simply gorgeous..I don't know so much about glass painting..but am going to have a look on me old friend Google..yours is obviously a very talented family.

Lizzie I love the painting of the Rainbow Lorikeet, has your daughter done any more?

I am more of a crafty person than art. I also make my own cards and recycle stuff. I am very lucky and have my own craft room. People give me stuff they would otherwise throw away and I revamp it. It makes for an 'individualised' house.

I used to go to Haigh Stables on Sturday morning to the pottery class and occasionally to the art class.

Pam i remember going with my mum to look at the crafts at haigh hall. i persuaded a woman to sell me a little painting of the plantations.
i like the glass painting too. i had a fad for it once but i left all my paints in school when i retired

Thanks for the info on Lenkiewicz kathpressey, he was obviously a complex unconventional character.

Lizzie your daughters glass art is just great - love it.

Thank you for the positive feed back.....it is just to show there are other forms of art that can be done for a great effect......Pam this is the only on e my daughter did.....she has a talent for painting and drawing....but she has stored all her stuff for when they get their own place so I have no way of sneaking any more stuff on here....

this is my limited edition lenkiewicz that i have on my wall. i love it!

And this is an original that I was given last night when i went to see an expupil and his mum. David did this [helped by someone moving the canvas so his hand could touch]. he has CP and is very stiff and he's visually impaired too. i love this painting too.

Kath,he was a very talented artist wasn't he...and I'd never heard of him before.

yes he was momac.and it's always good to learn something new don't you think?

Being a purple loving girl....the purple really jumps out....I love the painting too Kath....

David's painting is truly amazing.

He's an amazing guy. he had profound disabilities but a very gentle soul. his mum has always valued everything he achieved and rightly so.

It's beautiful..God love him.

HELLO Pam,

I'm like you I love crafts and have my own shed!!!

Where are the best places in wigan to buy supplies? I don't live in Wigan any more but do visit regularly.Are there any dedicated craft shops in town.

PAT.

Hello bradshaws girl.just in case Pam doesn't see this thread I can tell you that the place to go to for all arts and crafts is..The Range..it's in Chapel Lane right facing the top of Queen Street..they have practically everything you need.

Thanks momac .... will add it to the list.

Hello Pat.....welcome....

Just in case anyone is interested..... last week I went to Heskin Hall to a cardmaking class. A lovely lady called Jean Robinson has a card stall at Heskin Hall and she provides workshops to suit your individual requirements. This was a one to one workshop. I paid £12 for 2 hours and came away with 3 completed cards ... the price included a cup of coffee too. It was really enjoyable. Don't know how she makes any money at that price.

Thanks for the welcome Lizzie.

it's very satisfying to make something yourself isn't it? and at classes like that you make new friends too!

Marvellous stuff.

Lizzie - I love the glass painting by your daughter - it looks lovely in that frame.

Bradshaws Girl - sounds like you got a good deal there on the card-making class.

tote amazeballs!

How clever is he..amazing.

this is another on my wall. it's one of my brother's drawings

Mac that is amazing.....so fast I bet he doesn't have time to think what he is doing......

Kath......your brother is very talented.....

Lizzie loves the pics, but where is John?

John Lennon wallpaper for iPad from a site via google images....fits in with the art culture of this thread....just for you Beep....

Two little seascapes in oil I picked up for 10 Aussie dollars each......I would have paid more.....they were in a op shop in Hahndorf in the Adelaide hills...it was a day out with my sister....I reckon I was a lucky girl....anything original....you never know......

you got a bargain there lizzie. i have a seascape I bought In Woolacombe but the lady had just finished it to it was wrapped quickly. when Home I saw she hadn't signed it so i wonder it she becomes famous will i dip out! she said she was the auntie of Rod Stewarts wife

I hope so Kath.....one of mine is signed but the other one has the signature hidden by the frame.....they are both by the same artist.....

some good paintings on here

I'd just like to draw your attention to Sunshine House in Scholes, as we went to a wonderful art exhibition there recently.

The centre holds a range of art classes , including life study, or as Raymyjamie called it, 'nude' drawing.

Website - sunshinehousecommunityhub.co.uk / Art to Art @ Sunshine House Facebook Group

On Twitter - @BarbaraNettleto
Manager of Sunshine House Community Centre & Art to Art, Scholes

'The centre is looking for crafters to show their products and also looking for artists who want to sell paintings of Wigan.'

great idea. I wish I could come.

these are wot ive done im new to water colours and havent done any drawing or art for years but since being ill i decided to give it a go

They're lovely Mani..I'm going to have a go at watercolours soon..I honestly think painting is very therapeutic,and you couldn't be doing anything better to aid you on your way..and I sincerely hope you are winning the battle with your health.

Well will you look at that!!! Your style is very good Mani.....the expression in the Tiger's eyes is well captured.....keep up the good work......I like them very much....

I love the colours in the house painting..all different shades.

thanks momac and lizzie like i say its keep me occupied and giving me a fresh interest

Have you got another painting in the wings Mani..if you have,will you put it on here to show us please..we'd love to see it.

yea keep at it mani. I like the top 2 best.

This is a watercolour of Wigan Pier....it is a large postcard my Mum brought back from Wigan when she visited her Mum in the eighties.
There are no references to who the artist is....
On the reverse is printed.....
Published by Smiths Books(Wigan)Ltd, 41 Menses Street, Wigan.
Printed by Publicity Print Services, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire.
Just thought it would be a good one for this thread...

I used to have that postcard lizzie. it';s a lovely painting.

It is Kath and seeing it is so nice and a piece of Wigan art I am going to buy a nice frame for it tomorrow and put it on my wall....when I do I will put it on here and show you all....so pleased that I found it.....

This is a beautiful arty App called Artree.....I can draw my own tree with flowers and all in my own choice of colours....pretty good for a first one....

looking at manies pics I remembered some I did a number of years ago, well faded now. However I did find I still preferred my knitting.

forgot to load these

and this.

Like the tiger, you have really got it right.

Wow Anne..that knitting is gorgeous and the paintings are not bad either..I used to love knitting,then all of a sudden it started to me uptight..but I do enjoy crotcheting..but can't say it looks as nice as your sweaters.

.Anne I really like the painting of the mountains and those rocks sticking out of the water with the ripples round them....that one really jumped out at me.....

These are so pretty I did another one....I know it really isn't art as defined by the word....but....I have named it CyberArt....

Liz..I just love that..it's gorgeous.purple and pink..my two favourite colours.

Lizzie.Wonder if there is a way of getting a poster size, think they would be very attractive framed as two or three in a group.

Take a copy Anne and have a go if you like.....

Here is another I drew and it just becomes a tree on the curvy line I drew....magic....

Ann your jumpers are amazing. I never had the patience tio fancy patterns like that

Lizzie I like the tree pictures that you did too

Thanks Kath.....it is a labour of love......

Can change the colour.....the sky is the limit.....

I love the Fingerpaint App....I can do crazy paintings....

i'll have to find one that I can do with a mouse!

Beautiful fractal art has it's own spot in art generally.....here is a simple example of this beautiful (in my humble opinion) way of expression...

Art Gallery Launch / Shevington Library / Sat 8th February 2014 / 10:00am – 12:00pm

Free drop-in event (Details from www.wiganeventsguide.com)

Celebrate National Libraries’ Day with us and see all we have to offer, including our new display space for local artists.

We are also launching a new arts group.

An artist will be on hand to help you get hands-on with sketching your own mini masterpiece.

Venue: Shevington Library, Gathurst Lane, Shevington (link):

Shevington now has a purpose built gallery space to exhibit art. The space is for professional and amateur artists and community groups. Preference is given to artists or groups who live and/or work in the borough of Wigan. The Gallery is suitable for wall-based works. Small installations / sculptures will also be considered.

Good post Jo Anne......hope there is a good response ...😊

I'm looking forward to finding out more about this, Lizzie - hope to be able to go along:

@BarbaraNettleto - today
(Manager of Sunshine House Community Centre & Art to Art Scholes)

'Are there any art groups local to Wigan who would like to participate in one of the largest Art Exhibitions contact Barbara if you are interested'

'Any Wigan Artists who are not part of a group but would like to exhibit Art Work please contact Barbara Exhibition preview 11 April 7pm ticket only'

Website - sunshinehousecommunityhub.co.uk

Calling any artists out there who would like to showcase their work and talents at our Art Exhibition please contact @BarbaraNettleto or @PatTate7

Exciting this year, children's section, sculpting, Calligraphy, life art section.

Tickets for the Art Exhibition are FREE but admittance on 11th April to Preview is ticket only Cheese & Wine Reception 7pm

@BarbaraNettleto: just a reminder: our Art Exhibition Preview is this Friday: Cheese & Wine Reception Starts 7pm come along complimentary tickets available.

This year's exhibition we have several new sections: Life Drawing/Children/Tutors/ & general Students plus Calligraphy, 3D printing and Sculpting

* Art to Art Annual Exhibition - Fri 11th April until Mon 14th April *

Fri 11th April - Preview Evening & Official Re-launch of Sunshine House Community Hub (Ticket Only)

Sat 12th April, 10am-2.30pm / Sun 13th April, 10am-2.30pm / Mon 14th April, 10am-noon

Free admittance, some artworks may be for sale.

We went along to last year's exhibition and loved it!

sunshinehousecommunityhub.co.uk

The One Show Summer Art Competition 2014

Enter The One Show Summer Art Competition 2014 for the chance to see your artwork exhibited at the Royal Academy, London.

This is a competition to find the best painting or drawing by an amateur artist aged between 13-17 and 18 years old and over.

Please enter by sending photos or a scanned reproduction of your work originated on paper or canvas. Works should be no bigger than A1, 84cm x 59cm / 33 inches x 23 inches and works will be judged on the following criteria:

• Originality

• Composition

• Control and use of the chosen medium

•Ability to follow the guidelines as set out in the Terms and Conditions

The deadline is 5pm on Friday 2nd May

Link - BBC One Show

Art Technician Apprentice link

Employer St John Rigby College, Weekly Wage £ 80.40,
Closing Date For Applications 24/06/2014

* Ashton Art Group 2014 Summer Exhibition - 2nd Aug to 9th Aug at St Thomas's Church Hall *

Sat: 10am - 6pm / Sun: 11am - 2pm / Mon to Fri: 11am - 7pm

Everyone welcome! Free admission.

All exhibits are original pieces of work by Ashton Art Group members.
Watercolours, oils, acrylic mixed media etc. Many are for sale.

St Thomas Church Hall, Warrington Road, Ashton-in-makerfield WN4 9PL (link

@WiganLibraries: 'There is a different exhibit every month at Shevington Library Art Gallery. Get down there today to see lovely art work.'

Link - Shevington Village Art

Library & Gallery opening hours:
Mon: 10am-2pm / Tues and Wed: 1pm–5pm / Fri: 10am–5pm / Sat: 10am-12pm

Art Exhibition to Commemorate WW1 at Sunshine House, Scholes

Tuesday 5th August - Friday 8th August, Everyone welcome!

Sunshine House Community Hub, Off Vauxhall Rd, Scholes, Wigan WN1 3SD
Tel: 01942 820026

Website: sunshinehousecommunityhub.co.uk

Sunshine House Community Centre, Scholes - link:

Creative walks to return to Pennington Flash - next one is Sat 24th Jan, 1-3pm (Leigh Journal)

'The walks are part of the Moving Marks project and are suitable for adults wanting to take pictures, draw, paint, or write.

Materials will be provided but participants should bring along cameras and anything else they may wish to use.

Suitable clothing will also be required and refreshments will be available at the end of the walk.'

To find out more, contact Catherine Hawkins:
Email info@movingmarks.co.uk / call 07984 123445.

www.movingmarks.co.uk

Sunshine House have two new sessions.

Paul Pigram is doing a day's workshop on 1st Feb. 10am - 3pm £20.00

Catherine Aston is there from Monday 2nd Feb for 4 weeks introduction for beginners to Brusho. £24.00 you can book via Eventbrite, FB.email or telephone 01942 820026

well well well...talk about hidden gems...I'm a novice, but watch out fer an explosion of paint, van gough aint got nothing on me, no sirreee...how ya doing liz....ya kept ya talents well hidden didn't yis

Iv'e not looked at this thread by Lizzie before because I have no talents in any of these crafts but I have just looked all through it and loved it. There are some talented people on WW. I have loved looking at the paintings and I think this got momac and billy starting painting. Lizzie, keep up the good work.

where is liz?????damned critturs musta got her....I told her to be extra carefull sitting down in the privy.
marie m, aintcha gonna give it a whirl....ya wont be sat watching reruns on the TV, better things to do, go get the paint and brushes out.

Hey Billy ...here I am....the critters are not strong enough to bring me down....hope you are ok and enjoying the New Year....😊👍xx

enjoying this informative site of yours liz....aint nothing to match it when it comes to info for the novices.
I shall be a regular visitor and that's fer sure, especialy the painting sec.
liz...xmas and new year a total disaster in this casa....week afor xmas I went down with a bad cold, dutifuly followed by the princes....it is now the 12/01/2015 and just aboutttt coming outa the dark.....what a time....strange virus indeed, straight to the chest, and that appeared the case all over and around wigan. enough about negativity, good site this, if a "chimp" can fool the art critics(work of genius)then theres a chance fer this "chump"

Billy,we were stuck in the house all over Christmas with
this other flu,and we'd both had the jab,seems like the
strain had mutated into another.. H3 they call it.I'm
just finishing my Antibiotics after it settled on my
chest,I feel like a young un now after coming round,carry
on enjoying your new found talents Billy..see you at the
auction.lol

I aint displaying owt yet momac, but stand by fer the new discovery that's popped up outa no-where, I believe his name is "CHUMP"HE"L GO FAR THIS NEW GOUGH. yeahhhh.
I just might get yis a complimentary ticket or three.

wow...not nice oh wise one....the last flu we had sounds the same....very nasty..they cannot tell you what it is as it is a mutant strain...glad you are on the mend... 😊👍

I am a biggggg believer in mind over matter liz.....but it took a helluva lotta mind to get the best o this sucker.
be good..be CAREFULL, and keep up the good standards ya have in here....catch ya soon gal, so think well
be well.

Thought you may like to see the sunset that happened tonight 😊

Our Lizzie,that is just gorgeous..I've never seen a sky
like that,I bet that was something to behold.

Thank you our Maureen...it was as though we were being covered by this beautiful coloured blanket....😊