Reading about swifts and how to help them today, I have a few locally so maybe I will try putting up a box for them for next year... #30dayswild #30daychallenge

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#30dayswild not so wild today in some ways although the weather certainly is. Shearing this morning went well and was overdue . However I cant help feeling sorry for my poor sheep they have been baking under their fleece and now on a wet and windy day it's all gone ... extra food for everyone is the order of the day ...

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#30dayswild a starling today ... Mozart had a pet starting which he kept in his yard, he taught it to sing some bars of his music, when the starling died he held a funeral for it and read this poem written for the occasion A Starling: Here lies a dear fool A little starling; in the prime Of his brief time. He must feel death’s bitter pain. My heart is riven Thinking of him. Reader, shed a tear as well. He was not bad But frisky and bright. Underneath he was a wag, No one would deny; And I would say for sure That now he is above. In his friendly way He will be praising me. Yet unaware, I’d say That he’s alive no more To thank me for this score.

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#30dayswild one of my pair of magpies who are nesting in my beech tree 😍

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Still work to do on my oil painting distraction...

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Also it's been a while since I used oils but I dug them out and had a play today ...

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Day 9 #30dayswild #30daychallenge Inspired by Cormorants on the rocks off the north coast today...

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And here are my first 8 days of #30dayswild so glad to be part of this, with the @cornwallwildlifetrust and @thewildlifetrusts it is having a great effect day by day looking for something new and thinking about what else I can do to attract more wildlife and become a more valuable part of nature

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At the end of the first week... very happy to be combining @thewildlifetrusts #30dayswild with a #30daychallenge these are the drawing so far ...

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Day 8 on my 30 Day challenge, everywhere I went today there were swifts and swallows ... I find them quite hard to draw, swifts even harder because I always feel their eye looks too big... i would like them to nest in my sheds but they don't.... . .#30dayswild

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I painted this a while ago , I like that I had the confidence to stop when I did... this is what I am aiming for with my 30 day challenge...increased confidence 😊

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Have a great day today!

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Time for a little research...

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Day 7 #30dayswild Poor little bedraggled birds... and a dreadful photograph through 2 windows and rain. no. 73 Feed the birds. All year round because on days like these they really need it. #30dayswild2019 #30dayswildchallenge #getoutdoors #enjoynature #enjoynaturesbeauty #enjoyingnature #naturelover #natureloverforlife #ilovenature

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Day 7: #30dayswild a tawny owl, I hear them regularly and occasionally catch sight of them... #30daychallenge

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Wren on a ball, I had another lovely message this week to let me know that this painting flew the nest from the Fowey River Gallery. ❤

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Todays #30dayswild excitement ...@thewildlifetrusts no.24 notice something new in nature. I am sure you csnt see it and I don't know what it is 😂😂😂 great start! It's either a willow warbler or a chiffchaff I think most probably a willow warbler as I did not hear the distinctive call of the chiffchaff it had an insect in its beak and was rather agitated by my presence so I suspect nesting very close to me so I left it to carry on...

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Back to Barn Owls for todays drawing a day... as this #30daychallenge is all about practice and getting my drawing back to where I want it ...and I want to make a series of Owls it seemed like a good option ... #30dayswild

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New blog post . 'New projects' ...there is a link in my profile if you would like to read it 😊

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A little while ago I did a series if these birds precaiously balancing on cups,sparrows especially because their existence now seems so fragile.... this one can be seen in the flesh at the @gurnardshead in an exhibition curated by @gilliancooperart

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A new studio insights coming soon... if you would like to hear a little more about my process and my reasons for doing a 30 day challenge there is a link in my profile...

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#30dayswild a great tit nest resides in here...

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After I waved goodbye to my blue tit on a cup todays #30dayswild painting had to be another blue tit 💙 . . .@cornwallwildlifetrust @thewildlifetrusts #30daychallenge #bluetit

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Some days I wake up to a lovely email.. and today was one of those days. This little painting of a blue tit balancing on a cup, found a new home... from the @gurnardshead who have a selection of my work to enjoy whilst you eat drink and stay with them set in a glorious part of west Cornwall

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DAY 4 #30dayswild #30daychallenge In a similar pose to yesterday's sparrow here is a great tit. I have 2 great tit nests that j know of, one all fledged one not sure will check later... they are a bit bossy at the feeders but always move out of the way for a sparrow ... I could watch them for hours! Also just for June on the 7th, 14th,21st and 28th I will be sending out a little email with some extra paintings and snippets, if you would like see it please follow the link to my priority newsletter in my profile.

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Well I did a little printmaking with my new Barn Owl plates ... I feel a bit underwhelmed by my results 😂 but I quite like this one... it's all work in progress at the moment though 😊

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Looking forward to a little more printmaking tomorrow for my 'wisdom of owls' project , if anyone has any good poems, folk tales or myths relating to owls I would love to hear about them 😊

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A bit of a quirky one for my #30daychallenge today. Sparrows have inspired me today but he looks a bit strange because you can't see his tail. O have sparrows everywhere at the moment bless them. More to follow in my #30dayswild post.

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Day 2: Today our local Cuckoo has been ever present so to celebrate here is my painting of the day #30daychallenge #30dayswild

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I had a fantastic day @kestle_barton yesterday listening to a talk by Mark Cocker and Jem Southam for The 'Representing Nature' as part of the exhibition 'Birds Rivers Rain'. Mark talked about how we must start to see ourselves and nature as one, so that we are part of nature and also the way in which we always underestimate the effect of nature on our wellbeing.

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DAY 1 Well it had to be a Barn Owl to start the ball rolling...❤ I am going to write a blog post about why I am doing this 30 day challenge and 30 days wild and what I hope to achieve in doing them... watch this space... #30daychallenge #30dayswild

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#30dayswild day1 I have done lots of lovely wild things today but I was going to share with you a nest box filled with great tits ... however they had other plans and have all fledged! Which is great but means I am sharing my snail wall with you, for some reason this bit of wall, is always full of snails ... a little snail hatchery, or nursery maybe? I also had a butterfly and a bee but have not managed to Identify them...so they will have to wait until i can.. as always with nature (and most other things, I find) the more i know the more i have to learn, but that's the fun of it I think...keeps me constantly interested!

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#30dayswild day1 I have done lots of lovely wild things today but I was going to share with you a nest box filled with great tits ... however they had other plans and have all fledged! Which is great but means I am sharing my snail wall with you, for some reason this bit of wall, is always full of snails ... a little snail hatchery, or nursery maybe? I also had a butterfly and a bee but have not managed to Identify them...so they will have to wait until i can.. as always with nature (and most other things, I find) the more i know the more i have to learn, but that's the fun of it I think...keeps me constantly interested!

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Starting this today and its lovely down in Cornwall... also doing a drawing a day of something inspired by #30dayswild to get me back into the habit of daily drawing ....

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@thewildlifetrusts are running their #30dayswild campaign throughout June and over the summer I set my students @artdesigncornwall a project to do a drawing or a sketch book page a day in order to create momentum and build on their year of study. So for June I thought I could combine the 2 and make a painting a day for 30 days, from my wild encounters which I will also photograph. I have done this before and you can visit my website to see how it went ... I should have given myself a slightly longer lead in but no time like the present! If you are doing the #30dayswild do let me know I would love to see how you get on and it will help me to stay on the bus 😂

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Back in my newly tidied studio, i feel like I am getting some where now, my little press and these @cranfieldcolours are perfect for my home studio...currently using single plates and a mono print inking process to keep them unique 😊

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Tomorrow I will be sending out my 1st email newsletter for a while, if you would like to receive it there is a link on my profile which will take you to the sign up page marked priority mailing list... exciting new projects ahead 😍 I hope to see you there.

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Well they definitely need refining and printing in a bar owl ochre but I have made a start... more tomorrow ...

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Exciting things happening with my lino... and more importantly in my thinking! I am hoping to launch a couple of new projects in the next couple of days, owls will definitely be a large part of one of them.

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Starting something new always exciting... I love carving lino... i am going to create a collection of owls, but should they be a stare, a parliament, a wisdom or something else ??? Currently due to the chaos we have at the moment my least favourite would be a parliament 😂😂😂

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I was looking for this wonderful quote "never heard the solitary whistle of curlew on a summer noon without feeling the elevation of soul” Robert Burns But also found this,😣 I know that so many of our birds are threatened and I look at this so often it is one of my main focuses but somehow this news passed me by ... According to the @wwtworldwide Britain holds a quarter of the world’s curlew population and the @RSPB_love_nature report that the population has at least halved and in some places dropping by 81% raising awareness can help hopefully 🙏 but more can be read more at RSPB http://bit.ly/2YOpvXY or Wildfowl & wetland trust http://bit.ly/2HHxYGw #curlewcrisis Everywhere I look there seems to be sad discoveries of diminishing species, what can we do? What do you do?

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Lawings I always think look very different close up, beautifully coloured than they do in flight where they appear just black and white ... my grandad used to call the peewits ❤ This is another slightly older piece painted after a misty trip to @wwtslimbridge .

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Time to get back to some work but my studio is still a tip as I went out playing grown up sports day otherwise known as #crossfit so I did a little work on my website today and came across this Puffin. I have always loved Puffins but found them just a bit too cute to paint until I visited @skomer_island and the @skokholm_island and their personalities just captivated me ... this one is just a little mixed media painting on paper 21 x 29 cm

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Snippets of a lovely trip around a few @openstudioscornwall @krowji_ @nessapenrose, @fijkemiddendorp @rae.jakemanart @corinnedetain @lesleyplum @mariemakesvintage I will have to return again as I didn't get to see a lot of people...

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Tomorrow @one_and_all_games at @cblctrust with @duchy.crossfit tomorrow gathering ideas for my strong more specifically #strongeomen project. . . . #snatch ##crossfituk #fitness #fitnessmotivation #functionalfitness #weightlifting #womenwholift #strongwomen #olympicweightlifting #leggains #bootybuilding #motivation #weightloss #bodypositive #gymgirls #betteryourself #running #cardio #health #womenempowerment #progress #competition

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Looking forward to @one_and_all_games at @cblctrust with @duchy.crossfit tomorrow gathering ideas for my strong more specifically #strongeomen project

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A quick call in to @trelowarren today to drop off some cards always great to see my work beautifully curated in such great company @sarahdunstanceramic and Sally Tully

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Too often i find the world to busy for me i have been trying to escape to a quieter world for most of my life, which is what i am trying to convery in my work. But I went out this morning to feed the lambs and everything was quite and still... it was perfect... 😊 I hope your day is full of perfect things!

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Well i looked into your studio after dumping all of teaching materials from a year of almost full time teaching in it and realised I have a lot to do over the bank holiday weekend! Oh dear...

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