{"id":509,"date":"2015-06-26T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T14:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/blog\/finished-poppies\/"},"modified":"2015-12-31T18:18:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T18:18:20","slug":"finished-poppies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/static\/blog\/finished-poppies\/","title":{"rendered":"Finished Poppies!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have had a wonderful four weeks sharing my studio with two groups of ladies who were so excited to be able to paint this gorgeous design by Shelley Hankins.<\/span>
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We used lots of good quality acrylics and Gel Retarder by Jo Sonja with long bristle brushes from Rosemary & Co. I must thank Honor for saving the day when I ran out of paint!!\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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There was lots of laughter…and\u00a0silence when I showed them a new technique lol and last night we got to try Becky’s fab lemon cake which went down a treat. \u00a0I must thank Faye for my beautiful roses too.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Their finished pieces are simply wonderful, and some of them had little or no experience painting with acrylics….it just goes to show, I can teach anyone how to paint lol!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Til next time…<\/span><\/div>\n
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I have had a wonderful four weeks sharing my studio with two groups of ladies who were so excited to be able to paint this gorgeous design by Shelley Hankins. We used lots of good quality acrylics and Gel Retarder by Jo Sonja with long bristle brushes from Rosemary & Co. I must thank Honor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/apoppy-thelma-png.png?fit=3264%2C2448&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71bqO-8d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":496,"url":"https:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/static\/blog\/upcycling-fun-fun-fun\/","url_meta":{"origin":509,"position":0},"title":"Upcycling Fun Fun Fun!","date":"3rd October 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"During the Summer school break, my granddaughter Evie and I were walking my dogs around Churchdown on bin day when we came across a dressing table and stool by the roadside. \u00a0Evie fell in love with it....broken mirror and hinge too and her comment \"Granddad can fix it\" meant we\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mixed media"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/dressing_after-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1586,"url":"https:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/static\/blog\/cute-folky-girls\/","url_meta":{"origin":509,"position":1},"title":"Cute Folky Girls :-)","date":"19th April 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Today was such fun in my studio as I shared with my students how easy it is to create a face using simple steps. 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