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Azerbaijan

  • Tuesday 6th October 2009
    We’re Moving Azerbaijan, Random | (2)
    I'm in the process of moving back to the UK at the moment which hasn't left me much time to work on my current projects... I hope yours are going well and i'll be back soon.
  • Saturday 6th June 2009
    Painting Class ~ Lessons 2 & 3 Azerbaijan, Painting | (2)
    During our last two lessons we have been working on our paintings. We started out using a thin brush and ochre coloured acrylic paint to draw an outline of our work onto the canvas. I still wasn't 100% sure how I wanted it to look when I started but I knew I wanted it to include foxgloves. You can just about see the outline of the foxgloves in the picture above. We then applied a wash of background colours. Once that was dry we added background colour to the foxgloves themselves in various shades of light and dark to add depth to ...
  • Friday 29th May 2009
    Painting Class ~ Lesson 1 Azerbaijan, Painting | (0)
    I have recently started taking painting lessons. I have a lot of painting equipment at home and have made a few dire attempts at it but I wasn't getting the results I wanted. I decided I really needed some expert guidance on painting techniques so I asked around the community here and someone very kindly introduced me to an artist who was willing to give lessons. It turns out that there are a few other ladies interested in improving their brush strokes as well and so we started lessons. Our teacher is a very lovely Russian artist called Lena. She has been ...
  • Thursday 21st May 2009
    The State Art Academy of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, Painting | (0)
    This week I visited the State Art Academy of Azerbaijan with some of the ladies from the International Women's Club of Baku. We had a very comprehensive tour of the different art studios including clay, oil painting, carpet weaving and the student exhibitions that will be opening very soon. Each piece starts out as a pencil drawing and is then turned into a painting or clay model. It was really interesting to see how each student painted the same subject. Each room was full of colour! I really like this picture of a students easel and work space. This room was full of students and ...
  • Monday 18th May 2009
    Bumper Cars Azerbaijan | (0)
    Last week we had a little incident with the car. I was at the supermarket doing the weekly shop when unbeknown to me someone hit our car whilst trying to park behind it. I didn't notice until I was about to get in the car to go home. Here is a picture of the damage to our car, as you can see the bumper is pretty dented and the light facing is broken. We managed to track down the offending vehicle and waited outside for the owner to return. Thankfully he was very nice and happy to pay for the damage. ...