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The final day of a very long but very busy and extremely hot four days at Art in Action. It was an absolute delight to meet so many people interested in coloured pencil work. I also met loads of students past and present which was great and thanks to everyone who came to visit the stand. ...

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I just downloaded this very useful and inexpensive app. mymarkers - it has lists of most popular makes of coloured pencils, pastels, marker pens etc. You can tick the ones you've got and remind yourself of the ones you want to get. I'm grateful to one of my colouring in friends for passing on this tip....

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The sun shone and despite Wimbledon we had a busy weekend with some surprise visits from friends I hadn't seen for many years. On Sunday afternoon when Murray was fighting for victory and I expected to be in splendid isolation we had visitors all the time, after we closed we did manage to catch the final amazing game of the match....

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Returning from a wonderful holiday touring the Marche area of Italy, a totally unspoilt landscape dotted with beautiful little hilltop villages and no tourists, I was concerned that the garden would have suffered from our long absence and our inspiration for 'The Bigger Picture' three- day workshop would have perished. However, thanks to the lack of summer weather, the garden had flourished and provided loads of inspiration for an enjoyable...

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