Blog – Janet Mary Robinson

Expressive Flower Painting Workshop at Lancaster House Hotel on 27th April

I’m delighted to be running a second art workshop at Lancaster House Hotel on Sunday 27th April. This class is suitable for all levels including beginners. We’ll be painting some lovely spring flowers; having fun with lots of enjoyable techniques in a variety of media including Brusho inks, pastels, and watercolour pencils. The session will […]

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‘Mrs Foxy’ – public sculpture for Angela Fox Nature Garden, Cuckfield

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I was really pleased to be asked to make my first public sculpture earlier this year. ‘Mrs Foxy’, who could probably use a more dignified title, was commissioned for the new Angela Fox Nature Garden in Cuckfield, West Sussex, and she was installed there in October. The garden is still a work in progress, so

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Wild winter Sky, Morecambe Bay

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Boxing Day at Plover Scar, Morecambe Bay, looking east to the Bowland Fells. The wind was freezing cold but there was a small flock of tiny birds flitting around through the hail. In the fields further inland there were lots of whooper swans. I like sketching with watercolour pencils, they’re softer than regular coloured pencils

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Prize Draw of Original Artwork In Aid of Protecting The Amazon

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‘Towards The Sun’, Oil on canvas, 71 x 71 cm I am raffling this painting to raise funds for a Go Fund Me Campaign which helps support indigenous defenders of the Amazon Rainforest. It was set up in memory of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira who were murdered earlier this year in the Amazon. There

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Wildlife sculptures on show at Maiden Bridge Arts Centre

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I’m honoured to be showing a selection of my wildlife sculptures in Maiden Bridge Arts Centre, in their summer exhibition. Maiden Bridge is situated on a former farm high in the Bowland Fells above the Lune Valley in a truly lovely location. This is my first time showing work at Maiden Bridge, my first exhibition following

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Stainless Steel Heron Sculpture

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I just finished polishing my new life-size heron sculpture, in 5 mm stainless steel. Here’s a preview. It will soon be for sale on my Etsy shop, WyrebirdStudio.

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Raising funds for Give A Hen A Home

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A couple of weeks ago two lovely ginger ladies joined our family. Betty and Delilah are ex barn hens, rescued by Give A Hen A Home. They’ve settled in really well, although somewhat to our surprise they’re absolutely in charge and bossing our existing six hens around. It has been lovely watching them enjoy their

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Wyrebird Studio Sculpture Shop

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I’m really pleased to have finally opened the virtual doors of my new Etsy shop, WyreBird Studio. I will be selling my sculptures here. For now I have a selection of my small bird sculptures made from up-cycled cutlery, and three of my new steel sculptures made using a water jet cutting process; see Mrs

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Tips for sketching trees

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Hello, thought I’d write down a few tips for sketching trees. The biggest difficulty when sketching trees, either from photos and particularly when outdoors, is how to simplify without resorting to stereotype and your drawing becoming cartoon like. You definitely need to avoid attempting to draw every leaf and branch, yet you should aim to

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How to draw a glass – step by step

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I hope this might interest people during this strange and worrying time of the coronavirus epidemic. I drew this during my toddler’s naptime; I am not claiming it is a perfect drawing or even a particularly good one, however, I enjoyed the focus and drawing is a wonderful way to distract yourself from your thoughts.

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