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	<title>Fiona Hayward</title>
	<link>http://fionahayward.com</link>
	<description>Folk &#38; Decorative Artist</description>
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		<title>Decorative art tutorial &#8211; soft cream rose</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m painting a set coasters (drink mats) for my sister, so I thought I&#8217;d take the opportunity to put up a mini tutorial while I was at it. These roses are very soft, and the petals are merely suggested.  I&#8217;ve used kleister medium to make them &#8216;wispy-ish&#8217;. They go very well the sort of shabby [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionahayward.com/decorative-art-tutorial-soft-cream-rose/</link>
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		<title>My painting spot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my little corner of the world where I paint. It&#8217;s near a big window, so I can see what&#8217;s going on out in the garden. As you can see, I mainly work with Jo Sonja Artist Colours.  I&#8217;ve used them since I started painting, about 20 years ago &#8211; at the time, they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionahayward.com/my-painting-spot/</link>
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		<title>Favourite decorative art pieces &#8211; part one</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m planning on putting up a few posts on this same topic. You&#8217;re probably not like me, and can&#8217;t bear to part with any of your paintings, but I have actually kept very few of my own folk art / decorative art pieces. They have either gone off to another home (usually one of my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionahayward.com/favourite-decorative-art-pieces-part-a/</link>
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		<title>Pansies in Watercolour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These were painted out of a watercolour instructional book, can&#8217;t remember which one. The colours are so vibrant.  Often when painting in watercolour, the final colour can be a little insipid, if you&#8217;re not careful. I&#8217;m discovering very quickly that the key to watercolour painting, is judging if your painting is at the right stage of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionahayward.com/pansies-in-watercolour/</link>
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		<title>Another doodle sketch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another sketch on 300gms smooth watercolour paper. These are such fun to do.  Pots are great subjects, coming in all shapes and sizes.]]></description>
		<link>http://fionahayward.com/another-doodle-sketch/</link>
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		<title>Bird on a Spade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This doodle was on smooth watercolour paper. I think the smooth (300gms) is great for this type of sketching, when its more about a light touch, and detail. We are in the middle of winter here in Australia, I&#8217;d love to be out in the garden, planting spring vegetables]]></description>
		<link>http://fionahayward.com/bird-on-a-spade/</link>
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		<title>Leibe Bird</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yet another adaptation from a Jo Sonja book.  I think this was from the big book of decorative painting. I painted this on one of those textured artist boards.  It&#8217;s propped up on a plate stand in my daughter&#8217;s bedroom. I love this combination of colours.  After I painted the design, I glazed/shaded using retarder medium [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionahayward.com/leibe-bird/</link>
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		<title>Peaceful Moments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This brush sketch is painted on watercolour paper in the same style as the previous post (girl vignette). The design was from a Jo Sonja Jansen book (one of my favourite artists, she is so inspirational). On the larger image (click the thumbnail), you can see that I actually wrote on there the colours I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionahayward.com/73/</link>
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		<title>Girl &amp; Bird Vignette</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This quick sketch was done on watercolour paper with JoSonja artist gouache. I sponged the background on using a couple of colours on top of each other.  I think the main colour for the background was Smoked Pearl. Use only small amounts of paint and you can get quite good drybrush type effects. Keep it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionahayward.com/girl-bird-vignette/</link>
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		<title>Pink Rose</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watercolours are a challenge. Roses are a challenge. So, why am I trying to combine the two in one go?  Glutton for punishment I suppose. Since I have the watercolour set sitting here (bought years ago in a moment of mad enthusiasm),  I am prepared to take on the challenge.  If you don&#8217;t hear from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionahayward.com/pink-rose/</link>
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