Hi, my name is SideshowBob!

SideshowBob

Good morning @Bluebell21 how are you? I’m at work so can’t text much today until I get home but feel free to send some messages as it will brighten my day

Bluebell21

I am not too bad thanks @SideshowBob chat later.

SideshowBob

I’ll be home from 6pm 🤪

onedayatatime

Hello @Bluebell21 my apologies for not chatting with you yesterday, I found sideshowbobs reenactment and interests quite fascinating 👍 😁 I've always been drawn to crafts with textiles but never attempted cross stitch. I do enjoy hand stitching and got into textile art through hand embroidery. I really enjoy lots of mixed media and making mess 😂. I'm not so good with using colour but love texture. How are you enjoying your art course? Art and Psychology is such a fascinating mix! People express themselves so many ways through art that you must find the psychology aspect of it so interesting. You've both definitely lifted me to want to do more. Circumstances and a few life events have restricted me recently, but I am buzzing to get back to being creative again!

Bluebell21

Hello @onedayatatime there is no need to apologise we can chat today. I thought sideshowbobs reenactment was very interesting.

I started doing small x stitch and progressed. Textile art through embroidery sounds fascinating do you have any you could photograph and post on the forum?

I am enjoying my art course thanks I did do art at school but not really done much since. Sometimes life gets in the way. I could do with a room to leave everything set up in.

Art and psychology are closely related. Art helps us deal with emotions by allowing expression and self exploration.

I am so glad that sideshowbob and myself have lifted you to want to do more. Would love to see what you come up with.

Jimm_Scope

I'll need to show these reenactment pictures to my partner! She'd love to go to one of these and even join one. Really cool pictures! Would always love to see more if you have them 😋

SideshowBob

@onedayatatime

@Bluebell21

How are you both?

SideshowBob

@Jim_scope

Reenactment combat or living history is an amazing thing to get into.

Bluebell21

Hi @SideshowBob I am not too bad thanks. How was work today?

SideshowBob

@Bluebell21 work was fairly non today, just non! Bloke got fired on Friday for being an absolute tool and lazy so everyone was a bit more alert today, oh another guy got the “buck up or **** off”.

Tell me what you’ve been up to today???

SideshowBob

@Bluebell21

Now your creative juices are flowing what kind of thing are you feeling like per suing. I might be tempted to buy some pencils and draw something

Bluebell21

Hi @SideshowBob I had to phone the dentist first thing as one of my crowns came out yesterday. So I phoned at 8.30am to be told my dentist is on holiday and not back until tomorrow. Tomorrow I have a funeral so cannot go then. Will have to phone at 8.30am Wednesday and hope it can then be sorted.

Then I mowed the lawn and that was a silly idea as made me really tired but done now.

So nothing very exciting for my day.

My art course is for 10 weeks so will brush up ( no pun intended) on everything then see what I want to do.

I like the look of another course I looked at for Art History which includes early art.

At the moment just want to have some fun with it and paint and draw to see what style I prefer.

You should get some pencils and just draw whatever you see or pick an object.

Is your work quite stressful?

Bluebell21

Bluebell21

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Bluebell21

Deleted. I posted again as not sure if first post send as got strange message with a light bulb which would not let me post. But it appears it did eventually post. So deleted post.

onedayatatime

That sounds like quite a stressful day at work!

Do you think an art club would be a good idea on here? I don't know if anyone used to watch the Grayson Perry Art Club on TV. It was fun. Basically you are given a prompt, a word or phrase and you make art, using whatever medium you want, interpreting your own meaning of that week's word/phrase. People's artwork was so mixed and different, it was brilliant! People painted, made drawings , sculptures and everything in-between. I don't think there's anything worse than looking at a blank page, trying to think what to do. Sometimes a prompt is really useful to get going. So what do you all think? It could be fun👍

Bluebell21

I think it is a good idea, not sure it would work on the Scope forum. We already have KaleidoScope - Out own gallery for members art work, crafts and photographs. This is where members share their work as and when they like to. I am not sure enough members would be interested to make your idea work. What do you think @SideshowBob

SideshowBob

actually that sounds awesome. Yes a prompt a great idea, I would fire that out to the wider community “what do you say peoples???

SideshowBob

a group - not a prompt

SideshowBob

@Bluebell21 only just read your message about your crown, Oo ‘orribble. I hope that gets sorted soon