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Claire Carter

@carter61

Former teacher& school leader. Wife, mum, cat feeder. Now enjoying life in a beautiful part of the world. Love learning watercolour painting, walking, crime fiction & exploring

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Awesome

08.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much. I just plopped paint in water really 🀣 x

07.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is how I would like to paint one day-that sky and the suggestions allowing the imagination to fill in the story

07.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much! My little grey cells were challenged 🀣

07.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Good job it’s been raining. Time to catch up on next art lessons I’ve missed. More work on reflections and pastel colours in this β€˜who pulled the plug out’ scene. Somewhere in the highlands! It’s a learning process 😊

07.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy times 😊

07.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@mjmerrill.bsky.social thanks for the repost 😊! I read your biography on your website and thought there’s hope for me to learn more about watercolour!Gave up art aged 14 to do more β€˜academic’ subjects πŸ™ and then English lit at uni and a career in teaching. Only now I’m retired do I have the time 😊

07.03.2026 08:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Catching up with art lessons I’ve missed. Enjoyed this river scene with pollarded willows! The magic for me is wet in wet where colours just mingle and you don’t need to do anything πŸ˜‚

06.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Stunning sunset by @chrisstephenart.bsky.social

05.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A really beautiful painting those clouds and reflections against the darks 🀩

05.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

😁 that’s a great thing to look forward to 😊

23.02.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha like that! Off for a bit so looking forward to more cloud painting when back 😊

23.02.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Such a sense of movement and contrast. Amazing

22.02.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I love those clouds- the light and dark. I looked up Fred Cuming after one of your videos. Amazing

22.02.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you it was a great composition and demo by @chrisstephenart.bsky.social on Patreon- so lucky to have such a great artist community here 😊

21.02.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much. As soon as I saw your video I thought I want a go! Actually I want to do it again as my spattering went all over the place! Such a lovely way to paint- I loved just dropping the paint on and allowing it to do its own thing

21.02.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Had a go at lesson by @chrisstephenart.bsky.social which was called experimental and was a brilliant demo. I am now covered in paint but had a lot of fun 😊

21.02.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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A murky estuary/ loch scene in art lesson this week - a lot of masking fluid involved πŸ˜‚

18.02.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really like the sense of a busy boatyard all pulled together by the colour palette. Very atmospheric and loose which is lovely

18.02.2026 09:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It was just like that this morning with some additions! Lovely painting 😊

16.02.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The lovely cows appeared on the heathland again today. I didn’t argue over right of way 😊

16.02.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Such incredible light. Stunning painting by @chrisstephenart.bsky.social

15.02.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s one of your best imho- the light is stunning 🀩

15.02.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s really beautiful 🀩

15.02.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha maybe you could start a new line?!

15.02.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚ you can take the boy out of Cardiff etc!!

15.02.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. Really enjoyed the lesson and using the hake not hack brush πŸ˜‚

15.02.2026 08:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cows on the heathland. Helping sustainable regeneration of natural heathland habitat. Love the fact that this magnificent creature is called Turbo 😊

14.02.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I rarely use a hack brush but while the footie is on 😊 had a go at great demo by @chrisstephenart.bsky.social I loved the vibrancy of this lovely composition. Brush control very hard but also somehow liberating!

14.02.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

These are lovely 😊

11.02.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0