The womb girls arts and crafts

I don't know whether this actually counts as craft - they  are  certainly not very artistic! . I have spent the afternoon making some face covers,  They are not protective masks but it seems that there may be a requirement to cover our noses/mouths when lock-down ends (if it ever does for us over 80s!)   I followed the instructions on the CDC website using two old pillowcases but the suggestion that I could tie the ends of a 6 inch piece of elastic and still have a loop long enough to go over my ears was too much for my clumsy fingers. So I used longer elastic and sewed it together by machine. 

Not very comfortable and if you wear glasses it gets a bit crowded behind the ears! Still, if it is the only way I will be able to go out ....... There is no photo of me wearing one, it's not a pretty sight!

It certainly does count as crafts oldady. Plus a very useful one too and yes everything is so uncertain with the lockdown will it be lifted will we need to wear facemask so its helpful to have some ready and waiting. There really good too, never thought of using pillowcases but yes it helps.

GBear,  Congratulations first of all on your Community Champion award - which I'm not at all surprised about as you are fantastically supportive and kind.  And thank you also for starting the Arts and Crafts group.  I often look at things posted in the group.

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I did this yesterday in watercolor again. I am doing a lot of practising with watercolor because I find it difficult, hard to correct a mistake, this was my second attempt because the first went wrong and I couldn't recover it. So how do you put it, "if first you don't succeed try try and try again".  Thank you hysteria53, it was great for the online community champions to get the national award, the community is such a wonderful and supportive place and its an honor to try to keep it that way.

Another 10/10 G bear beautifully captured xxx

Your paintings get better and better gbear. I can almost picture myself there....so relaxing. I love the bay painting too. Well done. God bless. Love lamb.xx

I thought i would share a couple of paintings i have done recently.

Both are watercolor and the size is just short of 16x12 inch watercolor paper

Such talent Gbear beautiful xx

Thank you ,

It gives me pleasure to paint and also I love to be able to show how doing something like this whether it be painting or crafts can really help the mind.

I have found its helping me a lot at the moment. Got a lot on my mind that distracting me at the moment a reason I am not been about on site. Because its made it difficult for me to be able to get the words out that I want. I have lost 3 friends very recent one to cancer on the 15th May then one the week before to covid-19 then another shortly before that to covid-19. So its left me feeling pretty numb at the moment, I am angry I can't attend the funerals or more important the chance of going and saying goodbye I think this is the most important opportunity but also not being able to be there and comfort the family left behind. They may well totally understand due to the current restrictions but it doesn't make it feel right. Its ironic that a friend once spotted that I can do my best art work when I am sad. I want to be a confident artist to be able to do great work all the time. It must seem silly but its ironically happened all the same. Plus dealing with a couple of infections that I am under treatment for isn't helping. My GP says the infection in my head seems to occur when my immunity is low and so they hope I have found and got it treated early as each time I have ended up in hospital, would be good not too this time.

Sending you a big big scottish hug Gbear so terribly sorry to hear of your loss it is a awful way of life we have at the moment sometimes I think is it a dream and wake up to reality am just going from one day to other after brachytherapy just telephone call still to get first checkup when they start backlog again feel bobbing along on the beautiful sea pics you do you keep painting those magnificent pictures and i hope you can show them some day stay safe and hang on in there hopefully some day soon we will dance and hug out in that rain xxxx