{"id":41,"date":"2019-08-22T14:49:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T13:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/?p=41"},"modified":"2019-08-22T14:49:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T13:49:33","slug":"painting-and-other-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/?p=41","title":{"rendered":"Painting and other things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently I&#8217;ve been playing a lot of board games with my husband. We have even attended a few charity days of board gaming that were a lot of fun. My hubby pointed out that it was a shame that the miniatures weren&#8217;t painted in one of our favourite games &#8216;Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I went into research mode, I haven&#8217;t painted anything like that since I was a child with Heroquest figures. I found a really good YouTube series called <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sorastro's The Lord of the Rings Painting Series\u00a0 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TNn_Y758sVE&amp;t=4s\" target=\"_blank\">Sorastro&#8217;s The Lord of the Rings Painting Series<\/a>. I cannot praise these videos enough, they are the perfect level for absolute beginners, like me. He doesn&#8217;t expect you to know anything at all about painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I learnt about base painting, dry brushing, washes, and detailing. I suspect that a lot of these skills will be able to be applied to my other crafts in future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1100\" height=\"850\" src=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/goblin-archer-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42\" data-link=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/?attachment_id=42\" class=\"wp-image-42\" srcset=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/goblin-archer-1.png 1100w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/goblin-archer-1-300x232.png 300w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/goblin-archer-1-640x495.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1100\" height=\"850\" src=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/goblin-archer-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"43\" data-link=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/?attachment_id=43\" class=\"wp-image-43\" srcset=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/goblin-archer-2.png 1100w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/goblin-archer-2-300x232.png 300w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/goblin-archer-2-640x495.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1100\" height=\"850\" src=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/goblins.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"44\" data-link=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/?attachment_id=44\" class=\"wp-image-44\" srcset=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/goblins.png 1100w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/goblins-300x232.png 300w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/goblins-640x495.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1100\" height=\"850\" src=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/orcs-and-goblins.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"45\" data-link=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/?attachment_id=45\" class=\"wp-image-45\" srcset=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/orcs-and-goblins.png 1100w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/orcs-and-goblins-300x232.png 300w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/orcs-and-goblins-640x495.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1100\" height=\"850\" src=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/orcs1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"46\" data-link=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/?attachment_id=46\" class=\"wp-image-46\" srcset=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/orcs1.png 1100w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/orcs1-300x232.png 300w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/orcs1-640x495.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1100\" height=\"850\" src=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ruffian.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"47\" data-link=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/?attachment_id=47\" class=\"wp-image-47\" srcset=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ruffian.png 1100w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ruffian-300x232.png 300w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ruffian-640x495.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I had planned to continue with my Altenew course, now that I have a blog again. Fate intervened, I got a few orders for paracord bracelets in my <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Etsy (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipityfinch.etsy.com\" target=\"_blank\">Etsy<\/a> shop. I like these colour combinations, and it enabled better photographs to be taken of the bracelets.  It&#8217;s always fun creating these bracelets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Black-White-Paracord-Bracelet-logo2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"48\" data-link=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/?attachment_id=48\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Black-White-Paracord-Bracelet-logo2.png 800w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Black-White-Paracord-Bracelet-logo2-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Black-White-Paracord-Bracelet-logo2-640x640.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1100\" height=\"850\" src=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Navy-blue-light-blue-paracord-bracelet-logo-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"49\" data-link=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/?attachment_id=49\" class=\"wp-image-49\" srcset=\"http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Navy-blue-light-blue-paracord-bracelet-logo-3.png 1100w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Navy-blue-light-blue-paracord-bracelet-logo-3-300x232.png 300w, http:\/\/serendipityfinchcrafts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Navy-blue-light-blue-paracord-bracelet-logo-3-640x495.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, I was commissioned by Create and Craft to create a moon dreamcatcher for their<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Instagram  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B1GYurlJWRl\/?igshid=1b9fw4cfdz81c&amp;fbclid=IwAR0BnkiM2dt2LtUkWZF8NLJ3dOYwfhWFICsjjKWws9WDUHelcw9Uuzk1JJU\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram <\/a>page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So this week I plan to do some work on the Altenew course, and some jewellery making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I&#8217;ve been playing a lot of board games with my husband. 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