{"id":137,"date":"2024-02-19T11:34:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T11:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/?page_id=137"},"modified":"2024-03-18T10:27:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T10:27:29","slug":"linda-sadler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/index.php\/gallery\/linda-sadler\/","title":{"rendered":"Linda Sadler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-8b3c5e5\" data-block-id=\"8b3c5e5\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-8b3c5e5-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-90b3965\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"90b3965\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.stk-90b3965{flex:1 1 33.3% !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-90b3965-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-90b3965-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-8ff3554\" data-block-id=\"8ff3554\"><style>.stk-8ff3554 .stk-img-wrapper{height:350px !important}:where(.stk-hover-parent:hover,.stk-hover-parent.stk--is-hovered) .stk-8ff3554 .stk-img-wrapper::after{background-color:#000000B3 !important}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-138\" src=\"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG20240213100308-scaled-e1707835815667.jpg\" width=\"1717\" height=\"1943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG20240213100308-scaled-e1707835815667.jpg 1717w, https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG20240213100308-scaled-e1707835815667-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG20240213100308-scaled-e1707835815667-905x1024.jpg 905w, https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG20240213100308-scaled-e1707835815667-768x869.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG20240213100308-scaled-e1707835815667-1357x1536.jpg 1357w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1717px) 100vw, 1717px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-fecfb88\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"fecfb88\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.stk-fecfb88{flex:1 1 66.7% !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-fecfb88-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-fecfb88-inner-blocks\">\n<p>My journey to becoming a mixed-media artist began about 25 years ago when creativity called. I started, quite simply, with blendable coloured pencils at home sketching and painting pots of flowers, then branched out to sketch the trees and golden reeds at Attenborough Nature Reserve where I love the trees. Watercolour was my next medium. I attended a weekly watercolour class to learn important techniques. I then went on to learn about painting with acrylics at a local FE college. I was fortunate that on moving to Attenborough Village we lived next door to the lovely Eddie Askew, OBE (awarded for his lifelong work with the Leprosy Mission) a well known water colourist, at the time. Eddie introduced me to the Spotted Dog Art Group. The encouragement of other group members at the diversely tutored monthly workshop opened up a whole new world of artistic possibilities. Early on there was a \u2018paint a postcard\u201d competition for which I won the \u2018trepidatious\u2019 category\u2019! I\u2019ve made some great friendships through being a SDAG member. A fellow SDAG member and I learnt about sketching and how to use oil paints through an introductory course at the Open College of the Arts. I discovered an intolerance to oil paints but fortunately water- soluble oils came to the rescue. I still love the lusciousness of oil paint and return to it every now and then.During lockdown I discovered abstract, semi-abstract and collage through YouTube videos. I was particularly inspired by the teaching of Louise Fletcher (UK) and Judy Woods (New Zealand). I love experimenting with juxtaposition of shapes, harmonising of colour, light and textures.What I enjoy, most of all about being an artist is getting lost in the process of creating art.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My journey to becoming a mixed-media artist began about 25 years ago when creativity called. I started, quite simply, with blendable coloured pencils at home sketching and painting pots of flowers, then branched out to sketch the trees and golden reeds at Attenborough Nature Reserve where I love the trees. Watercolour was my next medium.<span class=\"post-excerpt-end\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/index.php\/gallery\/linda-sadler\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":119,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","shuttle-column1-1\/3":"","shuttle-column1-1\/4":"","shuttle-column2-1\/2":"","shuttle-column2-2\/3":"","shuttle-column3-1\/3":"","shuttle-column3-2\/3":"","shuttle-column4-2\/3":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>My journey to becoming a mixed-media artist began about 25 years ago when creativity called. 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I was fortunate that on moving to Attenborough Village we lived next door to the lovely Eddie Askew, OBE (awarded&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list":"","author_info":{"name":"Pamela Glover","url":"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/pamela\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253,"href":"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions\/253"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spotteddogartgroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}