If I’m not about
I’ve not gone
I’m here in your heart
My silence is a quiet breath
A silent prayer
Just know
I’m still there
With you.
Silence
Author: artbychristinemallabandbrown
I'm an artist based at the Spode factory site in Stoke on Trent. I paint, draw and create digital art. Contact me at mallabandbrown@aol.com
Meat?
What are your feelings about eating meat?
I know I should eat less meat and more vegetables. I realise that the amount of CO2 and Methane created by meat farming is a major contributor to global warming.
The problem is I was bought up eating meat. Some of it was poor cuts of it, my parents could not afford much, so we had some very strange things on our plates. I’m not going to go into detail, suffice to say most of them had odd shaped bones.
I have tried to eat vegetarian food. But it’s hard to find a supplier of good imitation meat that isn’t too expensive. Suddenly vegetarian foods have become fashionable and therefore costly. With the cost of living crisis even tins of baked beans from some suppliers have trebled or quadrupled in price. So I guess the way to go is to cook from scratch.
Thinking about the prompt, I will try and eat less meat.
Skipping
Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was health. Skipping is good for health so I did a quick sketch of someone skipping. I can’t skip myself though! Artrage app drawing.
Prompt was making
#bandofsketchers prompt was making. I’m making paintings by gluing little canvas boards in frames and painting different ideas for a craft fair on Sunday. This is an abstract, it could represent a stone or mineral.
Green jumper, old jeans
What are your two favorite things to wear?
My old jeans must be ten or fifteen years old. I used to be bigger so I’ve taken them in several times. I also like my moss green, cable knit jumper. It has a big turtle neck collar, and at this time of year they both keep me warm.
I love painting and I have to be careful not to get the paint on the jumper. The jeans don’t matter as much. I’ve used them for painting in for years.
I think clothes should last, they don’t need replacing every few months, they should be made to have a good lifetime, so that we don’t waste material and harm the environment more than we need to. I believe in make do and mend.
Quick fox
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog…..
A statement that contains all the letters of the alphabet and also was used to improve typing skills I think?
This is a tiny miniature, it needs more detail, less splodges. I will try and get more of a furry look to it. I might add a bit of blue to the snowy background so that it looks more realistic. Only 6 more to paint!
New paintings
Experimenting again with 4inch square canvas boards and frames…
I’m just noodling and doodling some different ideas. Abstract and abstracted landscape. Then I’ve got a few miniatures to work on….
Leafy
A random selection of fallen leaves, early autumn, now there are far more. Hedgehogs might be using them for nests, squirrels have places to hide walnuts, and the daffodil bulbs they have dug up!
It’s been very cold for the last couple of days, bright sunlight today with wispy fog in the morning. The frost has come, and in the north of Scotland it’s been snowing. A milder spell is forecast for next week. I’m a typical Brit, obsessed with weather and the seasons.
Glitterballs
Sometimes I play punk pop music (blonde, ultravox etc) get a torch and shine it on the glitter all in the living room! Totally bonkers but I like remembering my youth.
Also the sunlight through the back window sometimes catches the globe and sparkles shine around the room. I am a very visual person!
I would meditate!
If you didn’t need sleep, what would you do with all the extra time?
Yawn, I need some rest!
I think I would use the extra time to relax and try and relieve stress. Otherwise if I was to stay awake I would try and do too much, use up all my energy and end up exhausted.
It’s a strange concept to think about being happy not to sleep. As someone who suffers from insomnia (typing this at 1am), the thought of not needing to sleep both enchants and worries me. I enjoy dreams and would miss them. But if I could survive without sleep I could also be more creative. Perhaps meditate on art and different styles.
If people could stay awake indefinitely what would they get up to? How many more Police and security staff would we need. Would pollution go up if staff were expected to work 24/7 or would they have time to pursue leisure activities? I think it would be a strange, busy and manic world.
Mallaband-Brown 