Industry

Posted on September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, History, Ideas, Industrial archaeology, Industrial heritage, Jessie Shirley's bone and flint mill, PaintingLeave a comment

Etruria Industrial Museum is open this weekend. This is a museum that houses Jessy Shirleys Mill. It houses a steam engine that was used to grind bone and flint to be added to clay to make fine bone china. I want to take some photos so I can do some paintings if the machinery. The mill is ‘steamed’ once a month in the summer. They usually have events running alongside the steaming. I am not sure but they might have classic cars this weekend?

Etruria is a part of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire and is named for Etruscan pottery which copied the Italian style. It was made by Josiah Wedgwood.

What day is it?

Posted on September 9, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged BBC, Elizabeth II, endless reports, History, Obsessive, posterity, rolling news, Sad, Sadness, the QueenLeave a comment

It was yesterday? That our queen died. Prince Charles is now King Charles III.

The BBC has been showing wall to wall reports about everything that is happening. I understand why, its TV channels are the face of the establishment. They have to show what’s happening for the sake of history and posterity. But for goodness sake! The same report about the Queen’s life has been shown on the hour at least six times. Rolling news at its worst? I feel sad that she has died, but being reminded constantly is too much, at least try and vary the content. For instance another channel had stories about artists who had created portraits of her, and had interesting anecdotes. The TV stations knew this was inevitable. Stop making a meal of it. How many days will it be before the obsession stops?

Railings

Posted on September 9, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Building, Drawing, Idea, Imagination, Life, Pavement, railings, Sketching, ThinkingLeave a comment

Thursdays #bandofsketchers prompt was railings. It was posted on Wednesday night before Thursdays news. I ignored the prompt yesterday, but it became obvious what I would sketch. This is not based on reality but taken from my imagination.

Farewell

Posted on September 9, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged in memoriam, Life, Pen and ink sketch, Queen, Queen Elizabeth II, regal, SadnessLeave a comment

Just a simple ink pen sketch of Queen Elizabeth II. I tried drawing her in one of her colourful outfits but it looked nothing like her. I should have put the eighth of September on it but I only drew it today.

Work in progress

Posted on September 8, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Fine Art, Green, Painting, pale blue, Poppies, Red, Work in progressLeave a comment

I did a bit of work on this long thin poppy painting too. I need to finish it by next week. I do seem to like putting myself under pressure! I imagine this hung on a narrow section of wall. I want to add a lot of detail and make the poppies stand out against the pale blue background. I hope it has an art nouveau appearance.

Horse painting

Posted on September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Acrylic on canvas, Fine Art, Horse, Life, Painting, Pattern, technique, TextureLeave a comment

As I listened to the continuing news of the Queen’s death I decided to recreate a digital drawing a couple of days ago as a painting. It’s not exactly the same, but yet again I’m focusing on pattern and trying out the experimental style that I have been using recently. See what you think?

Rest in Peace your majesty

Posted on September 8, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 8.9.2022, Balmoral, Life, Queen, Queen Elizabeth II, Rest in peace, Sadness3 Comments

The death of Queen Elizabeth II has been announced this evening. She died peacefully this afternoon at Balmoral in Scotland aged 96.

Barn Owl

Posted on September 8, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Barn owl, Bird, Fine Art, Finished, Flight, Night, Owl, Painting, StarsLeave a comment

I’ve wanted to alter this painting for a long time. I had a grey blurred background before but it just merged in to much with the Barn Owl. Now it stands out against the night sky. I also added many tiny stars. I could have flicked splashes of paint but I wanted more control over where they went.

Royal news

Posted on September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Balmoral, Concern, Ill, Illness, Life, News, Queen Elizabeth II, Scotland, the QueenLeave a comment

I have seen on TV that the Queen of the UK, Queen Elizabeth II, is ill and is resting comfortably. What is worrying about it is that all of her family is travelling up to Balmoral in Scotland (about 45 miles from Aberdeen). Our BBC TV station is reporting about it at the moment, lots of speculation is going on. Buckingham Palace is not giving out much information.

Queen Elizabeth has been the ruler of Britain and the Commonwealth for 70 years. She is 96 years old, and recently has been suffering from mobility issues. Today she has been placed under evaluation after further medical consideration.

Not everyone is a royalist, but I do feel sorry that she is ill. Perhaps there might be more news later.

Long poppy painting idea

Posted on September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, art nouveau, Design, Drawing, Fine Art, Sketching, working drawingLeave a comment

You can’t see this very well but I’ve pencilled in some poppies on this long thin canvas.

It’s going to be a poppy painting, with poppies scrolling down a long thin canvas. I want to evoke art nouveau, those tiles that were placed on either side of fireplaces. I will have a look at the style of the kind of artwork. When I’ve filled in some of the colours I will show another version. My idea is to make something subtle and beautiful.

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