Self (60)

Posted on February 1, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged #skyportraitartistoftheyear, Acrylic on canvas, Art, limited palette, missed deadline, Painting, self portrait, Tired, up late6 Comments

I was up till six am painting a self portrait in the hope of entering it for the Sky Portrait Artist of the year competition. By Five thirty I was shattered so I only vaguely painted in the background. It’s not really finished, but I thought it had a bit of something about it… But when I tried to register later the site wouldn’t accept my email address! I ended up contacting their enquiries but when I tried to resubmit I was passed the deadline! I might think about more work on it and enter it for a local open exhibition….

Don’t press, it won’t play!

Posted on January 31, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Comedy, Fun, Group, Humour, Laughter, Life, Panto, Performance, screenshot, Singing4 Comments

It’s a screenshot! I have recorded a couple of songs for a virtual pantomime. It’s a group of us singing the beginning and end songs for the performance. I hope it goes together OK. We will then be given small scenes to speak our lines… I’m not sure how it’s going to work, people a lot cleverer than me will sort it out!

Fingers crossed we get some sort of funny performance result. X

Quiet day….

Posted on January 31, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Dozing, Life, Poem, Poetry, Sleep, TiredLeave a comment

So much I should be doing..

So much that I need to do

Too tired to think of drawing

I need to get some sleep.

Watching TV and dozing,

Sitting quiet and still

Have to rest my head.

Going to go to bed!

Walking again

Posted on January 31, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 100 day walking challenge, Exercise, getting fit, Health, like, Tired, Walking3 Comments

After a break of about a week because of suffering from vertigo, I managed a short walk with a friend. I’m also going to try and do a 100 day walking challenge. Walking every day! Eek, nervous but I have to do it.

Movement

Posted on January 30, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Art, Blurred, Design, Movement, PhotoLeave a comment

Blurred abstract, signifying speed and movement. Not sure whether I will make more out of this or not. It reminds me of arches in a church. Or I feel like I’m falling….

1 and 1/2 hour sketch

Posted on January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #skyportraitartistoftheyear, Art, Coloured pencils, Drawing, Face, Life, Painting, self portrait, Sketch5 Comments

I might enter the Sky Portrait Artist competition so I tried to do a sketch to base a painting on. I’ve only got tomorrow to get it done! Madness…. Or I might enter the drawing instead

Last drawing #30daysketchbookchallenge

Posted on January 30, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #30daysketchbookchallenge, Art, Colourful, Drawing, last sketch, Pattern, Sketching, Thank youLeave a comment

My last drawing was based on the prompt sketchbook. I did a picture of a sketchbook standing upright with various pages showing. I added a colourful background and a thanks to Magenta Sky who organised the challenge.

Spock

Posted on January 30, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Alien, Art, Digital drawing, Drawing, Fu, Fun, Sketch, Sketchfu, Spock2 Comments

Favourite digital drawing I did ten years ago at a website called sketchfu. The site is defunct but I saved some of the drawings and this one popped up today on my Facebook page. The little pink creature was Fu, the sketchfu mascot…. Spock was my favourite character followed closely by Kirk….

Repair tape

Posted on January 30, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Broken, Cracked, door shelf, fixing, Fridge, repair tape, Running repairs4 Comments

This morning the bottom door shelf of my fridge collapsed when I put the milk carton back in it. When I checked the bump on the door that sticks out had broken off…! I looked at the broken piece. It was about a centimeter by three centimeters and stuck out by about half a centimetre, but it wasn’t solid. It was only about half a millimeter thick and it looks like the whole inside door panel is just vaccuum formed!

Wnhat to do? I tried an epoxy glue but it wasn’t holding it. I put the shelf back in place but you could see the crack where it was pulling away. I’m NOT going to buy a new fridge (shades of my broken door catch). So I went out and bought some transparent repair tape. It’s not pretty, I can’t get the tape very flat, but it’s holding, for now.

Catkins!

Posted on January 30, 2021February 1, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged catkins, Cold, Freezing, Photo, Poem, Poetry, rhymes, Spring, Time, wind chill, WinterLeave a comment

Blowing a gale

Air full of hail

What do I see?

Catkins on a tree!

Waving and twirling

Snow flakes are curling

Fall to the ground

But all around

Nature awakes

With every breath it takes

Spring comes nearer….

Nothing is clearer!

Mallaband-Brown

Author: artbychristinemallabandbrown