Sketching tutors

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, Blogging, Cross hatching, Drawing, Ink sketches, Life, People, Portraits, Quick sketches, Sketching, Webinar2 Comments

When you are in a webinar and you are listening to people talking, why not sketch them? I don’t get much chance of doing portraits of people at the moment and so I take them when I can. Our webinars require students to have their mic and camera switched off, and only switching the mic on if you want to say something. When you are in a group of up to forty students I guess it makes it easier to hear what’s being said and it’s less distracting. I make notes, but I can’t help wanting to draw…

So if you are ever in a zoom meeting with me… Beware I might do a quick sketch of you too!

Rest

Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Blue, Chair, Christmas, Comfort, Electric cable, Knitting needles, Red, Repair, Split cane, Woodworm2 Comments

My friends blue chair, its so comfortable. I had one like this, but mine had woodworm. I treated it then wondered what to do. One of the legs was worst effected so I got two thick metal knitting needles and pushed them up into the leg where it had broken. Then I got some electric flex and wound it up and down the leg until I had covered the missing section. The cable fitted in quite well with the woven split cane that covered the rest of it. A second treatment of woodworm killer, then I painted it bright red. Like my friends chair it was extremely comfortable. That Christmas I was short of money so I gave it my sister who had recently moved out of home. As far as I know she still has it thirty years later.

Abstract pots

Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ariel roots, Art, Ceramic, Fun, Funny, Jug, Layout app, Learning, Mirrored, Orchid, Photo, Roots2 Comments

Turn a photo into an abstract by mirroring it in the Layout app run through Instagram and Facebook. If you take a photo that is a bit lopsided then when you multiply the image you get interesting patterns. You can rotate the pictures so you can get a variety of different patterns.

Experiment and see what suits you. If you see odd patterns that can be interesting. Branches enclosing a flower. In this case mirrored handles on the pot makes for an unusual ceramic object when all it is, is a jug. Ariel roots and leaves from my orchid plants frame the resulting pattern.

No don’t use your computer hooman!

Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Cat, Funny, Humour, Jump, Keyboard, Laughter, Life, Poem, Poetry4 Comments

I will sit here hooman

Till you notice me.

You can’t type here hooman.

I won’t let you see!

If you use your keyboard,

If you touch your mouse,

I will chase the wires

Dance upon the desk.

Watch out I am jumping

On the computer keys,

Padding up and down them

Hooman- I’m here. Please,

Take some notice off me

Don’t ignore the cat,

Or I’ll press a button

And Delete all that!

Bloody block imposed!

Posted on August 21, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedLeave a comment

I don’t have a clue how to use this. It’s just been imposed on me. I’ve tried clicking on classic editor but have no idea what all the symbols mean. I’m in the middle of coursework for college and don’t have time for this. I love blogging but would consider leaving. I would save myself money. But I don’t want to give up. I’m persistent if nothing else.

WordPress I’m sure you have a lot of unhappy customers!

🐛 Caterpillar dance

Posted on August 21, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Caterpillar, Gardening, Love nature, Nasturtium, PlantLeave a comment

Caterpillar on our Nasturtium plants. I’m not sure what it is but I don’t mind, it’s good to see any life in our garden.

We’ve had a few butterflies. I think I saw a fratillery (not sure of spelling) last week but it flew off before I could get a photo. It was white with brown spots and circles on it.

Not gardening today. Windy and wet and I did a long walk yesterday so my knees are aching. X

Bathroom sketch, urban sketchers

Posted on August 21, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #uskstoke, Art, Bathroom, Drawing, Five thirty am, Life, Picture, Quick draw, SketchingLeave a comment

Five thirty am Friday. Had a frantic day yesterday getting my stuff submitted to college. Followed by a five mile walk (not walked that far for years), then called in Sawadee Thai taste for a snack so didn’t get home till late. My legs are aching so much it woke me up. Don’t have any pages left in sketchbooks so drew this on a blank card.

Thursdays prompt was bathroom or bedroom for urban sketchers Stoke-on-Trent challenge. Well I’m late because it’s Friday. But at least I did something. Note to self buy more sketchbooks.

Ladybird poppies

Posted on August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Black, Colour, Flowers, Fun, Garden, Poems, Poetry, Poppies, Red2 Comments

Beautiful

Red andcblack

Flowering

Like a ladybird.

Unfurled petals

Paper thin

Rouched and rouged

Strong red

Fluffy centres

Waiting for a bee

Or a hover fly.

You are beautiful x

Five miles walked…

Posted on August 20, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Stoke, Tired, WalkingLeave a comment

I went for a walk today. Over to the Trent and Mersey canal to Etruria, then down the arm of the Cauldon canal to Hanley Park, through the park and down into Stoke and home. That is the furthest I have walked for years. I think I was scared of walking and distance. I am learning I can do it…. Next week I want to walk six miles up our steep hill. My friend went on to go a bit further, but I needed a rest. My feet hurt.

Coursework Submitted.

Posted on August 20, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged 0/10, Alphabet, blocks!, costs me money!, Drawing, frustraiting, I pay for this! imposed, miffed, slow to load, too many options, WordPressLeave a comment

I’ve been up till 4am two nights this week, including this morning. Ive had to ring the IT service to wrangle PowerPoint and Word documents into pdfs then had to merge the documents together ( thank you smallpdf website). then I uploaded lots of work to the college website.

So coming here has been a bit of an impossibility over the last couple of days. The imposition of “blocks” which has more options than my alphabet, has also added to my stress and anxiety… and the fact I’m paying for this service is not forgotten.

I think that professional writers might like it. I can see that you could produce really interesting spreads, but really? I’m sure a lot of us are much less bothered about adding collages or audio, a cover (why?). What’s a pullquote? a Hero? SyntaxingHighlighter Code (FFS!)

You are pressing my BUTTONS big time!

right, I will try, I don’t want to waste my money…..good luck everyone. see you on the other side…

OH ITS STILL HERE????????

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