Stressed. Two hours to upload a photo!

Posted on June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, College, Computer, Confused, Learning, Practice, Thinking2 Comments

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This isn’t a good photo of the picture I was uploading but it shows you what I wanted to add. I am starting a college course and the first task was to upload an image and analyse it. I chose this picture of my gran as I feel a bit overwhelmed. I described myself as an old lady, feeling a bit defeated by technology. I know I will be OK with practice. Practice after all does make perfect. Its a learning process. Once you know how to do a thing (like driving), it clicks. The skill goes from one part if your brain to another, and you get to know what buttons to press. It’s just a struggle sometimes to pick up. And I’ve come to the conclusion, I don’t like Windows 10.

Wish me luck, I’ll need it. X

New pens to draw with..

Posted on June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Black, Black ink pens, Blogging, Drawing, Life, Pens, Sketching, Tools, Urban Sketchers10 Comments

I’m drawing so much, I had to go and buy some new drawing pens today. Six thin to thick pens. I look forward to using them for new projects. I will start using them over the next few days. They contain pigmented India ink whick which has maximum light fastness, they are waterproof, odourless, permanent and have other attributes that seem to make them ideal for drawing with.

More garden photos

Posted on June 2, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blue, Colour, Fun, Green, Poem, Poetry, Random, Red, Shapes, WhiteLeave a comment

Blue and red

Green and white.

Lime green

Bright red

So many words

Describe light

Reflected and absorbed.

Popping poppies

Firework shaped blues

Exploding greens

Happy bees!

Grey shed

Posted on June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Colour, Contrast, Grey paint, Photo, Photography, Shed, Wooden chair, Yatch varnishLeave a comment

Grey shed (painted in a colour called silver birch) and yatch varnish on an old wooden rustic chair that my hubby got for his birthday a few years ago.

I like the contrast between the smooth wood of the shed and the rough timbers of the chair. Hopefully they will be protected for a few more years.

Nature was today’s prompt

Posted on June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #uskstoke, Art, Black and white, Black ink, Drawing, In the park, Nature, Sketching, Thinking, Tree, Usk Stoke-on-Trent8 Comments

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Mature tree in the park, today’s #uskstoke challenge was Nature.

This was the first time I had been out to a park in ten weeks (well longer as I don’t generally go to them). The weather was lovely, and no one came near to me and two friends. We didn’t get close. At one point I started to fill up with tears at the immense feeling of freedom. It suddenly hit me that I was with two people whose company I enjoy and who I haven’t been able to have a proper talk with for months.

I get on with my hubby, but this was a real release. I did go out wearing a mask and gloves like I do when I’m shopping. I was offered a fold up chair, but I declined because I’m still very nervous of touching anything outside the house. When I came home I washed my hands and face. I’m going to find it difficult to accept things when they get back to normal.

Bubbles

Posted on June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Bubbles, Colour, Etruria, Life, Photos, Rainbow effect, ThinkingLeave a comment

Photos taken a year ago at Etruria canal festival.

Oh what a change in things in a year. When will we go back to some form of normal? Or has our bubble burst?

We never expect things to happen to us. The world is hit with storms and earthquakes, but it’s always somewhere else. Until now. Life has been so strange, so different to the last few years. I guess it was about time something bad happened……

But anyway…

Happy bubbles.

Too many hats

Posted on June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Cat, Caving helmet, Fun, Hats, Humour, Odd collection, Photo, RandomLeave a comment

I did a drawing of some of my hats a couple of days ago, now you can see I have more than my fair share of them! Time for a cat in the hats comment I think. Of course this is missing the caving helmet and a santa hat…..

Very random!

Hand and eye

Posted on June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Cotton, Filter, Fun, Humour, Life, Photo, Photodirector, StyleLeave a comment

Using the ‘style’ filter in the photodirector app. I like changing things, turning them from the everyday into something different. Having fun with photos. Trying not to just be ordinary.

Plus I liked the colours. As I say I like adding humour.

Finished doodle

Posted on June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, Black ink, Design, Doodle, Drawing, Etch-a-sketch, Fun, MazeLeave a comment

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Contours. I’ve always liked them. On maps, on artworks. I used to have an etch a sketch and I got good at drawing mazes on it. I would draw lines, round and round from the centre, build in dead ends, and spend hours creating structure. That’s basically what this is, not that there are any dead ends, apart from where I made mistakes.

Hope you like x

Poppy

Posted on May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic ainting, Art, Damage, Destruction, Earth, Life, Nature, Oriental poppies, Plants, Pollution, Poppy, Random, Red, Responsibility, WorldLeave a comment

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A poppy painting I did a while ago.

This recent warm sunshine is bringing all the poppies out into flower. We walked into town, and where the pathways have not been sprayed with weed killer, all sorts of plants, including oriental poppies, are springing up. Mother nature is taking over.

But… In places where people have been allowed to meet up, the beaches, and parks, the main growth is in litter. People do not take their rubbish home with them. Why are humans such a filthy, messy, species. I thought we were giving the earth breathing space. But people’s ethos seems to be having what they want, and ignoring the damage they create.

I don’t think humans deserve this wonderful world. Really.

Mallaband-Brown

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