Population

Posted on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged 1970's, Billions, Collage, Digital drawing, Earth, Life, Memory, Moon, People, population explosion, Sun, Too many2 Comments

I was discussing the population explosion fears in the 1970’s with my friend Martha Kennedy here earlier on. She had written a really interesting post about her memories in the 1960’s. I’ll post a link to her post if I can.

But talking about it I remembered doing a collage with ripped up magazine pages. The Earth is at the bottom, a ribbon comes up off the Earth and has a queue or line of people moving up away into space. I can’t remember if they were heading towards the sun or the moon. I think the collage was in landscape mode but my digital canvas is orientated in portrait mode. I’m not sure whether the population had hit 4 or 6 billion… Now it’s over 8 billion. We are like a virus taking over the world….

I tried to post a link to Martha’s blog but it didn’t work sadly.

Holding on

Posted on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Finger painting, Fingers, Hands, hold, holding on, Life, sketchbook app, Sketching2 Comments

Tuesdays #bandofsketchers prompt was hold. So I did digital finger painting! I added clasped hands to an abstract background that I had already drawn in a digital app called sketchbook.

Tired

Posted on May 28, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Drawing, Sketching, Choir, Life, Exhibition, Tired, self portrait, Prompt, Felt pens, #bandofsketchers2 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was tired. Well that’s exactly how I feel, busy weekend. An art group day yesterday and put up an exhibition with them, then today a drive out to Audlem to sing with our choir, then back to help take the exhibition down. Hubby says I look miserable not tired!

Abstract doodle

Posted on May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized, SketchingTagged 1970's, Art, Blue, Brown, Colours, Digital drawing, Doodling, Life, Poem, Poetry, Sketching, SpiralLeave a comment

You’ve got to play

Create curves

Enjoy colour

Contrast warm

and cool

A mixture of spirals

Doodled tones

1970’s vibes

Fun!

English doodle

Posted on May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Abbots Bromley, Drawing, England, horn dance, Life, molly dancers, Morris dancers, Sketching2 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was English. I think I went full “merry England” here! It’s definitely not fine art, more of a doodle, with morris dancers (you could have ‘molly’ dancers)… and a hobby horse, and children in the background dancing round the maypole, it’s set in a village with thatched cottages. I guess the main place I can think of that does something like this is Abbots Bromley near Rugeley in Staffordshire. They have the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance. But that’s in September? Sadly I’ve never witnessed it!

Slope

Posted on May 22, 2023 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Cat, Cats, Digital drawing, Drawing, Life, Pattern, Sketching, slope, Texture2 Comments

Sundays #bandofsketchers prompt was slope. I drew a cat sloping off the page, with a sloped back walking down a slope. Three digital variations…

11 years ago

Posted on May 20, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized, SketchingTagged 11 years, Art, Drawing, Life, London Road festival, Make up mirror, Pencil sketch, self portrait, Sketching4 Comments

About 11 years ago I drew this self portrait. I was with a group of other people who went to a pencil drawing workshop. What strikes me the most about this is how chubby I was, it reminds me how I’ve changed.

The sketch was done using a small makeup mirror and it was impossible to see my whole face at once, but I did my best. In one section of the drawing I almost rubbed through the paper trying to remove some of the graphite. That’s why there is a dark smudge on one of the cheeks.

We were told the drawings would be used for the London Road festival in Stoke. Imagine my surprise when I was driving home one day and this was attached as a 6ft square banner on the front of an empty shop. I now have it at my studio at spode.

Midday

Posted on May 19, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Bluebells, Colourful, Drawing, Felt pens, midday, Prompt, SketchingLeave a comment

Midday was the #bandofsketchers prompt for Thursday. We were at Rode Hall bluebell walk a couple of weeks ago. The overhead sun shining directly down onto the ground threw quite dark shadows. It wasn’t perfectly sunny though so the contrast wasn’t too strong. Felt pen drawing.

Variation

Posted on May 18, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Artrage, Digital drawing, Doodle, Drawing apps, Green bird, Life, sketchbook app, Sketching, tree branches2 Comments

Using sketchbook app to draw tree branches. It’s interesting how you can import images and add to them, this is all a bit scruffy but I had fun doing it X.

Little bird drawing

Posted on May 18, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Artrage, Bird, Blue, Colours, Digital drawing, Drawing, Green, Imagination, Life, lilac, Sketching2 Comments

Two versions, one digital drawings. When you have done something don’t be afraid to play with filters. It may or may not pay off, but you don’t know if you don’t try.

I need to get my paints out and do some real painting instead of doodling here. It’s OK, but a screen isn’t ideal for artwork. It gives me pleasure to do things, keeps my hand in, but it’s not much more than finger painting? Although looking at David Hockneys digital work it can be so much more. Just keep learning and practicing…

Mallaband-Brown

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