dragon again

Posted on December 8, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged College, Design, Dragon, final major project, high contrast, Idea generation, Learning, Life, lino cut, PhotoshopLeave a comment

I’m still working towards my final major project at college. The project is a picture book with patterned pages on one side of the two page spreads and possibly strongly contrasting images like this one on the other side. Im thinking of trying out linocutting as a method of producing them ( could get very messy) or perhaps a photoshop technique I’ve never used before? All part of ideas generation…Probably both to show that I’m trying to widen my skills. I also need to resolve where the text will sit…. I might even get it published. I think time is not dra-gon-ing on! Its going too quick!

Sour sweets

Posted on December 7, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Felt pens, Glitter glue, pritt stick, Sketching, Sour, sour sweets, Sparkle, stuck on2 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was sour. I decided to draw sour sweets but couldn’t find an image I liked. So I decided to cut up some sparkly ribbon into pieces and then added shadows. Maybe not my best idea….

Aragorn

Posted on December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital drawing, Film, film actor, Life, Lord of the Rings, Memory, mustangs, Sketchfu, Sketching, TimeLeave a comment

One of my old digital drawings on a now defunct website called Sketchfu. I drew it when the Lord of the Rings came out. I have forgotten the actor who played him although I know Orlando Bloom played Legolas. I know the actor also played a long distance horse rider in a film about a horse that races over the Sahara. The horse wasn’t pure blood but one of Americas wild mustang horses. I can’t remember the film name! My memory is getting full of holes….

Sudden

Posted on December 6, 2021December 13, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Acrylic, Art, flash, Lightening, Painting, Prompt, Sketching, sudden6 Comments

A sudden flash of lightening (imagined) lit up the night sky. Sudden was Sundays prompt for our #bandofsketchers challenge. I couldn’t think of what to paint until I had a sudden ‘flash’ of inspiration! Acrylic black and blue paint and a bit of glitter glue to try and add a few sparks of light.

Shift

Posted on December 2, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Autumn, Digital drawing digital editing, Felt pens, Photodirector, shift, WinterLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was Shift.., I drew a quick sketch of a tree losing its leaves then snow and snowflakes using felt pens on some photography paper. Finally added digital texture with photodirector to give it cohesion.

I am quite lost

Posted on December 1, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged confiding, Friends, gloom, Help, Life, Memory, Pattern, Sketching, Support, Thinking, Time, Winter, World2 Comments

My mind is a bit muddled at the moment. I am dealing with lots of ‘stuff’ and I feel overwhelming worry that I won’t get back on track. My life physically has been bothering me and I’m waiting for an appointment to try and find answers. I’m dealing with things for myself, my family and friends, and because I can put a good case for things I don’t mind helping. But when you persue various options and each one closes down it gets more and more frustrating. I wish I could herd cats, work out the best thing for us. I had to ask for help recently, and that was difficult. I’m a proud person and I don’t like to think I can’t cope. But you know those straws that broke the camels back? I think they are building up. Maybe I need to hibernate and look after myself, but turning away from others is not in my nature.

Tessellation again.

Posted on December 1, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital drawing, Doodling, Drawing, Fun, Life, Pattern, Poem, Poetry, Sketching, TessellationLeave a comment

A bit like knitting,

Twisting and turning.

Beige and brown

Knit one

Pearl one

Draw one….

Slip one over

Onto a digital screen…

Tessellations

Tiled again

Smashed

Posted on December 1, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, cracks, Design, Digital drawing, Drawing, Fun, Life, Light, Pattern, splintersLeave a comment

Playing again, filters, digital finger painting. I really like complicated patterns, but adding a filter of broken glass and a burst of light made it different. But I still see shapes that turn into things, in this case the blue squiggles remind me of someone playing a guitar? Or running? My mind is strange.

Slippers

Posted on December 1, 2021December 13, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Drawing, footstool, Life, metallic pens, Sketching, slipperLeave a comment

My slippers are grey with stars on them. Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was slippers or similar. I couldn’t get the photo exposure right because I was using shiny metallic pens. My foot up on the footstool trying to rest my calf muscle.

Bauble

Posted on November 30, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Bauble, Celebration, Christmas, Christmas tree, Design, Fun, Illustration, SketchingLeave a comment

Illustration idea for a Christmas bauble to hang off the tree. Just a doodle really. Using sharpness and blurring tools, a bit of a texture tool. I guess it would be nice to have patterns printed onto baubles but I don’t know how. Anyway I like it. I would call it an illustration? I guess these patterns could have the hues changed and be put on Christmas cards maybe?

Mallaband-Brown

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