I drew this in August

Posted on December 6, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged August, Cold, Covid, Diary, Drawing, Memory, Sketch, Skull, Strange, TimeLeave a comment

Boy! I must have been feeling cheerful when I drew this (not).

I’m not even sure what I drew it in, except black marker pen, it’s a bit ghastly. I’m not even sure why I saved it, except that it documents the pandemic a bit, you can’t always have jolly art I guess.

I should write an ode or a poem, but I’m sitting at my computer trying to get some writing done and I just decided to give myself a break and choose a random picture to post here. I’m off in search of some warmth in a minute though. I think it’s cold as the grave up here in the front bedroom ( we don’t put the heating on upstairs, saves money).

Stay safe! X

Have you heard of ‘Thunder Snow’?

Posted on December 5, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cold, Digital drawing, Edinburgh, Lightening, Snow, Thunder, Thunder snow, Weather2 Comments

No? Neither had I.

But in Edinburgh yesterday they got it! Basically it was a thunderstorm but because it was so cold there was snow instead of rain. The descriptions were that the lightening was brighter then normal (the whiteness of the snow made the light reflect more brilliantly). The thunder sounded like an explosion (muffled by the snow and clouds). Some people even rang the emergency services. Apparently its a rare phenomena but not unknown.

Dresdener Streizelmarkt

Posted on December 5, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #uskstoke, Art, Christmas, Chrustmas market, Half hour sketch, Life, Painting, Watercolour, Watercolour sketchLeave a comment

Today I joined #uskstoke for half an hour and painted this watercolour for the Saturday virtual sketch out. There were only a few of us but it was a nice chatty time. Good to catch up with people. I liked the colours and interesting architecture. Painting the letters was most difficult, trying to add white paint on top did not work brilliantly.

Doodled face

Posted on December 4, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Artrage oils, Black and white, ddigital drawing, Digital doodle, Doodle, Face, Portrait, SketchLeave a comment

Doodle using a program called ArtRage oils. I started with some black “paint” then used a dry brush to spread it out. If you use this it sort of fades the paint. Then I changed to another brush which again uses a paint. I used a black, then white version of the tools to draw in a few sketchy details. This is drawn with a finger not a stylus.

They love heat

Posted on December 4, 2020 Posted in Cat, SketchingTagged Black and white, Black and White cats, Brother and sister, Cats, Comfy, Fun, Heater, PhotoLeave a comment

Keeping warm in front of the heater, queuing up for the best spot. One washes, the other watches. Then off goes the one furthest from the fire. And the other lies down in front of it. Turns over on his back. And looks smug!

Mark making

Posted on December 3, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #uskuk2019, April, Art, Black, Challenge, Drawing, Felt pens, Glitter, Life, Purple, Sketching, TextureLeave a comment

Drawing from April…. Why did I add glitter as the base of this? Then drawing over it in purple and black to include the cupboard and its content. I remember the feeling if the gritty glitter under the felt pens. Rough and making it hard to get straight lines. The teapot is definitely a bit wonky! It was drawn as a challenge with #uskstoke, day six. I like it because it wasn’t too safe. I need to think about style and how things look. This is a favourite although it’s very sketchy.

Spuds

Posted on December 3, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Drawing, Metallic pencils, metallic pens, Potatoes, Sketching, Spuds, VegetablesLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was vegetables, so I decided to draw some new potatoes. Metallic pen and pencils on black cartridge paper background. Makes a change from felt pens. Probably could have taken more time over it but I like the effect.

Alien butterfly

Posted on December 3, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Alien butterfly, Art, Colour, Design, Doodle, Female artist, Fun, Sketch, Tee designLeave a comment

Doodle, Alien butterfly. Using a couple of apps again. It might look good on a tee shirt with some sort of logo. As with all my art I hold the copyright so if anyone is interested in licencing the image please contact me.

Ten minute sketch

Posted on December 2, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged aart, Black and white sketch, Drawing, Life, Olympics, Portrait, Sketching, Sky portrait art is of the yearLeave a comment

Watching Sky Portrait artist of the year. I couldn’t find pictures of all the sitters so decided to draw Catherine Grainger from a photo on the Web, ten minute sketch.

I want to watch the programme so leaving it at this. I might do another one later.

Reflected

Posted on December 1, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, August, Back door, Drawing, Glass, Memory, Pandemic, Picture, Reflection, Sketch, WindowLeave a comment

Drawing from August 2020? my reflection and my little sketchbook in the patterned swirls of glass in the back door. So often is it that I’m holding my phone that I thought that was what the black square was when I looked at it again. Black pen and coloured pencils to get the effect of glass. I have a lot of sketches from over the period of the pandemic. I was already drawing a lot before it arrived, but I hope my skills have improved over that time.

Mallaband-Brown

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