Easter flowers

Posted on April 9, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Artrage, Collage, Colours, Design, Easter, Eggs, Filters, Finger painting, Flowers, Fun, Photodirector, SketchingLeave a comment

Can’t stop playing with my phone apps. I don’t know where I get all my ideas from. I hope you enjoy them. I like using multiple apps to get different results. Then you can use various filters. I really like the freedom of finger or stylus painting. I have only ever “built” an image with CAD when I did a course in computer aided design several years ago. Yes I could build boxes into a house, or circles and elipses into a face, but it’s not the same as the freedom of drawing. Yes I’ve used flower templates here, but I had to change and add to it. I get bored otherwise!

Sweet pepper abstract

Posted on April 8, 2023April 8, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Collage, Colourful, Design, digitally drawn, Drawing, Fun, Pattern, Sketching, sweet pepper1 Comment

I really like that the collage app I have gone for has shaped templates so you can create a design, maybe modify it, then fit each individual image to a shape in the template. That’s what I did here…. Abstract sweet pepper x

Cat drawing

Posted on April 8, 2023 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Artrage, Cat, Colourful, Design, Digital drawing, Drawing, Experiment, Fun, Sketching, tabby windowsill2 Comments

Digital drawing using Artrage. I’ve found the tools to change the background so I used the canvas option. You can also chose a background colour. It looks as if I’ve drawn on canvas board but it’s totally digital. A bit rough round the edges but I like the way the cats eyes have turned out. Off to play some more….

Variations on a Cross

Posted on April 7, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged cross, Digital drawing, Digitally manipulated, Easter, Good Friday, Life, Light, VariationsLeave a comment

An Easter symbol, digitally manipulated. Today is Christian Good Friday when Jesus was crucified. I thought I would try creating something that looked slightly baroque but combined with a simple brown cross shape. I added light on the final panel. I’m not religious, but at this time of year the symbology and ideas of peace and love stick with me. I hope this is OK and does not cause offence.

Abstract face

Posted on April 7, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Art, ArtRage app, Digital drawing, Drawing, Face, Sketching, three quarter portrait2 Comments

Sad face, small chin and mouth. Another doodle, blue and pale orange. I might try and change some of the black colour to a deep orange. I always seem to draw three quarter portraits looking to the left. I discussed this with a left handed artist, she draws them facing right? Is this significant….

Yo-yo’s

Posted on April 7, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged ArtRage app, Colourful, Complementary colours, Design, Drawing, Fun, playful, Sketching, yo-yo'sLeave a comment

Twirling, whirling, swirling.

Artrage app using metallic digital pens and flood fill, then saving the image and adding extra lines to it, then flipping one side so it’s not quite symmetrical. The red and greens are complimentary colours so they stand out against each other where they haven’t blended together.

Tree abstract

Posted on April 6, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Art, Artrage, Colour, Digital drawing, Drawing, Experiment, Fun, Grey, Tree2 Comments

Tree drawing done using Artrage, the app I amusing has more options than the one on my old phone so I’m learning how to use the different tools. I’ve also found how to change the opacity. I liked using greyed colours instead of bright ones in this image.

Prompt: Easter

Posted on April 6, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Artrage, Digital apps, Digital drawing, Easter, Easter eggs, Fun, Metallic, Non metallicLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was Easter. Instead of using felt pens, I give you the Artrage app. A mixture of metallic and non metallic textures and several different pen types including a digital ink roller, a brush, and other pens. Happy Easter!

Glitter spiral

Posted on April 6, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Experiment, Fun, Glitter, Maze, Metallic, Odd, Paint, Painting, Pattern, Poem, Poetry, Spiral4 Comments

Glue, Glitter and paint

Blue, green and black

Spiralling round

Like a maze on the ground

Metallic paint

Set with sparkles

Like an ancient mound

The path wound around

Playing with art

Staying happy.

Doodling digitally

Posted on April 5, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Apps, Colours, Digital art, Digitally manipulated, Drawing, Ideas, Learning, Life, Pens, SketchingLeave a comment

When you get new apps you have to learn how to use them. There are similarities and differences. You try one app and then transport an image into another app and try and alter it by using different filters and pens and markers. Each of these started with the bottom left sketch and then I took a screenshot of it ( I had to find out how on this new phone), then added more on top. It’s not going to be my favourite method of altering images, but I’m learning. I have found recently that drawing tools seem to be limited. Instead you get backgrounds and filters to alter faces and landscapes but using photoshop like tools, not paintbrushes or pens. I know I can do more if I had the tools. Perhaps I will find something more satisfying soon.

Mallaband-Brown

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