Dying plant

Posted on November 18, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Annuals, Chilled, Cold, Dying plants, Frost, Gardening, Life, Perennial, Plants, WinterLeave a comment

Hubby ‘rescued’ this, but I think there is no chance of survival. Its a blackened mess of sagging stems. The result of a particularly cold night and a very tender plant. I’m afraid it’s going to be relegated to the compost bin tomorrow after rescuing some spring bulbs that have started to grow even before the winter arrives. I have even seen blossom on the apple tree a few weeks ago. Gardening is tough at this time of year. The day length and cold kill the annual plants and shut down perennial ones. Can’t wait for spring……

Flower mobile

Posted on November 18, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Cat, Exposure, Flower, Industrial landscape, Mobile, Photo, Picture, TreesLeave a comment

Just a photo from my bedroom window including a flower mobile that hangs in it. ( I do like taking photos of random objects.) The cat sometimes reaches up and bat’s at it because of the noise it makes.

The camera was zoomed in so it affected the exposure and left light around the edges of the twigs and branches and the other dark areas on the photo. In this case there was no need to use filters on it as the phone added its own effects.

Spots

Posted on November 18, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital art, Duplicated, Instagram, Layout app, Mirrored, Photodirector, PlayingLeave a comment

Playing with filters again. I started out with a photo of the back of my writing pad that is covered in dots. I duplicated it in layout app, then changed it in Instagram and Photodirector. The effect is like reverb in music, like a feedback loop I think, where patterns that are hidden are revealed by the filters.

Heavy cloud

Posted on November 18, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Clear sky, Grey cloud, Overcast, Rain, Sky, Sunshine, View, Weather, WindLeave a comment

It went really dark earlier on. Heavy dark grey clouds heading this way, overwhelming the sun. Later a golden ray of sunshine snuck underneath the layer as the sun started to set. The wind was blowing strongly for a few hours but this has now settled. If the sky clears it will get cold as the wind is blowing from the North East.

Why are we so bothered by weather here? Because its almost always changing. You can buy postcards that say if you can see the view wait half an hour and it will rain, and if you can’t see the view it’s already raining!

Using old photoshop

Posted on November 17, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital art, Drawing, Learning, New version, Old version of photoshop, Photoshop4 Comments

My photoshop program is over ten years old. I keep using it but it no longer communicates with Adobe so I think it’s on the way out. I have the opportunity to get the new version, but I’m dithering. Is it worth it? Will I understand it? Has anyone got experience of it? Answers on a postcard please…. I guess I will have to bite the bullet because I do like my old version and I would like to keep using some form of it.

Our challenge

Posted on November 17, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Art group, Bonnard, Collaboration, Copied, Joined, Life, Numbered, Oil on canvas, SquaresLeave a comment

Painting by Bonnard. The art group I’m in are taking squares from this image and producing copies to be linked back together. I think the plan is to get it finished by the end of December. Plans are also being discussed to collaborate over a Christmas card. It’s good to be doing this despite being in lockdown again. At least we get to share artwork even if we don’t physically meet.

I think this is the third or fourth one we have done. I’ve already completed square 2 but I’m doing square 6 as well. I’m going to try and get it done soon.

Dragonfly

Posted on November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital filters, Digital textures, Dragonfly, Drawing, Insect, Metallic ink, Metallic pencils, PhotodirectorLeave a comment

Blow wind

Posted on November 17, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Colours, Leaves, November, Poem, Poetry, Roads, Water, Weather, Wind, WoodsLeave a comment

Make leaves fly

Scattered colours

Sky high

Fallen mounds

Of cold dry leaves

Kicked up and scattered

In November chills

Ice and water

Rain and gales

Scattered colours

Dancing swirls.

In the woods

Over hills,

Along the roads

Spreading far and wide.

Pain in my shoulder

Posted on November 17, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bone, Bursitis, Frustrating, injury, Muscle, Ouch, Pain, Shoulder2 Comments

My pain is explained! I have a freezing shoulder. Not frozen yet, but on the way. There may be ligament damage and the bursa in the joint may be swollen. I’ve got to talk to the pharmacist about antiinflammatories. It explains why I can’t lift my arm up, sideways or backwards. It explains why I can’t sleep. Now to start doing exercises to prevent it getting worse. Phew….

In zoom meetings

Posted on November 17, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Faces, Filters, People, Photo, Playing, Portraits, ZoomLeave a comment

I wanted to take a photo of our zoom meeting but not identify who’s in it so I’ve put the photo through a few filters to distort the image. I think it looks a bit like embroidery or a tapestry?

Mallaband-Brown

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