Ink drawing

Posted on October 29, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1"challenge, Art, Black and white, Craft fair, Design, Drawing, Life, Sketching, Urban SketchersLeave a comment

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And so the month of October draws to an end, with cold nights and bright breezy days. I’m stuck in with a bit of a cold so I drew what was on my easle. I’m slowly catching up with painting. I thought I had to do a craft fair on Saturday but it turns out I filled in the form in July, but forgot to email it in! (head in hands). But with having a cold it might be an idea not to pass it on.

The drawing is of two paintings and a little canvas and stand….. I need to get out but not while I’m feeling rough. Hope I’ll feel better tonight as I’ve got things on!

Green Woman

Posted on October 29, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Autumn, Autumn woman, Colours, Design, Fun, Green woman, Leaves, Life, Painting, Pattern, PeopleLeave a comment

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Well more autumn woman really. This popped up on my Facebook memories from three years ago. I’d forgotten about her. I did something similar last year, but I like this one more. I like the splurge of bright colours. I like her eyes. It went to a friend who appreciated it but to be honest there were a few people who enjoyed it.

As with all my art I like painting themes but I don’t stick to the same idea all the time. Currently my ainting include industrial archeology and history, portraits of people and animals. Space images, green men, women and animals. I do not like painting the same images constantly, my brain is fizzing too much to do that. X

Bog snorkeling

Posted on October 28, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bog snorkeling, Life, Odd, Peat bog, Sport, Swimming, Wet suitsLeave a comment

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What is this?

Looking at Wikipedia I quote:

“Bog snorkelling is a sporting event in which competitors complete, in the shortest time possible, two consecutive lengths of a water-filled trench cut through a peat bog. Competitors must wear snorkels and flippers and complete the course without using conventional swimming strokes, relying on flipper power alone. A wetsuit is not compulsory, but is often worn.”

I only looked this up because there is a channel identity thing for BBC1 which has bog snorkeling in it. Not having heard of it before, and not knowing that it was a sport I was fascinated by the idea. Its odd what humans get up to. Apparently it’s held in Wales, Ireland, Sweden and Australia?

Card design…

Posted on October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Card design, Cards, Filters, InstagramLeave a comment

I’m playing with the filters on my new tablet and want to know what people think about using them to produce images for cards? They make things look more graphic, but perhaps they are overwhelming

Q. Yes or No.?

My only problem? Wrote this on my tablet but couldn’t see a way of adding categories and tags, so I’ve had to complete this on my phone.

28 days

Posted on October 28, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1"challenge, Art, Black and white, Drawing, Life, SketchingLeave a comment

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Well it’s been 28 days since I started the 1″ challenge started with Stoke Urban Sketchers. I’ve only got three more to do. When I look back there are a lot of different ideas in here. It wasn’t always easy to think of things to draw. Only three more days to go.

Vacuuming

Posted on October 28, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blocked, Cleaning, Design, Dust, Filters, Frustrating, Fun, Humour, Technology, Vacuum4 Comments

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Filters. How many? I think about five in my vacuum cleaner. All of them get blocked up. So when you come to clean them out you have to clear each one. Having long hair and cats doesn’t help. Our old cleaner was a lot more efficient and needed less maintenance. I guess the twists and turns dust has to follow through the machine, causes the blockages, like blood clots in a branching venous system. Not to mention… Hubby’s socks that get left in odd places and cause more problems! Argh!

More black and white…

Posted on October 27, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Black and White photos, Etruria, Photo, Stationary engine. Life, Steam engineLeave a comment

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Oh I can’t help it. I just like black and white photos is… X

Sketched

Posted on October 27, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white drawing, Black ink, Drawing, Mantlepiece, Pictures, Sketch, SketchingLeave a comment

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My very full mantlepiece and the pictures above it. I am a mad collector of cat ornaments and love collecting art. I think I drew this a few months ago before the one inch challenge. I might try and do a tiny version of this for that. As with black and white photos, I enjoy drawing in black ink.

Last year

Posted on October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, Black and white photo, Car, Design, Drama, Memory, Monochrome, Photographs, Play, SpodeLeave a comment

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Or was it the year before? We went to see a play at Spode, another by Debbie McAndrew, probably Hot Lane. There was a car from the 1950’s as part of the set up. It was parked in the pathway between some of the buildings at the Spode Site. I took a picture of it and decided to make it look more authentic by turning it into a black and white photo.

I like monochrome pictures, they can be more atmospheric. I hope you like it.

Memories

Posted on October 27, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged August, Boats, Memory, Miniature railway, Narrow gauge, Rudyard lake, Staffordshire moorlands, Summer, Sunshine, Travel, WeatherLeave a comment

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Heat, sunlight, memories of warmth. Memories of the lake and the little narrow gauge (miniature?) railway that runs along side it. I think it’s 18 inch gauge.

The lake surface was very smooth apart from ripples caused by a few rowing boats. We had sandwiches and ice creams at the cafe and caught the train there and back to see how far it was (one of my Dad’s phrases).

I miss the sunlight and the warmth. It’s only two months ago and it’s literally freezing outside tonight. We had frost this morning…. Let me go back into my memories, time travel, back, to summer.

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