Submitted!

Posted on April 28, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, College, Design, Digital drawing, Falmouth, Illustration, ma, New start, over, results, Submitted, University, Waiting2 Comments

I was up late last night trying to get my college project finished. At about 2.30am I pressed the submit button and a PDF file was sent to the University. I previously sent in my written report in March. That was for 30% of the marks, this is for 70%. No more work due. Waiting for the results now.

What’s next? I’m hoping to get some more painting done and maybe get a few commissions for illustrations? I think I’ve proved I have an interesting style of working. Anyway I’ll find something. It’s got me through two whole years of Covid.

Cats don’t care..

Posted on April 27, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Aloof, Black and white cat, Cat, Life, Love, Loved, Mat, Poem, Poetry, Stare, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Cats don’t care.

Cats are aloof

They don’t need a councillor

They just need love

They can break your heart

But sometimes they might

Just give you a stare

Saying, just don’t go there

I am a cat

This is MY Mat!

Readers?

Posted on April 27, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Fun, key stage two, Learning, publish online? Drawing, publishing, Reading2 Comments

I hope that my book will get readers. I’m thinking of publishing it online but have no experience of this. If you write have you done this? Is it worth the hassle and which publisher would you recommend. I can’t afford vanity publishing. X

I’ve published my book!

Posted on April 27, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Book, Design, final major project, Illustration, Life, ma, published, self published, University, Work12 Comments

OK so it’s self published and it’s one copy. I want to find out if I can get it properly published. But it arrived this morning two days early. It wasn’t going to get here till Friday. The roads must have been quiet! It was like Christmas! I kissed it. I cried. I’m so happy with it! It cost way too much, but it backs up all my university work so I’m happy 😊.

Birds

Posted on April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Birds, Black and white drawing, Design, Drawing, Escher, fine line ink pen, Patterns, SketchingLeave a comment

Multiple bird images drawn ib black ink fine line pen. I tried to fit the shapes together. Clearly I can’t compete with Escher and his wonderful tessellations, but it was fun to try and think about how the shapes fit together. I looked at patterns as well as shapes, so each bird is an individual. They all seem to swirl round each other.

Waiting…

Posted on April 26, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Book, Concerned, Delivery, Design, Dragon, Life, Photodirector, Time, WaitingLeave a comment

I had text message yesterday that my dragon book would arrive today. It hasn’t turned up yet! But because my computer is upstairs I can’t go and do work and be near the front door. Hubby has gone to bed so I’m a bit stuck and frustrated that I can’t get on. This image was digitally manipulated in Photodirector then put through the layout app on my phone.

Magic

Posted on April 26, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, black fine liner pen, College, Design, Dragon, felt pen drawing, Life, SketchingLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was magic. Since I have been working on a project for college based on dragons I decided to draw possibly my last one for a while. I think they are full of magic! Felt pen and black ink fine line pen.

Cat and cat painting

Posted on April 26, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Comfy?, Fun, Hubby, hubby's painting, Oil on board, Painting, Photo, Tuxedo cat, unique paintingLeave a comment

One of our cats and a painting my hubby did of another cat thirty or forty years ago. He has his own unique style, I wish he would do more of them. We both love our cats so it’s nice to be able to share a picture that hubby has created.

Think the cat was comfy on our bed. He goes up there and curls up where it is warm and quiet. I don’t blame him!

Glass paperweights

Posted on April 26, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, end of day glass, Glass, Glass paperweights, millefiore, Ornaments, WindowledgeLeave a comment

I have these on a windowledge (not in the sun) upstairs. I started collecting paperweights about forty years ago when I was given the red one on the left of the photo as a Christmas present. I’ve bought one or more every couple of years as treats, not very frequently but regularly. These are some of them but I probably have four times this many (or more). I do like looking at them. They cheer me up!

New WIP

Posted on April 25, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, dragon coffee set, Painting, Pottery, Still life, Work in progressLeave a comment

I’ve started painting the saucer to the dragon coffee set that I photographed at the weekend. I’m gradually building it up as it’s very complex and I want to make sure I position the details as well as I can. I’m also struggling to get the effect of air brushing that is on the pottery. That will be difficult.