I needed chains…

Posted on July 24, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, For sale, Fused glass, Glass, Jewellery, necklace, New, Painting, vibrant, Waiting room gallery2 Comments

I’ve been panicking because I made some new glass pendants but I had no chains or laces to hang them on. In the end I went to our local supermarket and found some plain chains that were reduced a bit in price. As I make one off things I don’t use wholesalers so it’s a bit difficult to just find an appropriate match for the pendants.

I used my business cards to display the pendants. I realise now that my vibrant painting matches the colours on my jewellery.

They will be for sale at the Waiting room gallery in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.

Cat in control…

Posted on July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, cat asleep, controller, Fun, Humour, Poem, Poetry, Tuxedo cat, TVLeave a comment

Asleep

Paws out

Claws at the ready

Ready to pounce

If I even dare

To touch

The

Remote

Control!

Back yard

Posted on July 23, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Back yard, Colour, Flowers, Gardening, Life, Plants, Poem, Poetry, Summer, Terraced houseLeave a comment

Too many flowers

Growing out and round

Hanging baskets

Decked out and grand.

Pots filled with lots

Of colours and shapes

Joy to my heart

These flower baskets make.

A real riot of colour

Blooming in my heart

And the heart

Of the city.

Flock or Phlox?

Posted on July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Back yard, Close up, Flock or Phlox?, Flower, Gardening, Plants, Purple, Raspberries, water droplets4 Comments

Next to my raspberries a tallish purple flower stands. I think it’s a phlox? I’m not sure of the spelling. Homonyms, words that sound the same but are spelt /spelled differently.

The English language can trip you up. It has evolved, with different spelling rules like ‘i before e except after c’, which isn’t always correct.

Anyway, back to this plant. I was really pleased I managed to get a reasonably close image of the flowers. With water droplets visible on the petals. Any ideas on identification?

Helium balloon…

Posted on July 23, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Birthday, Collage, Floating, Fun, helium balloon, holographic patterns, landfill, Waste6 Comments

What to do with this? It’s gradually deflating, the balloon gets more crinkled every day. I cut the ribbon off and it drifted back upwards again.in

The balloon is about a month old, it was part of my birthday celebrations. My first thought was to burst it, but I’ve watched its behaviour as its gradually deflated. This morning it was floating just above the floor. The ribbon, which must have weighed only a gram or two, was enough to weigh it down.

Now? It’s floated upstairs, it’s in the room I use for making art. When it’s fully deflated I shall use it for collage rather than throwing it away to go to landfill… It will be recycled.

Dog, work in progress

Posted on July 23, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Animal portrait, Art, Colours, Dog, Fine Art, fur, Painting, Texture, Work in progress4 Comments

Acrylic on canvas, a few more layers. The rough edges of his coat, where they touch the grass, need sorting out. The dig has got a silver coat and a collar and lead on which I’ve left out so I’m trying to decide where the shadows should fall and his fur. I think I’ve made some of it too yellow, I need daylight to check.

My friends dog

Posted on July 22, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic paint, Art, Black ink, blue eyes, Fine line pen, friends dog, grey pen, Sketching2 Comments

Just did this quick sketch of Bear, my friends dog.
The picture is only small. Black and grey ink and a bit of acrylic paint because the fine line black ink was too dark. I hope I’ve made her coat look white enough.

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was animal or pet so this is what I’m going to post. I hope my friend doesn’t mind.

Cat on a hot carpet

Posted on July 22, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Animal, Black and white cat, Car, hot cat, inoculation, Photo, Tuxedo cat, vaccination, vetsLeave a comment

Even cats have to have vaccine booster shots. It was probably the hottest day this year and my two cats had got to go to the vets. Both had been out all day. They hate pet carriers so I got the female in a closed bag and took her to the vets. They inoculated her but warned me to get her home straight away as she was overheating in the bag.

I got home and she ran upstairs and flopped so I put her some cool water near her if she wanted a drink.

Then we explored the garden, where the boy cat was lying under a bush. We’d put a bag of frozen peas in the bag to make sure it was cooler. Back to the vets. They were happy that the second cat wasn’t overheating. We got home and let the boy out of the bag, he sprang out, but as you can see him flopped on the carpet. He has now gone back outside. X

Prevaricating

Posted on July 22, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, College, course, essay, Illustration, Prevarication, Thinking, Time, Worry2 Comments

At the moment I’m stuck with my college work. I have ideas, I seem to know what I want to do. But I have a fear of failing. The heat doesn’t help. I’m ending up doing things at 3am, but it’s not enough. Words circle in my mind, like vultures, ready to sink down on the ruin of my ideas. Prevarication prevents failure. I don’t feel I can do a good enough job.

I must start. By writing this down I’m trying to give me a kick start to things. I need to order a couple of books, but I’ve even held back from doing that. I know I can do the course, but I’m disappointed that I didn’t get higher marks. I have passed each semester though. Why would this one be different? Easier to think than write…

Skylandscape night

Posted on July 21, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #skylandscapeartistoftheyear, black and grey, Castle, Drawing, Hurstmonceux Castle, Sketch2 Comments

Ten minute sketch while watching #skylandscapeartistoftheyear, Herstmonceux Castle. Very quick sketch!