Down the river trent

Posted on March 12, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #100daywalkingchallenge, four and a half miles, Life, Litter, Rain, River, River Trent, Tired, Walking, wet and windy, willowsLeave a comment

Our four and a half mile walk today. Along the river Trent and back along side streets. The river had fallen trees across it. There was litter and willow trees springing to life. Not exactly the romantic scene I imagined.

The Trent starts nearby and wends it way north and east till it reaches the North sea at Hull. I wonder how long it takes a molicule of water to travel along its whole length… One of the things you ponder as you walk along!

Tonights portrait group

Posted on March 12, 2021March 20, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Faces, Fun, Pictures, portrait group, portrait sessions, Portraits, Sketching, soft pastelsLeave a comment

Quick sketches with ink, soft pastels and ink splatter… I liked the poses people did. Its good that people enjoy sitting as well as drawing. On one I tried using ink splatter, I don’t know why? Experiment!

Wet

Posted on March 12, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #100daywalkingchallenge, #bandofsketchers, Art, Blustery, Clouds, colouring pencils, Colours, graveyard, Rain, Sketching, Sky, Wet, Windy, yesterday's walkLeave a comment

Yesterday’s #bandofsketchers drawing, walked round Shelton cemetery and the wind was blowing and datk clouds gathered. It rained heavily for a short time. Worked from a photo… Prompt was wet, and it really was. Boldmere colouring pencils.

Orchid drawing

Posted on March 12, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black ink, Design, Flowers, green ink, Indoor plant, Ink, Orchid, Playing, random pattern, Shibui, Sketch, SketchingLeave a comment

Orchid plant, black ink drawing over green sprayed and blown ink. Based on the idea of Shibui found art by my friend Pejj Nunes. The idea is you create a background from paint by using random methods and then add detailed images on top of the base idea. I’m not sure if this is the correct way of doing it but I like it. …

Bottle oven combination

Posted on March 11, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bottle oven, Canal, Landscape, multiple photos, Photos, Shelton, Stoke-on trent, Trent and mersey canal, WeatherLeave a comment

Same bottle oven, six different views, three of the oven, three reflected in the surface of the Trent and Mersey canal. Today I walked four and a half miles. We were doing mostly flat walking although there are a few uphill stretches where the locks allow water to be lowered in stages down hill, the barges float into the locks which are either emptied and the water and barge move downhill, or filled, so the barge moves up hill. We noticed a lot of debris from trees and litter was floating in the canal, the weather was so windy yesterday its blown in…

Lemons

Posted on March 11, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Bowl, Coloured pencils, Cracked, crazed, Fun, Insomnia, Kitchen, Lemons, Night, Observational drawing, Old, shrunken, Sketch, YellowLeave a comment

Old lemons in a cracked and crazed bowl, observational drawing, it’s 1.35am on a Thursday morning, what else would I be doing? Next I’m going to watch the joy of painting with Bob Ross…. What a strange life I’m living!

Come in cat!

Posted on March 10, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Gale, Hail, Night, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Rain, Rhyme, Storm, Tuxedo cat, Weather, WindLeave a comment

Come on cat

Come on in

It’s blowing a gale

And raining hail

A storm is coming

And you’re outside

I’ve called your name

But instead you hide!

Come on in cat

Don’t be shy

There’s food here for you

Through the storm, fly

Run in now

Listen to my call

Don’t stay out

Through the heavy rain fall!

Come in

Be comfy

Stay a while

Be warm and happy

Prodigal feline in style.

Observational drawings

Posted on March 10, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Animal portrait, Blue, blue green and white cat, Cat, Coloured pencil, Drawing, Ink roller, Observation, Portrait, SketchingLeave a comment

A couple of observational drawings from the last couple of days. Both using coloured pencils but the one with black was drawn with a little black ink roller you use to blot out addresses, then colour added on top.

Ive used the ink roller a few times. By tipping it on its edge I’m able to make rough thin marks, and varied pressure means I can change the tone slightly.

Snowdonia sketch

Posted on March 10, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #skylandscapeartist, 30minute sketch, Art, Coloured pencils, Drawing, Life, Sketching, Snowdonia, TV programme, Wales, Woman artistLeave a comment

Watching the final programme of #skylandscapeartistoftheyear so decided to try and draw a snowdonia view. Half hour sketch. Using Boldmere colouring pencils.

I didn’t do too much because I wanted to see the programme…

I am a lightweight!

Posted on March 10, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #100daywalkingchallenge, Busy, car repair, College, Exercise, Friends, Life, online forms, Short walk, Support, Tired, WalkingLeave a comment

After days of walking decent distances the last two have been a bit of a disappointment. Yesterday I walked uphill though, and got my heart points in. Today it was only because I had to deliver the car to the garage for repairs and walk home via a cafe for a takeaway breakfast, go and help a friend with an online form because she was struggling with filling it in, and this evening going shopping in the local supermarket to collect essentials like milk and bread. During the day I also took part in a lecture that overran somewhat and was busy trying to catch up with household tasks. I have got to do a couple of observational drawings to catch up my weekly quota. I will try and post the results of them later. Still got to wash the shopping (yes I do that) and consider working on an editorial illustration that we have to create for college thus week. But now I’m sitting down with the cat on my lap. Might have a quick nap!