Cold

Posted on October 21, 2018 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Artrage oils, Chill, Cold, Digital drawing, Frost, Poem, Poetry, Wind, WinterLeave a comment

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Blue and cold, chill my bones,

Snow falls sifted like icing sugar.

Whorls of wind taking heat away.

to where? Icy fingertips frosted nose,

Ankles and feet lumped with shivers,

Cooled heels , cold arms, breath softly turned to cold fog.

Heating is on but not making a dent in the chilly room.

Yesterday was glorious, brilliant, sunny.

Now I need thermal clothes to encapsulate me.

It may not warm till spring, when suns return heralds warmth.

Till then, head down, under duvet, I try and stay warm.

Winter begins in Autumns arms.

Acers

Posted on October 21, 2018October 21, 2018 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acer, Autumn, Autumn colours, Beauty, Bronze, Copper, Crimson, Gardening, Gold, October, TreesLeave a comment

I took lots of photos of these trees at a garden centre in Wales. Small and perfectly formed, their colours seem to glow against the dull grey sky. A shaft of sunlight makes the colours explode. Glorious and wonderful.

A lot of the leaves are palmate, meaning hand shaped. The leaves are strongly divided into thinner and thinner strips of crimson red or deep yellow at this time of year. We have an acer in our garden but it always seems to have a white sheen to it. I think it is in the wrong place next to a bigger tree which is robbing it of moisture. I sometimes water it to try and help. It changes to a very dark deep red in autumn and its leaves are less indented, more maple like. With the sun shining through them this morning they look bronze or copper coloured.

Robin

Posted on October 20, 2018October 20, 2018 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bird, Haiku, Photo, Poem, Red, Robin4 Comments

We saw a Robin at a garden centre yesterday. He was flitting through the plants and as I walked towards him he would move on. Then it got to the end of the row and just sat there so I quickly snapped a couple of pictures of it.

His (or her) red breast shone out against the dull brown of the dormant plants

I thought I would try and write a simple haiku to celebrate the bird…..

Red Robin here then
Gone with a quick flit of air
Wings take you away

I’m not sure I have mastered the style yet. But I enjoy trying.

New phone full?

Posted on October 20, 2018October 20, 2018 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Duplications, Memory, Photography, Storage6 Comments

I’ve found this new phone so light and easy to use in comparison with my tablet that I’ve been using it for all sorts of things on the Internet. Unfortunately that means I’ve filled the sd card up so it’s saving stuff to the internal memory. Which is getting very full too. I guess all my images are clogging it up.

I think I will have to revert back to using the tablet which also slows down as I keep putting images on it. You would think there would be more memory, so all my stuff would be OK but I’m always messing about with things, for instance duplicating photos to make the image above.

I don’t know whether saving things to the cloud might be an idea? Or getting a little external USB hard drive if that’s even possible?

All About Phigella on Etsy

Posted on October 20, 2018 Posted in UncategorizedLeave a comment

One of the people I follow, Phigella, has started an etsy shop. You maybe interested x

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So, given my hobby or hobbies of making things, and my mums hobby of making everything, we decided to start an Etsy shop!

I hope you’ll check out our products and happy shopping.

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Having a quiet evening

Posted on October 20, 2018October 20, 2018 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Drawing, Pen and ink, Relaxing, Sketch, Tired, Urban sketch1 Comment

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I’m doing a 1 inch drawing challenge and today’s drawing is of a small tumbler with whisky over ice. It’s not something I do a lot of. But it’s been a long few days with a lot of travel and then singing with a choir this afternoon, I’m shattered ….

A few more paintings

Posted on October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Colours, Design, Drawing, Pattern, Pencil, Pens, Sketching, Spirals, WatercolourLeave a comment

Over the years I’ve done many paintings and drawings, in oil, acrylic, watercolour, pencil, felt pen, charcoal. And I don’t stick to one style, these are a mixture of figurative and abstract, from 1981 up to about 2008. I don’t think I have ever got bored with art.

Some of the art is very patterned, for instance the spiral cat painting, or illustrative, like the tree drawing and the cross hatched picture of the potteries. I find myself using similar techniques when I do digital drawings.

I draw from my imagination, from life and from photographs.

I have occasionally copied paintings, but I always state the work is after the original artist, in other words I make reference to them originating the work. I have only done this on 2 or 3 occassions when someone has asked for a similar picture to one they have seen. Art is a creative business, and the authorship of it should be respected. One concern I have is over copyright. By publishing my art here I realise I am putting it at risk to some extent, but there is the dilemma of wanting to share creativity with others. I doubt anyone would want to copy mine .

Awake again

Posted on October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Insomnia, Night, Shattered, Sleep, TiredLeave a comment

The clocks ticking. Its almost 4am. Went to sleep cold so put on the heating. Now I’ve woken up too hot so turned it back down.

But then I looked at my phone. Suddenly I’m wide awake. I never found the function that changes the colour of the screen light and cuts out the blue end of the spectrum. On the other hand I would not like it interfering with the colours I use when I draw on line.

Tempus fugit. I hope I can have a bit of a lie in. Otherwise if I get up at 8am I will only have had 5 or so hours of sleep. Maybe it’s an age thing but my body clock seems to be drifting later every day.

Well I will try and sleep again…. IF I CAN IGNORE HIS SNORING…… ..

Hi

Posted on October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Dream, Humour, Life, Play, Poem, Poetry, SpellcheckerLeave a comment

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A poem of spellchecker words…….

I tried the same way but

Sent from my old phone.

I enjoy the rest of the day,

Pearly white hair on the sofa,

Sent from my black bag,

Cause a bit of a victorian painting

Sent from my old address ,

So sharp and fine with the barn dance

I’m a little bit worried about the snow.

Its a bit like an expensive weekend.

Sent from my old version of my head.

Terracotta warriors

Posted on October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Black and white, Blog, China, Drawing, Life, Liverpool, Sketching, Terracotta army, Terracotta warriors, Urban sketching2 Comments

I enjoyed drawing today. We went round the terracotta warriors exhibition at the world museum at Liverpool.

The exhibition was crowded and I felt guilty at standing the way of the crowd as I drew. I got barged a couple of times and someone jarred my arm just as I was drawing one of their faces. But I also got a few complements. It was hard work. I took lots of photos. But drawing really makes you look. And quick sketching makes it all the more of a challenge. I finished my sketchbook but I think it was worth it. I’m hoping my drawing skills are improving. Sometimes I’m still a bit hesitant but that’s to be expected.