Bird, digitally drawn in Artrage, duplicated by incollage app (finger painting using various tools)
Duplicated bird
Tag: Art
Playing with scraper board art
It’s hard to get a good photo when the surface of the underlying scraped board is so reflective. I’ve been playing with scraper board art, in the 1st and 2nd pictures the holographic surface changed colour due to the angle of the light hitting it. The image is based on a photo of my cat. The 3rd and 4th are a copper colour, the horse was made up from my imagination. The underlying board was metallic not holographic but still changed colour based on the angle of incidence of the light.
I’ve had a varied life…
You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence?
I’ve had a varied life, most of it devoted to art, but I’ve also managed to cram a lot of experiences into it.
I would then go on to detail sow of the art work I have done, but also the adventures I’ve had with my hubby, who was a most eccentric man. Our main mode of transport when we were younger was by bicycle and then a series of pulled old cars that consequently meant we had a lot of situations to deal with. My jobs were also varied and I would talk about as much as I could without disclosing personal information. I am not sure if it would be interesting to anyone else though?
Props
A whale that was made for the Penkhull Mysteries plays. It was used in the story of Jonah and the Whale and the story of the river Trent which rises on Biddulph Moor and travels through England in a North East direction to eventually flow through Nottingham and on to the Humber Estuary at Hull. This was made of willow withies held together with masking tape then covered with water based glue and newspapers (papier mache). It was painted white to block out the printing and then painted in grey black and white. The makers added serrated teeth and the jaw was articulated so it could open wide. I think the throat and tounge were painted pink and white. We made lots of props for the plays including a set of horses, butterflies, flowers, plants, and all sorts of other objects. I used to help paint some of them and also large flat boards that were joined together as scenery. I hope we get to do more this year.
Pterydactil?
My mind was in a funny condition when I saw these black paper off cuts. I somehow saw a flying dinosaur, pterydactil skeleton!
#bandofsketchers prompt was condition, and rather than drawing something I thought I would share this photo with you.
Spied (#bandofsketchers prompt)
Another #bandofsketchers prompt, spied, I’m way behind, this was set about 5 weeks ago! I’ve not wanted to do these for a while perhaps I’m feeling a little better?
#bandofsketchers prompt crow
I’m miles being doing sketching prompts and this is five weeks late!
The #bandofsketchers prompt was crow, i drew a cartoon crow today. It’s asking why it’s legs are short. It’s because I drew the rest of it too big!
Writing group
I joined a small writing group today. There will be writing prompts which I might post here. Like a pile of off cuts on a table, I think I need to put the bits of paper together to create a coherent image. It is like seeing a Rorschach test and being able to tell a narrative based on those ink blots. I might try and see what else I can do with this? I can see faces and a bird and animals in this image. Pareidolia again.
Celtic cat, an old painting
When I finished college I still loved Celtic art so I tried very hard to create a Celtic cat including Celtic knotwork. This was really difficult to do.
I was pleased with the work and glad I did it. I don’t do such complicated things these days. Very difficult to follow the rules of knotwork so that the overlapping patterns need to follow. Oil on canvas think.
Tulip finale
Almost withered, the tulips still have sculptural interest to me. By using the symmetry of four pictures I created interesting patterns including this one. By rotating the images you are able to make different patterns including thus one. I hope you like it. I used my incollage app to work on it and create a kaleidiscopic effect. .
Mallaband-Brown 