Baby 🐲 dragon

Posted on March 11, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Authors, children's stories, Fossils, Illustration, Learning, Life, Medieval, prehistory, report, Sketching2 Comments

For as many artists that draw and paint dragons, there’s a different style, shape, pattern, technique or colours.

I’m studying an illustration course and my final report is about the mythology and history of dragon illustration. I’m having to find out more about them, from the possible link with fossilised dinosaur skeletons, to medieval bestiaries, to more recent art including children’s and adult fiction that includes either dragon illustrations in the books or on their covers.

Here’s a question. Does anyone know any interesting dragon stories I can investigate? I have Ursula K Le Guin, Terry Pratchett, Anne McCaffery, Cressida Cowell, J. R. R Tolkein, T. H White and other authors. Are you aware of more?

Thanks x

Normal life?

Posted on March 10, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black and white drawing, black fine liner pen, body warmer, Drawing, LED light, Life4 Comments

Normal life? Hubby watching the TV, we have a small LED light that saves money, the heating is on timed to save money so he’s wearing his body warmer. Curtains are closed to keep warmth in. We are not in trouble but we are being cautious. We haven’t lit the gas fire fir two years but have a small portable oil heater instead. Todays #bandofsketchers prompt was normal life.

Heroine

Posted on March 9, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Covid, Covid 19, Drawing, Felt pens, heroines, heros, Life, nurse, PandemicLeave a comment

#bandofsketchers prompt yesterday was hero’s and heroines. This is Heroine in PPE. From an image on the Internet. They are real hero’s of the awful pandemic. Hopefully no one will need their help now. X

Ginger

Posted on March 8, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cat, Drawing, Funny, ginger cat, Humour, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Sketch, StripesLeave a comment

There was a cat called Ginger

He was really fat

He went upstairs quite slowly

And at the top he sat

I called him for his breakfast

I called him for his tea.

But there he lay upon his mat

Until he rolled and jumped back down

Much slimmer now, not fat!

Blue and yellow on my mind

Posted on March 7, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Complicated, Confused, Drawing, Life, Pattern, Sketching, sunflowers, Tangled, ThinkingLeave a comment

Sunflowers and blue leaves, abstract pattern. Waiting for a resolution, no sign of peace or compromise. Women and children, old men and women try to escape. But their routes are snared with artillery and arms. Meanwhile the world waits for what? Who can guess… Time flies, slowly. Only a few days feels like a month of Sundays. I’m starting to avoid the news. So bleak. So much pain but so much bravery. My country? Keeping refugees out! Talking about security breaches instead of desperate humanity. Bean counters. May they be told to help instead of hindering. Me.. I’m just sad and confused.

Laughter

Posted on March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, belt, Black and white cat, black and white pen, Cat, Felt pens, Laughter, Life, Prompt, SketchingLeave a comment

Laughter is watching my cat chasing the belt to my dressing gown. One side has lost its belt loop so it drags along the floor and…Pounce! So funny watching her bounce around! Todays #bandofsketchers prompt. Black fine line pen and felt pens.

Spring-filtered

Posted on March 5, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colour, Filter, Fun, Hues, Photodirector, Poem, Poetry, Rainbow, Rhyme, Spring2 Comments

Oh you beauty

Colours split

Spring in a rainbow sits

Gaudy yellows

Proper reds

Generous greens

Flower heads

Blues and purples

Different hues

Oh what fun

When a filter is used!

Mural in Fenton Cafe

Posted on March 5, 2022July 6, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colourful, Design, Fenton Town Hall, Fine Art, Fun, Painting, pottery history3 Comments

Mural at Fenton Town Hall by an unknown artist. It is painted in tiny squares (like pixels) and based on a plate design of an oak tree, cottages and a tumble down fence. I’ve seen it before about two years ago. Now it’s much more complete. It’s a huge picture. Very interesting and beautiful.

I had been told by staff there that it had been painted by a particular artist. I’m afraid that was not true and I’m happy to set the matter straight and confirm it was not painted by her.

Fenton cenotaph

Posted on March 5, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cenotaph, Drawing, fallen soldier, Felt pens, Fenton, Sketching, urban sketching Stoke-on-TrentLeave a comment

Fenton Cenotaph. Fallen soldier, from the 1914-1918 first world War. I was out with Stoke Urban sketchers today. We were outside Fenton Town Hall. A very cold wind was blowing so I just did a small sketch. I chose to use pale blue and yellow because of what is happening in Ukraine. The news continues to be terrible. The Russians had offered a ceasefire and escape corridor for civilians to get out of Mariapol but they haven’t stopped shelling the city.

Annoying

Posted on March 4, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Blocked, Instagram, IPhone, Life, pestered, reported, spam, spammers, spamming, ThinkingLeave a comment

I keep getting messages on my Instagram account that I have won an iPhone. The trouble is I don’t want one and I’m fed up after a couple of months of being spammed. I will never click on a link. I’m not daft, I’m not tempted, I will keep blocking the posters. I think I’ve had fifteen or twenty messages so far. If I’d won that many (from all different peoples Instagram accounts) I could make a great deal of money selling them all. But I’m NOT INTERESTED. I keep blocking them and reporting them. OK that’s enough, I’ll stop spamming you xxx

Mallaband-Brown

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