Cat college work

Posted on August 29, 2021August 29, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white cat, Cat flap, Fun, Humour, Ideas, Illustration course, Sketching, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Some ideas for a college three square narrative. I had to put a portfolio together a few weeks ago. I decided to draw a cat trying to overcome a cat flap. This was based on one of my cats actually breaking the plastic flap because he’s too big and strong! (not the cat that’s gone missing). The big cat is very determined. He wouldn’t be deterred by a closed cat flap. He couldn’t get out by pushing it forward so I saw him pull the flap towards him with a claw, then pull it upwards till he could get his nose underneath and get out that way!

Buzzy drawing

Posted on August 29, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Bee, black fine line pen, Design, Doodle, Drawing, logo, Pencil, pencil stub, Playing, Sketching1 Comment

Just a doodle of a bee holding the stub of a pencil. It was an idea for a logo. It wasn’t taken up, but I think the artist liked it.

I suppose I could do a whole alphabet using animals or insects and different artists materials…. From an Aardvark holding a paintbrush to a Zebra on a canvas? I don’t know?

Covering

Posted on August 27, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black and white, coverings, Drawing, Keeping occupied, paper cutsLeave a comment

I used the bits of paper from my paper cutouts to add a pattern. Chair and floor coverings…. I quite like the effect…, #bandofsketchers prompt from Thursday.

Keeping my mind occupied….

Positive? Or Negative?

Posted on August 26, 2021August 26, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital doodle, lateral flow tests, Masks, Meetings, positive or negative?, ThinkingLeave a comment

I went to a gathering earlier this week and met up with other creative people. I’m not saying where because I don’t know their communication protocols. Anyway we were advised someone had tested positive for Covid. The work we did was in large spaces and with social distancing, but we are all going to do lateral flow tests to ensure it does not spread. I suppose I should be OK because I have been double jabbed but I’m wearing a mask if I go near people. If I do catch anything I don’t want to share it.

Digital drawing

Posted on August 26, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Artrage oil, Digital drawing, Drawing, Faces, finger drawing, Layout app, SketchingLeave a comment

I found this on my Facebook memories from a few years ago. The drawing was done in ArtRage oils. It’s a digital drawing done with my finger. Then duplicated in my Layout app that’s attached to Instagram. I thought the resultant colours and image came out rather well.

Switch

Posted on August 25, 2021August 26, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, black pen, Drawing, grey pen, Lighting, Sketching, switchLeave a comment

Tuesdays #bandofsketchers prompt was ‘switch’. Finally posted this. Not too happy with it but it is what it says on the tin!

It’s hard sometimes to think of something to draw for these prompts. It depends where you are. What springs to mind, what tools you have to make the work. Anyway, I wonder what Thursdays will be?

Another papercut

Posted on August 25, 2021August 26, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, B arts, Craft, Design, Flow, Fun, Happy, Paper cutting, Sunset, time consumingLeave a comment

I think this came out quite well. I started with straight lines then added the curves. It’s meant to be a bit asymmetric. I think it has a 1930’s feel? I could imagine it as a stencil. It needs some tissue paper behind it, perhaps red or orange. The craft knife was so sharp it actually cut slivers of plastic off the ruler. A couple more to do but I’ve really enjoyed learning a new skill.

Learning paper cutting

Posted on August 25, 2021August 26, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, B arts, craft knife, Cut outs, Design, Drawing, Fun, pae, paper cut outs, Shapes2 Comments

Partly cut cat…..today’s craft skill held at B Arts in Stoke, was learning to use a craft knife to cut out our own designs. I’d almost finished this before the break. I’ve bought the sheet of paper home so I can complete this and three others, one is a sunset, then something based on a green man and the fourth is a horse. I will try and finish them off today.

Art workshops

Posted on August 24, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Art group, B arts, Drama, Fun, Hartshill, Life, mask making, puppetry, WorkshopsLeave a comment

Today I went to some art workshops and learned a bit more about drama, mask making, puppetry, animation and making dioramas. From nine till five. The final section was to create boxes and make tiny landscapes inside them. Mine and a fellow artist created a swimming pool party, with a pool with gold edging, and columns. Lilos, deck chairs and cocktail umbrellas as sun parasols. We even added a jacuzzi!

Scarecrow prompt

Posted on August 23, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Drawing, farming, Field, Scarecrow, Sketching, Story, Worzel GummageLeave a comment

#bandofsketchers prompt for Sunday. My hubby posed as a Scarecrow for me while we were at Trentham Gardens yesterday. I pretended his hands were straw. Its hard to do a drawing of a Scarecrow if you don’t see them very often, but I think this gives the general idea of how they look. I think they are meant to scare away rooks and crows that might eat a crop in field. The idea is that the birds think there is a human in the field, especially if the clothes it wears are old and ragged and flap in the breeze. If you want to read or see stories about scarecrows look up Worzel Gummage who was a character in a TV series in the 1970’s.

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