Self (60)

Posted on February 1, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged #skyportraitartistoftheyear, Acrylic on canvas, Art, limited palette, missed deadline, Painting, self portrait, Tired, up late6 Comments

I was up till six am painting a self portrait in the hope of entering it for the Sky Portrait Artist of the year competition. By Five thirty I was shattered so I only vaguely painted in the background. It’s not really finished, but I thought it had a bit of something about it… But when I tried to register later the site wouldn’t accept my email address! I ended up contacting their enquiries but when I tried to resubmit I was passed the deadline! I might think about more work on it and enter it for a local open exhibition….

Quiet day….

Posted on January 31, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Dozing, Life, Poem, Poetry, Sleep, TiredLeave a comment

So much I should be doing..

So much that I need to do

Too tired to think of drawing

I need to get some sleep.

Watching TV and dozing,

Sitting quiet and still

Have to rest my head.

Going to go to bed!

Movement

Posted on January 30, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Art, Blurred, Design, Movement, PhotoLeave a comment

Blurred abstract, signifying speed and movement. Not sure whether I will make more out of this or not. It reminds me of arches in a church. Or I feel like I’m falling….

1 and 1/2 hour sketch

Posted on January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #skyportraitartistoftheyear, Art, Coloured pencils, Drawing, Face, Life, Painting, self portrait, Sketch5 Comments

I might enter the Sky Portrait Artist competition so I tried to do a sketch to base a painting on. I’ve only got tomorrow to get it done! Madness…. Or I might enter the drawing instead

Last drawing #30daysketchbookchallenge

Posted on January 30, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #30daysketchbookchallenge, Art, Colourful, Drawing, last sketch, Pattern, Sketching, Thank youLeave a comment

My last drawing was based on the prompt sketchbook. I did a picture of a sketchbook standing upright with various pages showing. I added a colourful background and a thanks to Magenta Sky who organised the challenge.

Spock

Posted on January 30, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Alien, Art, Digital drawing, Drawing, Fu, Fun, Sketch, Sketchfu, Spock2 Comments

Favourite digital drawing I did ten years ago at a website called sketchfu. The site is defunct but I saved some of the drawings and this one popped up today on my Facebook page. The little pink creature was Fu, the sketchfu mascot…. Spock was my favourite character followed closely by Kirk….

What now?

Posted on January 30, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white cat, Cartoon, Cat, Cat tree, catfish, Funny, Life, Quick sketch, Sketching, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Now the #30daysketchbookchallenge has finished I’ve got to find something else to draw… Why not cats or surreal versions of them? My hubby asked me to draw him a catfish.. And my indoor boy cat was sitting on his cat tree platform so I did a quick sketch of him.

Dancer

Posted on January 29, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #30daysketchbookchallenge, Art, Dancer, Drawing, Exercise, Sketching, Stretch, YogaLeave a comment

Today’s #30daysketchbookchallenge is Dancer. I looked for an image on Google and saw this Yoga pose. It’s just drawn in soft pencil and crayons so it’s a bit indistinct. Then I played with it to increase the texture….

Another favourite painting

Posted on January 28, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Design, Landscape, Memories, Painting, Pottery, Three years ago, Willow patternLeave a comment

Painted three years ago. Another favourite painting I did a few years ago… Its based on the Willow Pattern which was a design produced by a lot of British potteries. There are lots of variations but most of them contain love birds and mountains, fishermen and priests on a bridge. Pine trees and the iconic Willow tree. I’ve painted it on a canvas and also as part of the scenery for a play.

Disposable

Posted on January 28, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #30daysketchbookchallenge, Art, disposable, Drawing, Life, Magazine, Newspaper, Pencils, SketchingLeave a comment

Then #30daysketchbookchallenge is ‘disposable’ today. I decided to draw newspapers and magazines which are better than plastic cups or disposable plastic wrappers. After all today’s newspaper is tomorrow’s chip paper….

Mallaband-Brown

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