Falcon works

Posted on December 26, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Black Country museum, Dudley, Falcon works, Gladstone pottery museum, Longport, Painting, portmeirion, Pottery, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-TrentLeave a comment

A couple of paintings I did two years ago? They were on display in the waiting room gallery at Longport. These are paintings of the Falcon Works behind Portmeirion pottery in Stoke-on-Trent. A lot of these buildings are either falling down or just sitting empty. I wish some of them could be restored. There is a wonderful place called the Black Country Museum in Dudley I think in Central England. They have rebuilt many old buildings on the site so you can visit and see the history of industry and businesses in England. There are some museums in Stoke-on-Trent which are smaller versions. For example the Gladstone pottery museum. It’s a real shame that so many old buildings are being allowed to fall into rack and ruin.

Washing up

Posted on December 26, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Annoyed, April, Art, Chores, Drawing, Life, Sketching, Time, Washing up2 Comments

Drawing from April, tasks I hate. Yet again the sink is full, not just with crockery but with bits of food two. After two thousand times of asking my hubby to scrape leftovers into the bin, is it any wonder I get fed up with having to clean up the mess? Then there is the water problem. Splashing it everywhere, the seal round the sink is starting to break down. The sink was only put in about three years ago! It’s really annoying. Is this what men do to avoid chores???

Part painted panto hat

Posted on December 25, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Classic desidn, Fun, Life, Painting, Panto, Pantomime, Prop making, Rehearsal, Sad, SpodeLeave a comment

This was used as a prop in the local village hall pantomime a few years ago. The hat was a large teacup and saucer made out of wire and paper and glue. Once it was made I had the task of painting it with a classic spode pattern of Greek or roman figures. I might have some more photos somewhere, but this gives you an idea of what I was painting. It was held in place on the panto dames head with a big blue ribbon and bow. I miss rehearsals for the yearly panto. It was restored about ten years ago after several years absence. The largest ausiencevwe had was 180, and we do four performances over Thursday, Friday and two on a Saturday. I miss the stage fright and the fun. We used to do the performances in February to coincide with the school half term.

Bauble paintings

Posted on December 25, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Bauble, Christmas, Glass bauble, Memories, Painting, Ribbon, Tree decoration2 Comments

One of my bauble paintings that I did a few years ago. I did quite a few of them and they were only two inches by three. I was trying to paint old fashioned glass baubles. You don’t get them much these days. Sometimes they had a curved hollow in them with a reflective surface so they glittered in the light of fairy lights. It was a memory from forty or fifty years ago. Old fashioned and nice…..

Acrylic on canvas, with ribbon on the back so they can be hung on a Christmas tree.

2014 Angel

Posted on December 25, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Angel, Art, Christmas, Christmas tree, Drawing, Fun, Life, Mouse drawing, Picture, Sketch2 Comments

Before I got a drawing tablet for my computer I used to draw with a mouse. This drawing was put on Facebook in 2014, but I’m sure I had a wacom tablet by then. I actually think it’s around ten years older and that I saved this image on one of the numerous times my hard drive went down. The picture must have been drawn on a basic program, but I can’t remember which. I know it’s a mouse drawing because of the wobbly lines…… I still like it…

Tree or decorations

Posted on December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Baubles, Chocolate, Christmas, Drawing, Porr, Prompt, Sketching, SnowLeave a comment

Since we haven’t got a tree this Christmas I haven’t put any baubles or decorations up. But that didn’t stop me getting an old box of them out to draw. The #bandofsketchers prompt for Christmas Eve…. Now I’m having a caramel chocolate and a glass of port while watching ‘the day after tomorrow’ I guess they put it on because its full of snow…..

Colouring book

Posted on December 22, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colouring books, Colours, Drawing, Fun, Life, Relaxation, TimeLeave a comment

My hubby has his own unique way of colouring in colouring books. It’s his style, not necessarily keeping in the lines. But he gets a lot of pleasure from it. It calms him down. Makes time fly. There might be more simple ways of doing it, but this is his art. And it helps him to relax. X

Diana Rigg?

Posted on December 22, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black ink, Challenge, Diana Rigg, Drawing, Face, Face to Face, Portrait, Sketching, Trying to get a likenessLeave a comment

I do love drawing people, but there is less chance now of finding a subject. So when BBC 4 just showed a half hour interview with Diana Rigg in a programme called Face to Face from 1997? The image of her was full face far away, full face close to and profile images, so her face was fully in view was for approximately ten minutes. It’s a good bit of practice, as if you were drawing from life. The face never stops moving so you have to try and fix where the eyes are, how far apart, how long the nose? And the shape and size of the mouth. Plus the face shape. How long is her chin? How high her cheeks. Trying to see all of the face, not looking too closely at just one bit, so it fits?

Books

Posted on December 22, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Book, Books, Drawing, Fun, Library, Phone, Prompt, Sketching2 Comments

Today’s sketch of one of our bookcases. I’m too short sighted to see it well… For #bandofsketchers prompt: books.

Two other artists posted photos of their bookcases, we all have appear to be bibliophiles, with large collections of books. I’m glad, I don’t understand how you can go without them. Yes you can buy them online. But there’s nothing like a real book in your hand…. And I can say from experience that if you drop a book on the bath it dries out better than a phone!

Doodles from three years ago…

Posted on December 20, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Digital drawing, Doodles, Duplicated, Fun, Graffiti, MirroredLeave a comment

These were on my memories from three years ago so I thought I would share them. Yet again a combination of doodling and filters. Probably drawn with a stylus. Using Sketch, sketcher free and ArtRage oils. I like drawing faces in profile.

I’ve found I usually draw left facing profiles for faces and animals. In this case I’ve switched a couple of them round to see how it changes the image. Is it something to do with if you are left or right handed? I don’t know.

Mallaband-Brown

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