Latest USK drawing

Posted on March 24, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Challenge, Drawing, Keeping occupied, Sketch, Sketching, Staffordshire, Staying safe, Urban sketchers London, Urban sketchers Stoke on trent, Urban sketchingLeave a comment

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Did a sketch of two new plants in the kitchen, my hubby bought them today. Are they essential? No, but gardening helps his mental health, so to him they are.

Is it DIY? That was the challenge, well I guess it’s the closest thing to DIY that’s happening here.

The green splatter of ink was put on first to give a bit of interest and help filling in the area of greenery.

Not sure if I got the perspective right. The plants are about the right scale.

What are they? A Kumquat and a Plum tree. I’m not sure if the Kumquat is edible. Does anyone know? I think it’s just decorative.

Urban Sketchers Stoke-on-Trent is a group of local people interested in drawing and sketching. The drawings should be a general view, so if you draw something you need to include it’s surroundings. Sketches are from life, not photos, and we try and be accurate as much as we can.

The challenge is based on the one urban sketchers in London is running. It runs for thirty days, and lots of people are getting involved.

Face…

Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Artist, Digital art, Digital drawings, Drawn at sketch fu, Influence, Thinking, What do you think?2 Comments

Thought I would share one of my old digital drawings from a few years ago. Might do a few more. Experiment is fun! FB_IMG_1555027532618

What is your favorite art or Artist?

Is there anything that influences you to create new images?

Just thinking….

Today’s drawing

Posted on March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Day 4, Draw your book, Drawing, Fun, Life, Old technology, Self isolating, Urban sketchers challenge, Urban sketchers Stoke on trent, WirelessLeave a comment

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Today’s urban sketchers Stoke-on-Trent challenge was to draw the book you are reading. This is one my husband gave me it to read. Wireless for beginners by Thomas Roddam. It’s strange but I like trying to understand technical books. I read just about anything, although these days I skim read and you need to take your time over things like this. Obviously I’m never going to make vaccum tubes…

I’m enjoying the challenge. Some of it’s difficult, you think ‘what can I do?’ , but you can put your own spin on it.

Cat drawing

Posted on March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Art style, Design, Drawing, Fun, Humour, Ink drawing, Interview, Kites, Self interview, Self isolating2 Comments

So is this by you?

Yes it’s an old drawing.

When did you draw it?

I don’t really remember, I think it’s over twenty five years oldy, but as I didn’t sign or date it I can’t be sure.

Where did it come from?

I was doing some spring cleaning and chucking out old letters and envelopes. I found it in a dusty file.

Why did you draw it?

I think it was when we used to go to kite festivals, which is why I think it’s from the 1990’s although it might be older. I remember being interested in the images on kites, like Chinese or Japanese art. The pose is vaguely based on a tiger I think.

Do you like it?

Mostly, not sure about the ball of wool. But I like the way the cat is twisting in mid air.

So what have you learned?

I might vary the thickness of the lines, I was doing it to add weight and shadow to the drawing. It’s an ink drawing on cartridge paper.

So why did you interview yourself?

I wanted to make my blog a bit more interesting.

Chore..

Posted on March 21, 2020March 21, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Chore, Drawing, Life, Sketch book, Sketching, Thirty day challenge, Urban sketch, Urban sketchers Stoke on trentLeave a comment

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Urban Sketchers Stoke-on-Trent is doing a thirty day challenge. Today is day three and the challenge is ‘household chore’ this is my sweeping brush as my hoover is bust.

Pencil in a Daler Rowney ‘simply’ sketchbook.

In other thoughts I’m trying to think of things to do. So far I’ve got as far as spending half the day looking at social media. I think a lot of people will be suffering from vitamin D deficiency and will look like they have recently been in prison!

Anyway, back to my chores…

Cheering myself up

Posted on March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Distraction, Fun, Home, Kettle view, Kettle?, Life, Self isolating, Sketching, Urban sketching, Washing up, WorkLeave a comment

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I’ve joined a group on Facebook where the idea is to post cheerful things, and not mention the virus.

One of today’s challenges was to post a ‘kettle’ view. I think I took it too literally, this is a view of my kettle.

I posted it, then saw beautiful pictures of kitchens, or views out of the windows of neat and tidy houses.

On a seperate page the urban sketchers challenge was to draw ‘working from home’ as I’m semi retired I’m not really doing that. Craft fairs and exhibitions are off for the time being, and I genuinely have not felt that creative this week. But I wanted to do the challenge, so I drew this.

Washing up waiting to be done..

It’s still waiting…

Fork draw

Posted on March 19, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on paper, Art, Blogging, Cat, Day to day, Fork, Fork drawing, Messing about, Metallic paint, Painting, Playing, WordPressLeave a comment

Things to do at a loose end… I was asked to try and draw something with a fork for a Facebook group, I don’t know whether anyone else had a go? .. Well it ended up being a sort of forking cat! It was fun, but the acrylic paint didn’t make much of a mark, I tried adding water and then it splodged!

No doubt I will be posting more weird images as the days go on.

Urban Sketchers, draw a selfie…

Posted on March 19, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 30day challenge, Art, Challenge, Drawing, Fun, Life, Pencil sketch, self portrait, Selfie, Sketchbook, Sketching, Urban sketchers Stoke on trent, What to do while self isolatingLeave a comment

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Selfie’ portrait, including phone and the canvas of a kingfisher it’s propped up on. Old brushes and easle. Background on the phone is a painting I did in about 1982,of my imagined self, so a selfie of a self portrait? Happy to join the challenge. Why is the photo a mirror image to what was on the screen I was drawing?

Oh my double chins! How difficult it is to draw while trying to look over your glasses because I can’t see clearly. I need varifocals, but after spending loads on a pair a few years ago I hated them so much I never wore them again!

Sketching with urban sketchers means including the background and having the image in context. Why not do your own selfie?

List of things to do…

Posted on March 18, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Life, List, Procrastination, Real life, Things to do, Thinking, Time, WordPressLeave a comment

Things to do…
Spring cleaning,
Painting,

bread making,

Cat watching……

Archeology in the garden,
Helping build a train set,
Home brew?
Read books,
Laundry…. Ironing, folding, fetching, carrying.. Read more books.

Reality? Procrastination…

Colour that cat…!

Posted on March 18, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Cat, Colour, Design, Digital drawings, Drawing, Fun, SketchingLeave a comment

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Two year old digital sketch. I’m just posting it for fun. All I’ve done for the last couple of days is moan about the virus or WordPress. Enough!

My love is for colour and pattern. Cats are also in the mix. I’m not saying this is a good drawing. It’s rough and ready, not anatomically correct, but it’s a bit of fun.

I’m going to try and find more apps to draw on. I’ve got obsessed by a colouring by numbers website and I’ve coloured over 200 images in just a few days. I think I’m sticking my head in the sand.

Primary colours, bold lines, pattern = fun?

Mallaband-Brown

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