Some favourites from 2018?

Posted on January 3, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2018, Acrylic on canvas, Art, Gold, Gold leaf, Life studies, Nine photos, Owls, Paintings, Papier mache, Spode studio, Studio, Teacup, Willow patternLeave a comment

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Well I think it was 2018. Time gets mixed up in my brain. I enjoyed going to a life drawing group for a while then other things got in the way, the drawing of a dancer and a guitarist are from there. I had a go at using gold leaf on pictures, which is the picture of the crow or rook. The teacup with a willow pattern was a hat for our local panto. The owls was one of my first tiny paintings. The tree is one I drew while we were up in Yorkshire on the Keithley and Worth Valley railway. The houses ainting is based on a picture I had done in 1980. The photo of me in the mirror is in my studio.

So that was the selection from 2018. I might do one for 2019.

Table cloth

Posted on January 2, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue, Colours, Design, Graphics, Lettering, Orange, Primary colours, Red, Surface pattern, Table cloth, White, YellowLeave a comment

Saw this bright and breezy tablecloth in a cafe today. I don’t know who designed it so apologies for using it. I really like sign writing and shaded letters so this appealed to me. It’s neat and tidy and eye poppingly colourful, with primary yellows and orangey reds. The dark and light blues add contrast, and the whites tie it all together. Is this surface pattern or graphics, or a mixture of both.

Mr X

Posted on December 30, 2019 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Mr X, Oil painting, Old painting, Painting, PortraitLeave a comment

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The exposure is not good on this, but this is one of my paintings from when I was at college

Painted in oils on wood, this has a poster about his band stuck to it and overpainted. Painted in 1981.

I can’t remember much about it, but I saw it today, it’s 39 years old!

Sunset sketch

Posted on December 29, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Artrage oils, Colours, Doodling, Drawing, Evening, impression, Picture, Purple and orange, Sketch, SunsetLeave a comment

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I wanted to do a colourful sketch of the sunset which was all oranges and purples. I can’t get it exactly right as it is drawn in ArtRage oils, basically it’s a finger painting. I got the idea from a photo by a friend on a Facebook page, but as it’s just an impression there is no point in sharing the photo as this is much more impressionistic than the original.

What is a blog for?

Posted on December 29, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Creative writing, History, Poetry, Science, themes, WritingLeave a comment

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Blogging seems to be all sorts of things. I follow poetry, science, history, art and all sorts of other subjects. I post pretty much anything I’m interested in. I try and write things that are interesting, sometimes short stories or poems, other times about my art.

I started out thinking it would purely be about painting and drawing. But I suddenly realised that I wanted to include more than that. My writing and grammar skills are not honed. I used to write essays in English or History classes, but that was on the subjects on the syllabus. When I got to Art school I had to write essays and a thesis, so blogging came slowly. I hope what I write is enjoyable or interesting.

Pensive Elf

Posted on December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Apps, Art, Artrage oils, Blogging, Draw, Elf, Fairy, Fun, SketchLeave a comment

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Digital sketch. What is she thinking? Who has she left behind. She had thought about staying in the world of men but had seen wisdom and realised that it could not work.

It’s funny how things appear in your mind and what you end up doodling. I was playing with an idea of someone looking back over their shoulder after seeing an image on the TV.

Various problems with this but it’s nice enough.

Hand painted jug

Posted on December 27, 2019 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cat, Ceramic, Design, Fun, Jug, Life, Painting, Pottery, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

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My hand painted jug. I chose to paint it with a tortoise shell cat (black white and ginger). With added daisy type flowers. I gave it as a Christmas gift last year. I like keeping my hand in by decorating pottery. I don’t get the chance to do this very often. It came up on my Facebook memories page. I think I did it on a visit to the Emma Bridgewater factory in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

Brain fizzing..

Posted on December 27, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Art apps, Black background, Colour, Design, Digital drawing, Illustration, Memory, ThoughtLeave a comment

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It’s a few years old and I’ve used various drawing apps, so I can’t remember exactly what I used to get these effects. Does it matter? I guess if I want to replicate it. I feel my brain fizzing as I look at it, what was I thinking when I drew it? Some thoughts about illustration, about science, come to mind. I like it!

Colour/color

Posted on December 21, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Artrage oils, Bright, Color, Colour, Creative, Curves, Design, Digital art, Digital drawings, Free app, Fun, Layout, photo editor, Poem, Poetry, WordsLeave a comment

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Zing, pow, wow, words

Colour, fields, world

Splashing, crashing, dashing

Down new ways and old.

Bold, hidden, subtle, explosions.

Harsh or soft.

Voom va voo.

Give me 54321…..

Lift off!

Colour or color

don’t care how you spell it..

Just share it!

Our history

Posted on December 19, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Gladstone Pottery, Life, Rain, Sketching, Stoke urban sketchers, Stoke-on trent, Sunshine, WeatherLeave a comment

Potbank, Stoke-on-Trent. I think I drew this at the Gladstone Pottery museum last year? This was part of a ‘throw down’ held by Stoke Urban Sketchers after an afternoon of drawing in rain and shine. We were in a covered area so we could put the drawings down on the ground.

Urban sketchers usually draw outside, so we need to wrap up warm when we go out in the winter, and shelter when it’s raining or windy.

Next year I want to go out with them more often. You get to see places you might not go to otherwise.

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