Exhibition at centre space.

Posted on April 20, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Centre space, Colours, Photo collage, Photography, Spode visitor centre, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

I had the pleasure of meeting an artist and photographer called Cyril Tilstone at his exhibition at Centre Space tonight. It is based at the Spode heritage visitors centre at spode site, Eleanora Street, Stoke-on-Trent. It started tonight and is on for a month.

His images are photo collages of bottle ovens or historic buildings like cherished chimneys at Longport. With interesting and intruiging compositions including things like chimney pots, doves, paintings by Joshua Reynolds and even marbles. The images are colourful and show the industrial history of Stoke-on-Trent in a new way. There are time travelling Dr Who characters dotted about. This is a gentle and gently humorous look at Stoke-on-Trent past and present.

I would recommend it to you.

Portrait of my hubby

Posted on April 20, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Cartoon, Doodle, Fun, Humour, Life, Portrait, Sketch, Steamed up mirrorLeave a comment

sometimes a sketch turns out to be a cartoon instead and vice versa. In this case I was just going to draw a smiley face but it turned out to be more of the real thing. I won’t put up a comparison photo but it does look a bit like him!

Happy Easter everyone.

Chimney

Posted on April 18, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Artists studios, Eleanora st, Photo, Spode, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

Chimney from a pottery kiln. The rest of the building was demolished but thus was left. Like the remains of a rocket due to fly to the moon, or a set dressing for a Sci-fi.

Outside the artists studios at Spode Site, Eleanora Street, Stoke-on-Trent. Staffordshire.

Jewellery

Posted on April 18, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Design, Eleanora st, Jewellery, Makers market, Spode, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Stoke-upon-Trent2 Comments

Glass cabochons with wire weave surrounds. These will be for sale at the Spring Makers Market at the potbank Hotel, Spode site, Eleanora st, Stoke-on-Trent. I will also be selling small and medium size paintings..

Peeling paint

Posted on April 16, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Life, Paint peeling, Photography, Spode, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Stoke-upon-TrentLeave a comment

I’m thinking of painting something like this. It’s a window in one of the buildings at spode. Goodness knows what the paint is made of. It is just so old. The wood looks dry and decaying. The putty holding the glass in is probably made with lead. Surprisingly the window looks quite clean and the building opposite is reflected in it. Capturing the detail will be a challenge.

Druid revisited

Posted on April 16, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Druid, Green man, Growth, Leaves, Life, Painting, Spring2 Comments

I’ve done some more to this acrylic on canvas. I have added more definition around the leaves but tried to leave some of the subtlety of colour in other places. It has some sparkle in the paints to give it a slightly frosted appearance as if leaves have piled up, but the face of the druid is emerging from it.

About 16″ by 12″ this is one of my more abstract pieces based on the green man theme.

I promised myself I would paint.

Posted on April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Barn owl, Environment, Life, Painting, Photography, Staffordshire wildlife Trust, Wildlife4 Comments

Today I started a painting for the first time in months. I saw an image by photographer David Tipling of a Barn Owl from a Staffordshire Wildlife Trust bookmark and just had to paint it.

Why the owl? The photographer has captured it in flight beautifully The sinuous curve of its wings seems to scythe through the air. Its face is both impassive and intent.

I hope the photographer does not mind me painting his image.

After Manet, Olympia

Posted on April 15, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital art, Drawing, Olympia, Painting, Realism, Sketchfu, Wikipedia2 Comments

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Digital drawing after a painting ‘Olympia’ by the artist Manet. I think this was another one of the challenges I drew at sketchfu. It’s a few years since I drew it. Apologies to anyone who does not like nude pictures. Edouard Manet was a French artist born 1832 died 1883.

From Wikipedia :

“Born into an upper-class household with strong political connections, Manet rejected the future originally envisioned for him, and became engrossed in the world of painting. His early masterworks, The Luncheon on the Grass (Le déjeuner sur l’herbe) and Olympia, both 1863, caused great controversy and served as rallying points for the young painters who would create Impressionism. Today, these are considered watershed paintings that mark the start of modern art. The last 20 years of Manet’s life saw him form bonds with other great artists of the time, and develop his own style that would be heralded as innovative and serve as a major influence for future painters.”

When I was studying art Manet was one of my favourite artists. I also loved the French impressionists. I wish I had the skills to actually paint in his style. This is the closest I ever got.

More stuff

Posted on April 14, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Challenge, Design, Digital drawing, Digital sketches, Life, SketchfuLeave a comment

I like drawing digitally. I need to get my computer fixed (I’ve been saying that for a couple of years) the trouble is that I got a tablet, now I’ve got a smart phone. I can do so much without having to sit in a cold bedroom in winter. But in some ways I am limited. I can’t draw on this device like I had learned to on my old PC. I’m just worried I won’t be able to upgrade without losing thousands of saved images. I imaging the inside of my computer going rusty or with spiders inhabiting it!

Cheerio for now

Roses and fruit.

Posted on April 14, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Apple, Art, Blue, Challenge, Cherries, Colours, Flowers, Fruit, Red, Roses, SketchfuLeave a comment

I keep finding drawings that I did at sketchfu all those years ago that are popping up on my memories page. I just want to share them because I’m quite proud of them considering it was just a site with basic tools. I’m posting a different set in a minute. I did do drawings of more people but they haven’t emerged from the depths of FB yet.

Mallaband-Brown

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