Auroral display

Posted on October 3, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, aurora Australis, aurora borealis, Drawing, Felt pens, Life, Sketching, Spaceweather.comLeave a comment

I’ve always wanted to see the Aurora Borealis and last night and tonight might have been the chance. But two things are against it. I live too far south and its cloudy. The reason why it might have been visible is because there is a large area of sunspots that had come into view around the edge of the Sun. It has strong magnetic North and South currents which increases the chance and strength of Coronal Mass Ejections and Solar flares. These could be directed Earth-wards and spark Aurora in both the North (Aurora Borealis) and South (Aurora Australis).

I’d like to see the nothern lights one day. It’s on my bucket list. More information can be found at Spaceweather.com.

Drawn meditation

Posted on October 3, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white drawing, blank areas, Design, Meditation, Pattern, SketchingLeave a comment

Drawing another type of meditation. Patterns help me. I give myself rules to keep to….I’m leaving some white areas on this to give my eyes somewhere to rest.

Fairies

Posted on October 2, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, blue bricks, dancing fairies, Drawing, Fairies, Life, Memory, Rain, Sketching, splashes, Water6 Comments

When I was a little child I used to look out of the window at the rain falling in our back yard. We had blue brick paving that became shiny as it got wet. As puddles began to fall the raindrops would splash up in circles. I decided that they were tiny fairies dancing in the rain.

When things happen in life you remember things that you haven’t for years. I’m glad to retrieve this memory.

Rain

Posted on October 2, 2022October 2, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Drawing, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Rain, Sketching, Weather, Westport lakeLeave a comment

Trying to draw rain on a dry day! This was for todays #bandofsketchers prompt ‘rain’, I drew Westport Lake and then added strokes of pen to indicate rain and dark clouds above. It was a black and white drawing but I decided to add watercolours to it when I got home. Beyond the front line of trees is the A500 and the main railway line. Above that the hill leading to Newcastle under Lyme.

Blank

Posted on October 2, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, blank, blank canvas, Blocked, Canvas, Life, Painting, Sadness, Start, Stuck1 Comment

It’s blank, I have the canvas, I have the paints, I have an idea, but I don’t know where to start. I have to do a painting for someone, and I want to, but my mind is blank. Just like the canvas. I might have a fight with it later, spread some green and red paint on it. It’s just knowing how to start. I’ll have to do it, soon….

Knit

Posted on October 2, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Abstract, Art, Drawing, Felt pens, knit, Knitting, Pattern, Sketching2 Comments

Thursdays #bandofsketchers prompt was knit.. I hadn’t got a clue what to do so I drew random pattern as if it was cable knit jumper in an abstract pattern. The colours are off because I took this photo in the kitchen and the lighting has a yellow cast. I only drw it today as I didn’t feel like doing it before.

Poppies in devon

Posted on September 27, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Cliff, Colour, cove, Devon, grasses, Idea, Life, Plants, Poppies, Red, Sea, South west, SummerLeave a comment

Memory of a trip to the Southwest of England. We stopped off at a lovely sea cove, and on the cliffs above it there were bright red poppies. These were so cheering, waving in the breeze along with rough stalks of grass. I need to paint a picture of a poppy field, this might be an inspiration to work from.

Night

Posted on September 27, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, crepuscular, Drawing, Felt pens, Moon, Night, SketchingLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was night. I decided to draw a moon in the sky at night, but because I don’t have any black felt pens that work (dried up), it became a crepuscular moon, emerging from the darkening gloom of early night.

Joint challenge.

Posted on September 26, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Challenging, Collage, colour match, Fine Art, Orme Art group, Painting, pattern match, Still lifeLeave a comment

During lock down last year, members of the Orme Art Group collaborated in recreating this Cezanne still life. We took a square each and copied what we saw in whatever medium we liked. Some of the images were smaller or larger than others so when the picture was put together not everything lined up. Also the colours vary because each artist was working to their own image colour settings. I think the resulting collage is rather good. We did several separate challenges like this over covid.

Town

Posted on September 25, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black ink pen, Drawing, Felt pens, Imagination, Life, Sketching, Town, townscapeLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was town. Well, as I haven’t been out much I decided to imagine a town scape. It’s on a river and is hilly, so the main buildings are on a high street backing on to the river and the smaller buildings and houses are on the sides of the tree lined hills. Fine line pen with felt pen drawing over the top.

Mallaband-Brown

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