New paintings and regular art updates.
Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was monument. I was going to draw the Duke of Sutherlands monument near Trentham Gardens. But then I came across this stone I painted as a memorial to my cat about fifteen years ago. This bought back memories of a lovely intelligent cat. Must repaint it.
Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was Arch. I decided to draw the laburnum arch at the Dorothy Clive Garden we saw at the weekend. A very complicated image and using felt pens makes it more difficult. I start with pale colours then build up with gradually darker ones…
Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was Canyon. I don’t live in an area with canyons so I decided to colour in a black and white drawing I had done at the Dorothy Clive Garden a few days ago. It’s of the fountain at the quarry garden which is full of rhododendrons. ( is a quarry a type of man made canyon ?) Based on photos I took on the day, felt pens in my sketchbook.
Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was Europe so I decided to draw Sam Ryder who came second in the Eurovision Song contest that happened this Saturday. What a fantastic night! Felt pen drawing.
Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was memory. I don’t have a photo of this but it’s stuck in my mind. There was a rock wall and maybe a tree growing up from it, or growing nearby. That is what I see in my minds eye. The tree trunk was very gnarled and each time I walked past I saw a gnarly face.
This is from when I was a child. There was also an avenue of similar trees behind it. But I can’t remember how they were placed. Then there were park railings and houses beyond. Its funny what sticks in the memory. X
Today for #bandofsketchers we had to draw something ‘Awesome’. One thing I’ve always wanted to do is see the Aurora Borealis, northern lights. The electrons in the solar wind get trapped by Earth’s magnetic fields and get drawn to the north and south poles. There they are drawn down and they interact with the magnetic fields and great auroral lights illuminating the sky. The Southern lights are called the Aurora Australis.
Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was plants. Sorry chums. I didn’t feel up to drawing much today so done a sort of abstract plant, might do something to it later.
At the Thai temple at King’s Bromley a couple of weeks ago. I thought this would be a good image to represent Asia. Thursdays #bandofsketchers prompt was Asia. Felt pen drawing.
Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was history. I drew Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison, better known as Sister Dora (16 January 1832 – 24 December 1878), she was a 19th-century Anglican nun and a nurse who worked in Walsall, Staffordshire. She nursed miners after mine disasters. She is known as Walsall’s Florence Nightingale. I remember this statue in the town centre in the 1970’s. One of a very few statues of women in the UK. She died of breast cancer aged 46.
Today the #bandofsketchers prompt was fruity. Its a bit ‘sketchy’ because I was trying to draw in a dark room and it was hard to get the colours right. The fruit were real but I made the bowl up. It’s meant to be oranges and lemons in a cornish blue and white bowl.
Mallaband-Brown