The Queue for the Queen

Posted on September 17, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Black ink fine line pen, Death, Drawing, funeral, Life, public, Queen, Queue, Sadness, Sketching, Sorrow, state funeralLeave a comment

The Queen is lying in state in Westminster Hall with Guards at each corner of the dias where her coffin sits draped in the Royal standard. She has been there since Thursday and the public are filing past in solemn mourning. A queue up to five miles long as been moving slowly through London while people wait to view the Monarch. The start of the queue was suspended for a while as there were too many people joining it. At one stage they were saying it would take twenty two hours to reach Westminster Hall. It is continuing to move night and day, and will run until the last people are allowed to view the lying in state at six thirty am on Monday 19th September. After that the queue will be closed and will have to disperse because the State Funeral will take place. Such a sad and solemn occasion.

Laughter

Posted on August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black ink fine line pen, Clown, Drawing, evil clown, Felt pens, Prompt, SketchingLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt is laughter. Well I tried to channel laughter and came up with a rather evil looking clown! Doodled this late last night then coloured it in this morning when I could see what colours I was using… Eek!

Histology.

Posted on June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black ink fine line pen, cells, Doodle, Drawing, histology, Life, Pattern, SketchingLeave a comment

I don’t know what I was doing but this emerged today. It looks like a slice through some tissue. Maybe animal or vegetable. I kept doing lay ers of pattern. A line of the drawing had to stick to rules that I set for myself, like a curve every few centimeters or a wobbly line, so that some areas are lighter and less marked than others. It actually drawn on the back of the bird doodle I drew yesterday. I could see where the ink was showing through, but then I decided to extend it further. This was the result.

Heart

Posted on May 12, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, Black ink fine line pen, Drawing, Felt pen, Heart, Imagine, Life, Peace, Red, Sketching, World5 Comments

How many hearts did I draw? I can’t count them. They took a while to sketch. I’m not sure what I drew them for. I think I’d like to see more love and peace in the world. I would rather draw something like this in the situation the world is in at the moment. I know I can’t change things much, but I can say it. Life is difficult for so many, but the John Lennon song ‘Imagine’ , and also the song ‘Give Peace a Chance’ mean a lot to me. Maybe we should try and do that?

Nature

Posted on April 21, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black ink fine line pen, Cherry, Cherry blossom, Drawing, Felt pens, Flowers, Nature, SketchingLeave a comment

Our cherry tree blossom has come out in the last few days. I decided to draw it for our #bandofsketchers prompt today. The word was Nature. I’ve seen some bumble bees around the lovely flowers. Felt pen and black ink fine line pen. It would also fit if we had a Spring prompt.

Summer house doorway

Posted on February 7, 2022 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Black ink fine line pen, Cat, Feelings, Garden, Life, Sad, Summerhouse, Thinking, Tuxedo cat, Urban sketchingLeave a comment

May 2020. This is an urban sketch because its ouside drawn in real time. I’m pleased with some of the details I added, like our plastic garden chair with the cut out curves in the back. When I sat and drew our then outside cat sitting by the summerhouse door. I haven’t been in the summer house much since then. I guess things got to me a bit. I didn’t shake then… I need to start feeling like I can be less isolated. But because my balance isn’t as good I always feel like I might tumble over. My hubby is good at leaving things in the way and I’m rubbish at bending over to move them. How did I get like this? It’s easier to hide away in the house. I need to try and sort myself out, but just getting doctors appointments is difficult. Anyway enough feeling sorry for myself. X

Hand

Posted on January 11, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black ink fine line pen, Challenge, Drawing, Fun, Hands, Life, Prompt, Sketching3 Comments

#bandofsketchers prompt today is hands.
Insomnia struck and I wanted something to do so I drew round my left hand as I used to when I was a kid. Then I filled it in, wondered what it would look like with nail varnish. Finally added a pattern so it looks like it’s resting on something. X

Cat washing

Posted on December 28, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white cat, Black ink fine line pen, Drawing, Hatching, Shading, Sketching, Sleep, WashingLeave a comment

The problem with drawing cats from life is that they move! They get into interesting positions and shapes then a second later a different leg is up in the air or they have turned round, head up, down, twisted. Eyes open, eyes closed. The trick is to outline the drawing first, filling in the black area afterwards. This was a five minute sketch. Late night, the cat is settling down for a sleep. I do try and draw from memory but it doesn’t always work, especially with cats!

Watching

Posted on December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black ink fine line pen, Drawing, Life, Prompt, Sketching, TV, WatchingLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt is watching. I’ve been watching my hubby watching TV. The last few days have seen a lot of watched TV, we could have done some walking but we’ve mainly kept ourselves to ourselves, just a bit of contact with the outside world….. Black ink fine line pen and green metallic pen.

Boxes

Posted on December 26, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black ink fine line pen, Box, Boxes, Christmas, Felt pens, Sketching, TimeLeave a comment

#bandofsketchers prompt today is box.. I drew a couple of boxes. The slatted one at the back is one I keep art equipment in, the other one with the Christmas decorations on top contained the Teddy bear and other presents from my sister. I didn’t realise it had this nice lid until I took the things out of the box. Metallic felt pens and black ink fine line pen.

Mallaband-Brown

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