Canal geese

Posted on July 23, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Black, Brown, Canada geese, Canal, Colours, Grey, Reflection, Water, young geeseLeave a comment

We saw these Canada Geese on the canal today as we went for a walk after handing my painting in for the three counties open. These look like parents and young (some are in full plumage but smaller). I have plans to do a few more in a similar style for the cafe at the Etruria Industrial Museum. They are swapping out the current paintings on display. Apparently my painting of an owl was too expensive, but how can you ever earn anything if people don’t want to pay. BUT I might consider charging less because I just keep having an increasing collection of them and I really, really want them to go to new homes….

Watch out for a few new paintings over the next couple of days /weeks.

Love poppies

Posted on July 20, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blue, Colours, Favourite, Orange, Poem, Poetry, Poppy, Red, rhymes, White, YellowLeave a comment

Poppies make me smile

They have real style

If I could put them in order

I love white ones with a red border.

I like himalayan blue

I wonder if you do too?

Welsh poppies are yellow

A colour that’s mellow…

Orange from Californian lands

Red sunshine, might grow on sands

But red are my favourite flower

They seem to have a great power.

To me they are iconic

And I’m not being ironic

The colour of Ruby lips

Red blood and rose hips…..

Hot

Posted on July 18, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cherries, Colours, Gin and tonic, Glass, Hot, Photo, Poem, Poetry, sliced limeLeave a comment

A gin and tonc

With sliced lime

And added cherries

Cheered me up

It was good to sip!

Cold and icy

Nice and spicy

A dash of gin

And loads of tonic

To drown myself in!

Moon

Posted on July 10, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ancient, Colours, Countryside, Green, Landscape, Moon, moon rise, sun set, View, WordsLeave a comment

Our small moon has risen, facing the westerning sun. Over ancient walls and red tiled rooves. The green of full summer beats down on the countryside. Leaves heavy in a photosynthesising flourish. Light starts to fade as the sun slides further down towards the horizon. Moon brightens to shine its joyous light.

Reflected on brushes

Posted on July 9, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Brushes, Colours, holographic paper, Light, Photograph, Rainbow, Reflection2 Comments

I saw this rainbow light reflected on my brushes this morning. It was being caused by a holographic sketchpad that was on the cupboard next to the brushes. The pad has been there for ages but I’ve never seen this before, it must just be because of the angle of the light. I might try and base a drawing or painting on it. Today’s

Faces?

Posted on July 7, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Complementary colours, Dogs, Drawing, Eye, Frog, Green, Pareidolia, Pattern, photo editor, Red, SketchingLeave a comment

Yet again I can see faces in this pattern. Like little dogs faces. The pale green patches with black horizontal lines coulsvbe frogs eyes. I got the colours by playing with ‘curves’ on my photo editor on my phone. I like the way the complementary colours of red and green work together. I could see this as a print on a scarf or even a place mat for a coffee cup or a pattern on the actual cup.

Too many colours?

Posted on July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Doodle, Drawing, Poem, Poetry, prime colours, Rainbow colours, Rhyme, Silly, SketchingLeave a comment

Triangles and squares

Tangled nightmares?

Or coloured patches

Tiles as thatches

Worn and softened

By digital drawing hand

Playing with space

In this doodling race

Rainbow that rhymes

Abstract at times.

Looking and strolling hand in hand.

Posted on July 6, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, canal towpath, Colours, Drawing, Felt pens, hand in hand, Looking, Quick sketch, Sketching, steam rollerLeave a comment

Aren’t the backs of people interesting, watching a woman looking at a steamroller, or a couple walking along the canal towpath, hand in hand.

When you try and sketch figures quickly you have to remember their positions because they are sometimes moving. It’s easier when they stand still for a while, but that doesn’t mean they are motionless. Heads move from side to side, or the weight moves depending on which leg they are standing on. Then the arms move, hold, wave about. A few quick lines are not always enough, but I try.. Two or three minutes tops for these, then colour added later.

Artrage oils doodle

Posted on July 4, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Artrage oils, Colours, Doodles, Drawing, Face, metallic pens, nonmetallic, Playing, Sketching2 Comments

An app I don’t use very often, but sometimes I remember it and then hve a play with it. This was just a doodle of a face. There is a metallic and non metallic pen and different sizes of them, plus a dry brush, an everlasting oils brush, and two others. The colours change depending on how metallic you set it. I think I could learn to control it better if I used a stylus instead of my finger to draw.

Weight on the fence.

Posted on July 2, 2022July 2, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Colours, Fence, Fun, Gardening, Hanging baskets, Plant, Planting, pots, SummerLeave a comment

The trouble with attaching hanging baskets to the fence is that as they grow and get heavier with watering it starts to bend. It’s quite a strong trellis but I think it will need replacing in a couple of years.

The wall the fence is attached to is the same old bricks the house is made of with curved coping stones on the top to keep moisture out of the centre of the wall.

Each basket has many different plants crammed in them, then there are a series of smaller baskets with single species in them. There are individual pots balanced on the top of the wall and lots of them on the ground below. Planting up pots requires a balance of compost with crocks (broken pottery) in the bottom of the pots so they have drainage, but then I usually place a saucer or a bowl underneath to catch the water so that it doesn’t dry out. We have a hose pipe so we can water everything regularly.

Mallaband-Brown

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