Fish

Posted on September 7, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Goldfish, Painting, Swirls, Time, Watercolour, Watercolour sketch, White1 Comment

My watercolour of goldfish I did this April. I just came across this while I was looking back at my previous art.

I was talking to someone yesterday about letting white paper come through in watercolours. I rarely soak the paper before I start painting and I frequently mix up strong colours, leaving patches of white where I want to show light coming through. The way I think about it is that I can control the paint without having to use masking fluid… And it’s cheaper tgan using white paint or gouache.

Drinks?

Posted on August 24, 2021August 26, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged beakers, Colours, fruit juice, Glasses, Life, Photo, Poem, Poetry, refreshing, TastyLeave a comment

Coloured drinks glasses

For…..

Fruit juice

Or……

Apple

And…..

Orange

Maybe

Lemonade?

All look good

In these

Lovely beakers.

Clouds

Posted on August 7, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Clouds, Colours, Drawing, Felt pens, Prompt, Sketching, Sunset2 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was clouds. I went for a short walk this evening and saw a nice sunset so decided to draw it. This was done with felt pens. I didn’t have the right colours for it, so it’s more purple than the real colour.

I just found this draft, so I decided to publish it.

Cat pattern

Posted on August 7, 2021August 7, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cat, Colours, Design, Filters, Flood fill, Fun, Photodirector, Playing, techniqueLeave a comment

I decided to put a cat drawing through filters

Cat drawn with a biro. Then I altered it in photodirector, and then added colours with a flood fill and a digital pen. I like building different layers. It’s fun being creative.

Colours

Posted on August 5, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, colour chart, Colours, Fun, Humour, Old, old colour chart, Painting, Paints, pallet5 Comments

Just saw this posted at Facebook. It says it’s from 1574, but I doubt it. But some of the colours names are really funny. Trying to read the font is a bit difficult so I’m leaving this as a large format picture. For instance ‘Gooseturd Green’, very descriptive! I will leave you to ponder the rest!

Hubby’s glass star

Posted on July 31, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Creating, Creativity, Fused glass, Glass, Sunshine, Workshop1 Comment

In amongst the fern leaves. My hubby created this glass star at a workshop a couple of years ago. When the sun is setting behind it the red glow of sunset sometimes lights it up. It reminds me of gum drops caught in jelly. The colours make me happy.

I think we shall book another workshop. I have an idea of us making some new pieces.

I needed chains…

Posted on July 24, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, For sale, Fused glass, Glass, Jewellery, necklace, New, Painting, vibrant, Waiting room gallery2 Comments

I’ve been panicking because I made some new glass pendants but I had no chains or laces to hang them on. In the end I went to our local supermarket and found some plain chains that were reduced a bit in price. As I make one off things I don’t use wholesalers so it’s a bit difficult to just find an appropriate match for the pendants.

I used my business cards to display the pendants. I realise now that my vibrant painting matches the colours on my jewellery.

They will be for sale at the Waiting room gallery in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.

Dog, work in progress

Posted on July 23, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Animal portrait, Art, Colours, Dog, Fine Art, fur, Painting, Texture, Work in progress4 Comments

Acrylic on canvas, a few more layers. The rough edges of his coat, where they touch the grass, need sorting out. The dig has got a silver coat and a collar and lead on which I’ve left out so I’m trying to decide where the shadows should fall and his fur. I think I’ve made some of it too yellow, I need daylight to check.

Wet-today’s prompt

Posted on July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Colours, Drawing, Felt pens, Fun, Reflection, Sketch, Wet2 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was ‘wet’, I decided to draw the view of the pool at Dorothy Clive Garden but instead of paint I used felt pens. Took about an hour.

WIP dog continued

Posted on July 15, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Colours, Dog, Fine Art, Grass, Green, Painting, Pet, Wip, Work in progress4 Comments

Grass painted and coat underpainted, need to work on the colour and details now. His coat is a bit greyer and I want to get more of the fine fur details.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Colours