Pears in sunlight

Posted on March 22, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bowl, Colours, Fruit, Gardening, Kitchen, Life, Light, Pears, Photo, Spring, Sunlight, Weather2 Comments

I could crop this photo to tidy it up…but the bits of blue sky reflected off the sink and the red bowl, top left, seem to add interest. I have windows on both sides of the kitchen, dual aspect I think they call it? So I get lots of light in the kitchen on sunny days as the sun climbs higher in the sky.

Spring is coming, I can feel the warmth in the sunshine. The trees are about to come into leaf, buds of blossom will be bursting, pink and white clouds. I will have to get out and prune things like our buddliea bushes. They are thugs! And the pears? They remind me we should get our crop from our pear tree later in the year….

Stop taking photos?

Posted on March 19, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bench, Christmas wreath? Poem, Colours, Memory, Photo, Poetry, Seat, silk bowsLeave a comment

Why should I?

Seeing this on a bench.

I took a photo

Why not?

Someines memory,

A lost Christmas wreath.

Someone used to sit here?

Recalled in dead foliage

And silk bows..

Coot

Posted on March 19, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Birds, Blue, Bright, Colours, Contrast, coot, Duck, Exposure, Light, Photo, shadow, Sunlight, under exposedLeave a comment

A duck and a coot. If this was a race, the coot is winning. The twig looks like the finishing line for a rowing race. The duck is a Mallard drake, I don’t know if he’s preening or asleep? I love the ripples on the water. My phone camera has reacted to the bright light and has reduced the exposure time so it appears darker. You can move the position of your camera to affect this. If you look at an area with less bright light then the exposure would open up again. But I like the strong contrast in this image and the depth of colour. It’s difficult to see the details on the birds because they are in deep shadow.

Flying

Posted on March 13, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, black bird, Colours, Crow, Drawing, Life, monoprinting, Sketch, Sketching, soft pastelsLeave a comment

Soft pastels on grease proof paper. I was trying to use this for monoprinting but the pastels were too soft and dry. I will try and find ptooer oil pastels. In the meantime I added the flying bird over the top of the other colours. Although it’s quite simple I like it…

Wet

Posted on March 12, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #100daywalkingchallenge, #bandofsketchers, Art, Blustery, Clouds, colouring pencils, Colours, graveyard, Rain, Sketching, Sky, Wet, Windy, yesterday's walkLeave a comment

Yesterday’s #bandofsketchers drawing, walked round Shelton cemetery and the wind was blowing and datk clouds gathered. It rained heavily for a short time. Worked from a photo… Prompt was wet, and it really was. Boldmere colouring pencils.

From observation

Posted on March 4, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, black marker, Colours, daily drawing, Experiment, momento Mori, Observation, Pencil, post it notes, silver marker, Sketch, Sketching, SkullLeave a comment

Today’s observational drawing, drawn on post it notes to see how the background affects the image. Not sure what the skull is of. Might be a rodent with the big front teeth. Found on a walk years ago… Momento Mori.

Gluey

Posted on March 3, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Background, Coins, Colours, Experiment, Fun, Glue, Paint, pva, Shibui, TimeLeave a comment

I’m doing mark making in my illustration course so I decided to try and make a background (could be a foundation for a shibui image? ) tossed coins, poured and pulled pva and splashed and dragged paint. Will remove the coins then use the surface to work on. I have a feeling I might use it for a cave painting style image.

Sunset sketch

Posted on February 27, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, black fine liner, Blue, Calligraphy pen, Colours, Illustration, Sketch, Sketching, Sunset, Watercolour painting, Windsor and Newton Watercolours2 Comments

Quick watercolour and ink pen sketch of the sunset on my walk today. It took me 3. 5 hours to walk 6.73 miles, but that was including stops and visits to shops. I’m haven’t blogged much today.. Too tired…

Abstract polly?

Posted on February 25, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged App, Art, Bright, Colours, Fun, Old phone, Pareidolia, Parrot, polly?, SketchLeave a comment

I was trying to think what this pattern reminded me of? I think it is similar to a parrot. The curve at the top right could be a bill. The oval feature on the left could be where the eye goes? Pareidolia, the phenomenon of seeing faces and animals where they are not actually represented. I might try and play with it….

This was originally created in my old phone photo app….

#bandofsketchers prompt

Posted on February 23, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, 15 minute sketch, Art, bookcase, Calligraphy pen, Colours, Drawing, marker pans, Sketch, staircase, StairsLeave a comment

Stairs or stairway. This is the top of our stairs with a bookcase full of books and old photo albums. Quick 15 minute sketch for today’s #bandofsketchers prompt. Calligraphy Ink pen and marker pens (some are running out).

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Colours