Layers of a collage.

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Collage, Colours, Design, Glue, Landscape, Orme Art group, Paper, Paper cutting, shiny paper, Tissue paperLeave a comment

From two years ago. Turning a drawing into a collage using Christmas wrapping paper, tissue paper and a shiny, metallic party bag.

I layered up the paper using dark urple tissue paper over a pale background to try and give the idea of silhouetted trees. Having stuck the purple colour down I then cut out the metallic paper to simulate the wire mesh fence. When I cut out the tree shape I wanted to give a feeling of the texture of tree bark. Finally I added paper on either side to act as curtains.

This was at an interesting collage workshop with the Orme art group about two years ago. I enjoyed learning a new skill.

Vision

Posted on January 26, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Artrage oils, Colours, Design, Digital drawings, Eyes, Layout app, Seeing, Senses, Sight, VisionLeave a comment

Today’s challenge on 64 million artists January challenge was to choose the sense that is most important to you.

To me my sight is the most important sense, the ability to discern colours and use them in interesting ways…..

These are a couple of digital art drawings I did on ArtRage oils and Layout a year ago. I played with colours and textures.

Blue and yellow.

Posted on January 7, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blue, British ceramic biennial, Ceramics, Colours, Glaze, Hand painted, Primary colours, YellowLeave a comment

I love the colours in this photo which I took at the British Ceramics Biennial held in Stoke-on-Trent last year.

I like the triangular patterning on the body of the pot, and the shape of is neck. I think the blue glaze is painted by hand. I love it. The yellow table surface is a brilliant contrast, making the pot stand out well against it. These primary colours are a lovely combination.

Table cloth

Posted on January 2, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue, Colours, Design, Graphics, Lettering, Orange, Primary colours, Red, Surface pattern, Table cloth, White, YellowLeave a comment

Saw this bright and breezy tablecloth in a cafe today. I don’t know who designed it so apologies for using it. I really like sign writing and shaded letters so this appealed to me. It’s neat and tidy and eye poppingly colourful, with primary yellows and orangey reds. The dark and light blues add contrast, and the whites tie it all together. Is this surface pattern or graphics, or a mixture of both.

Sunset sketch

Posted on December 29, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Artrage oils, Colours, Doodling, Drawing, Evening, impression, Picture, Purple and orange, Sketch, SunsetLeave a comment

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I wanted to do a colourful sketch of the sunset which was all oranges and purples. I can’t get it exactly right as it is drawn in ArtRage oils, basically it’s a finger painting. I got the idea from a photo by a friend on a Facebook page, but as it’s just an impression there is no point in sharing the photo as this is much more impressionistic than the original.

Drawing digitally.

Posted on December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Artrage oils, Colours, Complementary, Digital drawing, Digital sketch, Free app, Playing with colour, Red and greenLeave a comment

I haven’t done much digital drawing lately. This was done in the free ArtRage app. I was just messing around with complementary colours, in this case red and green. I might lay around with hues and tones in a later iteration of this. It’s only a finger painting really, using metallic and non metallic digital paints.

I should try and copy a photo or use the other ArtRage app I have which is the pro version. I also could play with photoshop. I will think about it when things quieten down a bit.

Sunlight patterns

Posted on December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Colours, Glowing, Mirrored, Pattern, Photos, Sun, SunlightLeave a comment

Take a sideways glance, see things differently. Twist and turn, change the colours, change the exposure, change the contrast. Fire in the sky, glowing, shining, silhouetted, the world can be an amazing place.

Last night’s painting

Posted on November 22, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Colours, Cryla, Green man, Painting, Windsor and NewtonLeave a comment

A little green man, I think it works quite well. It’s a bit like an illustration and it needs some shading and shaping. Greens used phthalo green and sap green. Then paynes grey, cadmium yellow and white and a metallic mint green. Various tubes and containers of acrylic paints including cryla and Windsor and Newton.

Bees and holly

Posted on November 22, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Bee, Colours, Design, Holly, Insect, Life, Mini paintings, Plant, scrylic on canvas, WipLeave a comment

I’m doing a few more pictures now. The yellow Bee on a yellow flower needs refining, I might make the centre of the flower a bit more orange or gold. The Holly was a bit of an experiment. The background is quite abstract. I might paint a banner across it saying Holly and Ivy, and add some Ivy scrambling up through the Holly plant. Or I might just brighten the Holly berries. Not sure…. More to follow.

Calling these finished

Posted on November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic, Art, Autumn, Canvas, Colours, Low reliefs, Modeling medium, Painting, Playing2 Comments

Well, they are a bit random, but I think I’ve done enough to these. Added some highlights and shadows then silver and bronze colours. The first is now called puddle, like a stone dropped into water, the second is simply called autumn leaves. I might do some others like this but it’s knowing what to do and how to use the modelling medium.

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