A recurring theme

Posted on July 17, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colour photography, Colours, Contrasting colours, Design, Flowers, Layout app, Photo, Photography, Red/green, Yellow/purpleLeave a comment

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I decided to join three photos together and duplicate them as I see the joined photo as similar to a mandala. The pattern concentrates my mind and I see faces in the resultant image. The green/red and yellow/purple of contrasting colours makes it all the more vibrant.

I’m also doing this because I want to avoid getting my paints out! I’ve got a craft stall in a couple of weekends and I have to admit I’m prevaracating. I know I’ve got to do art but I’m not sure what to do. A bit of an artists block again. I think it’s because I’ve been doing so much lately that my mind needs a rest. I will be ok though, just taking a breather.

Glass window?

Posted on June 28, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Design, Flood fill, Micro poetry, Playing, Poem, Poetry, Stained glassLeave a comment

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I was playing around with a photo of the stained glass windows in the church and came up with this. I sort of like it although I’m not sure the church would. When you use flood fill it causes a loss of details so you can’t see the faces on the image. I chose a rainbow flood fill so could create circles on top of the image.

Circles

curves and angels

winged with colour

flying high.

Art with rainbows

Black reflections,

illuminating and obscuring.

Circular arguments,

simple shapes

scriptural thoughts

saints and sinners,

seperated by glass.

Tiles in the church

Posted on June 28, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Colours, Design, Geometric shapes, Life, Minton, Minton tiles, Tiles2 Comments

Today I got some photos of Minton tiles in St Thomas’s Church penkhull. I’ve got to paint some for the Mystery play so I needed to see the genuine article. I’m hoping I can get a realistic look to them. They are in a scene where they have to be sold to raise money.

What I like are the simple colours, browns, pale ochres, blues and white. The interesting geometric patterns and curves. I may struggle to replicate them. But you have to try!

Six trees painting

Posted on May 17, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Avrylic on canvas, Bluebells, Colours, Rode hall, Staffordshire, TreesLeave a comment

Inspired by the Rode Hall bluebell walk we did a week ago. The vertical trunks that were so evenly spaced with the darker fence in front made a striking photo. I’m not sure if I’ve managed to capture that here. Bluebells are a difficult colour to capture. I tried mixing ultramarine with white, then when that didn’t work I used a bit of deep magenta, and also pale Windsor violet. I used a bit of metallic blue to give them a sparkle.

The trees are mainly sap green with yellow and white added.

About 12 x8 inches, acrylic on canvas.

Idea for a quilt

Posted on May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Butterfly, Colours, Design, Idea for quilt, Life, Pattern, Quilt, Sewing ideaLeave a comment

Just playing with the abstract pictures I drew, making a butterfly pattern then duplicating it, adding borders as if each piece was sewn together. I think I could make something out of this using cut pieces of patterned cloth using the butterfly as a template. I’m not sure about the colours as it gets mixed into the pattern. I wondered if I added some black to the background.

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I sort of like the more random feel to this. At least I am being creative.

Dawn colours

Posted on May 11, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Colours, Dawn, Environment, Life, Morning, Possible painting, SunriseLeave a comment

DSC_1912_optimized I’m thinking of painting a bright sky, filled with violets and pinks, ochre and brownish reds. Showing the sun rising behind clouds, leaves and telephone wires framing the dawn.

I’m wondering how to mix the colours so they glow? Should I use golds and silvers to enhance it.

I’m thinking of painting the world anew. Rich colours exploding in the morning light.

Last year’s Tulips

Posted on May 1, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Colours, Flowers, Fun, Garden, Gardening, Layout app, Life, TulipsLeave a comment

I’ve not had much time in the garden recently and missed most of the daffodils and tulips so here are some tulips from last year. Things have also got a bit squashed by some building and gardening work, I want to get back out there and tidy things up.

There are a few patterns created by duplicating the photos using the layout app on my phone. I hope you like these.

Exhibition at centre space.

Posted on April 20, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Centre space, Colours, Photo collage, Photography, Spode visitor centre, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

I had the pleasure of meeting an artist and photographer called Cyril Tilstone at his exhibition at Centre Space tonight. It is based at the Spode heritage visitors centre at spode site, Eleanora Street, Stoke-on-Trent. It started tonight and is on for a month.

His images are photo collages of bottle ovens or historic buildings like cherished chimneys at Longport. With interesting and intruiging compositions including things like chimney pots, doves, paintings by Joshua Reynolds and even marbles. The images are colourful and show the industrial history of Stoke-on-Trent in a new way. There are time travelling Dr Who characters dotted about. This is a gentle and gently humorous look at Stoke-on-Trent past and present.

I would recommend it to you.

Roses and fruit.

Posted on April 14, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Apple, Art, Blue, Challenge, Cherries, Colours, Flowers, Fruit, Red, Roses, SketchfuLeave a comment

I keep finding drawings that I did at sketchfu all those years ago that are popping up on my memories page. I just want to share them because I’m quite proud of them considering it was just a site with basic tools. I’m posting a different set in a minute. I did do drawings of more people but they haven’t emerged from the depths of FB yet.

Lines

Posted on April 13, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Colours, Life, Lines, Playing with words, Poem, Poetry, Random lines, Random rhymeLeave a comment

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Lines, drawn or written

Colours shaded or seen

Life is convolution

Hues and tones between.

Moving through the world

Splashing it with paint,

Vision of something beginning

Sent from Earth and Space.

Flashes of many memories

Drawing together in time

Image of family united,

Pixels describing with line.

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