Quick sketch

Posted on July 24, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Bird, Bluebird, cross, Drawing, Life, logo, Money, Poem, Poetry, Sad, Thinking, tweet, Twitter5 Comments

Farewell little Bluebird,

You will never tweet again

X marks the spot where you sat

Crossed out by a new logo

Time to say goodbye X

Cross

Posted on July 11, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Abstract, Art, Colour, cross, Drawing, Life, Photodirector, Prompt, Sketching2 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was cross. I decided to try and draw some sort of jewel like cross. It got a bit messy as a felt pen drawing so I edited it adding texture with photodirector AI style and then added a background to it in the same app.

Variations on a Cross

Posted on April 7, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged cross, Digital drawing, Digitally manipulated, Easter, Good Friday, Life, Light, VariationsLeave a comment

An Easter symbol, digitally manipulated. Today is Christian Good Friday when Jesus was crucified. I thought I would try creating something that looked slightly baroque but combined with a simple brown cross shape. I added light on the final panel. I’m not religious, but at this time of year the symbology and ideas of peace and love stick with me. I hope this is OK and does not cause offence.

Dog

Posted on August 7, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Consall forge, cross, Day out, Dog, Friendly, Fun, intelligent, Photo, shitzu, Singing2 Comments

Met a lady with this beautiful girl today. Its a shitzu crossed with another dog, but I’m afraid I can’t remember what that was. Such a nice natured dog, she was interested, intelligent, listened to her owner. Was friendly. Had no ‘snappiness’ even when the singer who was entertaining us had a crackling microphone which disturbed his own dog. I think she’s really pretty and asked permission to take a photo. This might turn into a painting.

Crosses

Posted on April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Carving, celtic cross, cemetery, cross, Crosses, History, Pattern, Staffordshire, Stoke, Stoke-on trent, Stone2 Comments

Three crosses in Stoke Cemetery, seen on my walk today. I’m interested in the celtic patterns on them, some more pronounced than others. This ancient design style is subtle and complex. I want to learn more about them again. I wrote a thesis on pre- Christian celtic art for my degree, but I would love to learn how to draw the patterns. I get lost in the patterns. I need quiet and concentration I think.

Celtic cross

Posted on April 4, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, arm, Art, celtic cross, cross, Doctors, Drawing, Easter, Fed up, Painting, Shaking, Stone carving2 Comments

Tried to do a celtic cross (wonky). Sponged black paint. Black ink, then watercolour and finally a bit more black ink on top…
#bandofsketchers prompt today is Easter. I did try and copy this from a photo, but my left hand and arm wobble and shake so much its affecting my right arm. Very fed up. Would love to do something more accurate. I think I’d better try and get in the doctors.

Mallaband-Brown

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