Ice lolly 6 pence?

Posted on June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1960's and 70's, Decemalisation, Design, Icecream, Memories, Money, Nostalgia, Pence, Poster, Pounds shillings and pence, Time, Times changeLeave a comment

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I can remember before decimalisation in the UK when money came in LSD, (pounds, shillings and pence) if you bought an icecream cone it might be 6d, which meant you paid a sixpenny piece or two thrupences 3d.

This picture is after decimalisation. Because the prices, like 6p have the new letter. I remember sixpence old money was 2 1/2 pence in new money (we actually had coins marked as ‘new pence’).

Oh how times change! Dracula and Dalek ice lollies! I think they still sell funny faces though. As they say ‘I scream you scream, we all scream for ice-cream!’

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Posted on June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Confidence, Covid 19, Design, Digital art, Digital drawing, Dissappear, Life, Lost, Poem, Poetry, Think, Thinking2 Comments

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You looked out in May

So proud and keen

Your profile reflected in glass

In the window.

Sure you would keep safe.

The sky would not fall…

Now you have dissolved,

Lost your identity.

Impaled on shards of humanity.

Sifted and sprinkled

With covid 19.

Stay safe they said

As you disappeared.

Betrothed

Posted on June 17, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Betrothed, Blogging, Challenge, Design, Engaged, How do i do this, Idea, Ideas, WorkLeave a comment

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Well this is interesting, I have got to draw a picture using a few symbols based on my alphabet idea. (I had to choose different symbols to illustrate each letter of the alphabet). The challenge only allows me to use the symbols for three letters. I have to come up with an image based on the word betrothed….

It’s going to be hard to come up with an illustration to represent it.

I also have to draw something to the idea crocodile eggs….. I’m not sure what I will do! Wish me luck!

Art…

Posted on June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Architecture, Art, Biology, Design, Drawing, Essential workers, Mechanical design, Medicine, Non essential workers, Online design, Pictures, Science, Sunday Times article, Technical drawingLeave a comment

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The Sunday Times newspaper has run an article which compares essential and non essential workers.

Their survey had a list of images, essential has doctors I think at the top, and artists at the top of non essential jobs. So it says artists are the least essential workers?

I feel this argument should be challenged.

So no one ever designs things using their artistic skills, or paints scenery, or designs art for their walls, or cars, or wallpaper, or covers for books, or diagrams for science books, or medical textbooks. Or designs for online gaming art, or creating beautiful jewellery, or clothes or shoes. Or patterns on China and pottery. No art is used in news papers to show images of essential or non essential workers, how could anyone be employed to illustrate anything? No one ever read a cartoon or a children’s book! Obviously……! No one ever drew rainbows for the NHS. Children don’t need art to learn how to understand biology or architecture or any other complex concept. Richard Feynmann and Steven Hawking never used pictures to explain their theories of quantum mechanics. What about technical drawing? But… statues are now grey boxes, Leonardo is a turtle…. And he was never drawn!

The cat sculpture is happy

Posted on June 13, 2020June 13, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Art, Blacksmith, Commission, Design, Etruria forge, Happy, Pleased, Sculpted Steel, SculptureLeave a comment

The cat sculpture by Charis Jones, of Sculpted Steel based at the Forge at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, has settled nicely into the greenery of our garden. It stares out from between geraniums and lilies. The light glints on its glass eyes and shows off the lovely green coppery finish.

I don’t commission art very often, but Charis translated my two dimensional drawing into a remarkably beautiful cat. Proud and purrfect. It’s crinkly whiskers full of character. I’m pleased to possess it.

Necklaces

Posted on June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Design, Fused glass, Glass, Glass necklaces, Inspiration, Jewellery, Random, Wire weavingLeave a comment

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I got some of my necklaces back from a gallery that closed down last week. Most of them are quite chunky. I had a few small ones that were being made (my friend does wire weaving) but with the lockdown I haven’t been able to get some of them back.

I promised a couple to friends and I’m very disappointed they haven’t been able to have them yet. It’s only because of covid 19 that I haven’t been able to pass them on.

Alphabet?

Posted on June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Alphabet, Art, Colour, Coursework, Design, Life, Mark making, Pattern, Pencils, Pens, SketchingLeave a comment

Part of my study is to come up with patterns or shapes to indicate individual letters. You are supposed to use shapes you sketch with or others that fit into a usable vocabulary of marks. I shade a lot but also use dots and dashes. I have added straight lines and spirals. Some squiggles. I wonder if I should have added curves or ellipses. It’s hard to decide what shapes to use. I wanted things to be quite organic, and I’ve used various pens to see how each would look.

I may have completely got the wrong end of the stick, but I’m hoping this is what they want. Perhaps I should have made it neater. Not sure.

Changing pictures with filters

Posted on June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Change, Design, Digital art, Filters, Fun, Photo filters, Photodirector, Photoshop, Portrait drawing, self portraitLeave a comment

In this case I drew the image on the left in photoshop years ago it’s me in the style of an Escher drawing. Today it popped up in my memories in Facebook so I decided to see how it would look if I put it through the photodirector app. I used a tool called style. You have a choice of six options, and I think I used the second one for this.

I like the way it concentrates the lines in places and gives it a sharper look. But I do prefer the original… Substance over Style?

A-Z

Posted on June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Alphabet, Art, Black and white, Blogging, Colour, Design, Drawing, Illustration, Life, Mark making, Pattern, SketchingLeave a comment

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As part of my coursework I need to come up with a different mark for each letter of the alphabet. The first decision is to choose what tool to use to make these marks. I have used a 0.8 tip unipin ink pen. But I could have chosen charcoal, or a brush, or some other form of mark making. Then I could choose colours as well as shapes. I am not sure if I have chosen the right sort of format. The next step will be to draw something using shapes for a few letters only. Say five or six of them. Maybe my shapes are too small? It’s all like a big puzzle.

Finished doodle

Posted on June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, Black ink, Design, Doodle, Drawing, Etch-a-sketch, Fun, MazeLeave a comment

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Contours. I’ve always liked them. On maps, on artworks. I used to have an etch a sketch and I got good at drawing mazes on it. I would draw lines, round and round from the centre, build in dead ends, and spend hours creating structure. That’s basically what this is, not that there are any dead ends, apart from where I made mistakes.

Hope you like x

Mallaband-Brown

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Ice lolly 6 pence?

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Betrothed

Art…

The cat sculpture is happy

Necklaces

Alphabet?

Changing pictures with filters

A-Z

Finished doodle