Old YouTube channel

Posted on May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Design, Mallchris channel, Memories, Music, Old videos, Singing, Time, Videos, YouTubeLeave a comment

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Ignore the photo. I was just trying to find a simple picture to post to illustrate this.

It’s been several years since I wanted to post something to YouTube. It’s clearly changed a lot, because although I could find my old videos on my mallchris channel, I could not sort out how to post videos to it. My only option was to create a new channel there. It also made me post in my full name. Not something I would have done in the past. Some of my old videos are me singing, which is why I wanted to disguise myself! I’m not bothered any more. They are harmless.

If you want to go and have a look. Be bored by my little train videos! I’ve also got a couple of short films about some of my art….

Bye for now.

Dragon in my sketchbook?

Posted on May 8, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Design, Doodle, Dragon, Drawing, Life, Playing, Random, SketchLeave a comment

The dragon flew into my sketchpad from my imagination tonight. I was watching a series called Merlin on TV and it just sort of happened. The purple ink pen went a bit splodgy.

The world is still in lockdown. People want to escape but its not safe. So playing with glitter glue, ink pen and felt pens is just taking my mind off it. Then edited it to a negative image to be a bit different.

Haberdashery

Posted on May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #uskstoke, Art, Design, Drawing, Fun, Haberdashery, Knitting, Pattern, Sewing, Stoke-on trent, Usk challengeLeave a comment

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My little sewing kit. Today’s usk Stoke-on-Trent challenge was to draw something to do with haberdashery.

As I don’t make clothes, have any clothes patterns, or any fabric, I’m afraid this had to do. The material below the kit is a knitted cushion, a cat blanket, and a teatowel.

Without the kit I wouldn’t have had any subject matter to draw. I don’t know who will try and add to the challenge today. Now I’m off out in the sunshine to plant up some begonias.

Playing with photos

Posted on May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Design, Filters, Fun, Learning, Photo, Photo editing app, Playing6 Comments

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Thanks to a friend I’ve just found another app to play with. It seems relatively easy to use. But as this is my first ever use of it I think I will try and get a bit more used to it before I review it or tell you what it’s called. I have a feeling I might seriously mess something up. Seems much more interactive than previous apps I have used, but that might not be a good thing.

Keys, today’s challenge with #uskstoke

Posted on May 6, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #uskstoke, Art, Bold, Challenge, Colours, Day 18, Design, Drawing, Fibs, Keys, Permanent markers, Sketch, Sketching1 Comment

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Today’s #uskstoke challenge, day 18, keys.

Drew round the keys with a fibre tip ink pen. I then coloured in the different keys and fobs and the magazine and DIY instructions for my wire fairy. Finally I added some thick black felt pen to the instructions and around the keys.

The keys do look a bit chunky, but overall I think it’s OK?

Gecko

Posted on May 5, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Design, Digital art, Digital drawing, Fun, Gecko, Life, Orange and green, Pattern, SketchfuLeave a comment

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I drew this at sketchfu probably about ten years ago. I’d drawn the orange and green pattern first, and then added the gecko afterwards. I love the idea of camouflage. I can’t remember if I made the lizard up or if I used an image of one from somewhere. If I did I would have modified the colours.

One problem with sketchfu was the way the colour laid down on the screen. Different drawing apps work differently. With sketchfu what happened was that if you did not have the pens on full opacity you got a slightly fuzzy effect. Imagine if you had an old felt pen. The colour is fading and the nib is a bit frayed. That’s what the effect of the pens on the digital app was like.

I hope you like my dinky little gecko.

Picsart review

Posted on May 4, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Apps, art rage, changing images, Design, Digital drawing, digital sketching, Drawing, Fun, Imagination, Learning, Mosaic, pics art, Sketching6 Comments

Picsart was an app I really liked. I’d used it for a while and you could alter pictures and draw over the top of them if I remember . Now however there are more patterns that you can superimpose over your original art, but it doesn’t seem as interesting.

As you can see from these images I like to mess about with the effects available. On these I used effects to change the colour and hue, distortions, outlining edges and embossing.

This is the original that I drew at ArtRage.

I was trying to get a mosaic effect.

Anyway more later on. Its after 3am!

Pen tops..

Posted on May 3, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Design, Hues, Learning, Negative, Phone apps, Photo editing, PhotosLeave a comment

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Here are the permanent pens I’m using for my sketches.

I just thought I’d post a picture because I liked the bright colours. I’ve actually got another challenge I’ve been given to post black and white photos for seven days, so I could alter this…

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Of course you can use your photo editor to change the hue… _20200504_004437

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So what am I saying? If you have a smart phone, it’s fun to play with your phones photo software. You might be surprised what you can create.

Ginger swirl

Posted on May 2, 2020 Posted in Cat, SketchingTagged Art, ArtRage app, Cat, Design, Drawing, Fun, ginger cat, Sketch, Sketching6 Comments

I did this drawing on the ArtRage app. I wanted to create something a bit different, fluid, expressive. Most of my pictures are of black and white cats, but this reminds me of a swirling ice-cream, perhaps ginger and vanilla, or caramel and white salt.

Signature.. sometimes I use my full name, but for years I’ve also called myself cmb, which I like because it also stands for cosmic microwave background..but that’s another story.

When you can’t get a birthday card or a cake for a friend…

Posted on April 29, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Birthday card, Can, Candle, Candle holder, Card, Design, Drawing app, Graphics, Photo, Picture, Sketch app, Text3 Comments

I wanted to send a friend a card… sketch-1588070609298

I found a tin with a slight dent in the rim so I could push a candle holder into it. Then I added a tiny birthday cake candle and lit it and took the photo.

Added the text later in a sketch app.

I sent this to my friend with her name edited onto it. What is it they say ‘necessity is the mother of invention ‘?

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