Another Sketchfu drawing

Posted on October 26, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, digital drawing. digital art, Drawing, killer whale, orca, Sketchfu, Spectrum, Whale2 Comments

This was a favourite drawing I did at Sketchfu, I can’t remember if it was a challenge drawing or just something I decided to copy because I liked it so much. I enkoyed trying to show the sunlight penetrating down through the water and catching the Orcas back. Its a bit sketchy but not too bad.

Water changes the colours you see, and the deeper you go, the more towards the blue end of the spectrum the colours become. Reds and yellows fade away as you go deeper, until the blackness in the depths of the water absorbs all light. It is at those depths that you start seeing the dim glows of Angler fish. I actually think it would be fascinating to go down in a submercible and to see some of the otherworldly wonders, but I dont think I ever will. But I can use my imagination…

Pots

Posted on October 25, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #uskuk2019, Cherished Chimneys, Chimney, Drawing, Flowers, Fun, Gardening, Longport, Reclaimed, Sketching, Urban Sketchers Stoke-on-Trent6 Comments

Chimney pots outside Cherished Chimneys in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent during Urban sketchers Stoke-on-Trent’s national sketching weekend in the Summer of 2019. So many shapes and sizes. We bought a couple as planters and filled them full of summer flowers. They make a terrific display because it raises the plants up above the ground. It’s also a good reuse of an object that might otherwise get smashed and used for hard-core on a building site.

Nail varnish cat

Posted on October 25, 2020 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cat, Cat on mat, Children's book illustration?, Colour, Design, Drawing, Glossy, Illustration, Nail varnish, Picture, SketchingLeave a comment

Late last night I decided to colour in a drawing with nail varnish. I did a picture of ‘the cat sat on the mat’, then I coloured in the background with marker pens.

I had difficulty taking a photo I wanted to include the sheen of the varnish but could only get it with the page tipped up. When you look at it straight on the image is a lot flatter. It’s just a design based on the old cat sat on the mat idea. I can imagine it being used as a children’s book illustration.

Phoenix doodle

Posted on October 24, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Birds, Black ink, Colours, Curves, Doodles, Drawing, Face, Fun, Patterns, Sketching, Spirals3 Comments

I drew some curves and spirals then started adding doodles, including a couple of birds and a face. I started using a fine line black ink pen, but it was running out so I turned instead to a black calligraphy pen. When I’d finished I decided to add colour. That helped accentuate some of the shapes. I could do more but decided to leave it. I called it phoenix because a bird seemed to ge appearing from the background.

Time flies, digital drawing.

Posted on October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Artrage oils, Digital drawing, Drawing, Fun, Halloween, Metallic, Sketch app, Sketching, SkullLeave a comment

Since we are in the Autumn and Halloween is coming up I thought I would draw something spooky in ArtRage oils. I don’t use the application very often, but it has some nice features including a metallic sheen if you turn the tool for metallic oil up. The writing the cracked paint and the lines on the clock were drawn in the Sketch app. I do like mixing things up a bit. I know it’s finger painting, but I like the imprecise way it looks, sketchy and a bit rough.

My friend

Posted on October 22, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, Drawing, Face, Female artists, Fine line pen, Friend, Picture, Portrait, Sketching, Woman artists2 Comments

Just done this black and white sketch of my friend. Using a not very good black fine line unipoint pen (almost run out). Reminds me how much I love doing portraits. Getting the eyes right is my main intention. I struggled to draw her hair.

Music prompt

Posted on October 22, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black and white sketch, Cassette player, CD player, Design, Drawing, Dvds, Equipment, Fun, MusicLeave a comment

My ‘music’ sketch. We have a stack of music playing equipment over in the corner, CD player, cassette player, speaker and loads of old videos etc. All a bit out of date now. Sadly we mainly listen to the radio so it’s all gathered dust recently.

For the #bandofsketchers series of sketches I’m doing to respond to prompts that are posted every other day. If you come to Facebook and look for band of sketchers you could join in.

Old goat

Posted on October 20, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital drawing, Doodle, Drawing, Fun, Goat, Layers, Pattern, Picasso idea, Sketchfu, Years agoLeave a comment

Drawing I did at sketchfu several years ago before the site closed. Basically a doodle with a bit of low opacity to colour the background like watercolour. I was trying to get a Picasso effect.

Green man ideas

Posted on October 20, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Autumn, Design, Digital drawing, Drawing, Fun, Green man, Layout app, Leaf, Photo2 Comments

Just played with some photos of a single maple or sycamore leaf. I added some lines and patterns and ended up with three different green man ideas. Maybe one day I will turn these into cards? I enjoy tweaking things and making something different.

Today’s #bandofsketchers sketch

Posted on October 20, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black and white, Drawing, Hand, Life, Pen and ink, Prompt, Sketch6 Comments

Today’s prompt for #bandofsketchers was a drawing of a body part, so I chose to draw my hand, drawing the sketch! I’ve seen other drawings where a person has drawn their hand and a sketch pad balanced on their crossed legs. Adding the shadow of my pen and my hand on the sketchbook to try and indicate this is a sketch, also not completing the line at the base of the box. When I do a sketch like this I have to try and think logically about how it works, what it’s meant to indicate and whether I need to include all the details or if I can leave some more sketchy.

Mallaband-Brown

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