Having a sketchbook

Posted on October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, Drawing, Ink pen, Landscape, Life, Sketchbooks, Sketches, Trees, Urban sketch2 Comments

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I’ve been taking my sketchbook with me recently because of doing the one inch drawing challenge. That’s meant that I have drawn pictures as well as photographing them.

Yesterday I was looking at autumn trees in front of black and white buildings (the architecture looks like its from the 1920’s or 30’s.) Sturdy, tall trees were starting to colour up as autumn starts to bite. The branches were swaying and soughing in the wind. This is a season I can relate too. It’s sometimes quiet and misty, other times dramatic. That’s what I enjoyed about drawing it. Trying to bring a bit of that drama into it. You can’t draw every individual leaf in a ten or fifteen minute sketch, but you can try and add movement.

For information I used an a6 sketchpad and a unipin fine line pen size 0.8.

Today’s one inch challenge drawing

Posted on October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1" challenge, Art, Black and white, Drawing, Image, Lion, Rain, Sketch, Sketching, Weather2 Comments

It’s very wet outside, so I’ve done my 1″ challenge sketch for the day. I’ve just drawn a picture of a painting of a lion I’m doing. It’s a work in progress. (progressing slowly). I’ve got lots to do, but I’m not in the mood. I think the weather is getting me down!

Drawing challenge

Posted on October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Begonia, Blue, Drawing, Flowers, Fushias, Garden, Gardening, Green, Hanging baskets, Life, Lobelia, Plants, Red, YellowLeave a comment

Today is day 8 of the October 1″ drawing challenge. This is just a quick sketch of our hanging baskets outside the window. Because they are in the back yard they are a bit walmer than in the main garden so although it’s got chilly there has not been a frost to kill them off. If I remember I will take a few photos tomorrow. I also coloured the picture in with a sketching app.

The flowers are Begonias, Fushias, Lobelia and others I don’t remember.

Halloween creature

Posted on October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Drawing, Halloween, Horror, Illustration, Imagined, Murkman, Myth, Short storyLeave a comment

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A raging creature stalks the land, emerging from foggy woods and green ponds. Hidden hollows and frightful cliffs. The Murkman has stubby wings as well as sharp claws.

Stabbing and slashing, the Murkman hides while waiting for the unwary traveller or hiker.

Only seen just before it kills, it creeps up behind its victim and uses its wings to hover at neck height. Because this fearful creature is only 6 inches long. It can be disabled or even killed with mosquito spray….. Stay Safe…..

Singing workshop

Posted on October 6, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Fun, One inch challenge, Penkhull, Penkhull Village Hall, Singing, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Urban sketching, WorkshopLeave a comment

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Quick sketch of people singing at a workshop today up at Penkhull village hall.

We sand lots of autumn songs, including old English songs and a poem set to music by the poet Lemn Sissay and musician Anni Tracey. We also sang a French song written in 1945 and translated into English called Autumn Leaves. It was by Joseph Kosma and Johnny Mercer with arrangement by Greg Stephens.

We got on really we and had a lovely time. The teachers Kate and Penny were very patient and helpful. I enjoyed it

But I can sketch….

Posted on October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Life, Lion painting, One day challenge, Pen and ink, Sketches, Snowman Mug, Urban Sketchers3 Comments

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It’s day 5 of the one inch drawing challenge for October. I decided to draw what’s in front of me. A dining chair with a small box easle sitting on it a canvas with a half painted lion and my snowman mug (just big enough for a decent dollop of decaff coffee). Lots of old paint brushes in the tray of the easle. Books on the floor behind…. I don’t care where I draw as long as I can.

Second day drawing

Posted on October 2, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Coaster, Drawing, Fun, Life, October, One inch challenge, SketchLeave a comment

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What to draw? It was five past midnight and I decided to draw a coaster on the table which has a picture of a ship and a yatch on it. A coaster on a coaster! But now I’m not sure if I should not have done it. I could have done something later today…. Oh well, it won’t be the last drawing I do in this challenge.

1.10.19 one inch drawing challenge.

Posted on October 1, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Giant bee, inktober, Nantwich, One inch challenge, Pen drawing, Sculpture2 Comments

1st drawing on 1st October 2019, the giant straw bee at Snugburys, Nantwich. The challenge is to fit the image into a one inch square. To be completed over the thirty one days of October.

I did it from a photo on my phone because it was ouring down with rain. If the weather is better I will try and draw en plein air.

Drawing challenges

Posted on September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Challenges, Design, Drawing, Drawing diary, Fun, inktober, Life, One inch challenge, Pen and ink, Pencil2 Comments

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In October there are a few challenges to get you drawing. The first is Inktober. You can find various challenges based on this theme on the Internet. Each one is based on doing a drawing a day for the month of October. People use a hash tag, #Inktober2019 is this years I think. There are suggestion on what to draw, for instance halloween themes or autumn. These can also be found on line.

The second challenge is the one I may be doing. This is the one inch drawing challenge. You draw thirty one, one inch squares and do a tiny drawing a day. My only problem? I don’t know if I’ve got a ruler to draw the boxes!

Learning to draw…

Posted on September 20, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Design, Drawing, Fun, Learning, Paints, Paper, Pencils2 Comments

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Someone was asking for ti’s on how to start drawing today so I gave this response.

Choose good quality things to draw with. If you use pencils try softer ‘b’ numbers not hard ‘h’ ones. It’s nice to see the marks you make. Also choosing a combination of thin and thick nibbed black pens means you can have different sizes of marks. Choose a sketchbook that has at least a hard back if you can. Not too big. That way it’s easier to hold and it doesn’t slump mid drawing. Finally you could practice making marks with them. I started drawing copies of things when I was a child. I chose something I liked. It helps your hand eye coordination. You don’t have to do that though. Everyone will do things differently.

I suppose I could have talked more about what to draw, but I think basic equipment is important. If you draw something but it looks weedy and thin it it can put you off. Like when you use cheap paints. You don’t get a good effect, you can’t really see the result and you might have to scrub at the paper to get the marks to show up.

Mallaband-Brown

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