Orme Art at the New Vic theatre

Posted on January 28, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged 2d art, Acrylic on canvas, Art, Drawing, Fine Art, Life, New Victoria Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Oils, Painting, StaffordshireLeave a comment

The one of art groups I am in, Orme art group, is having an exhibition on the theme of ‘Perspectives’. The show is at the New Victoria Theatre in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire. The exhibition starts on Monday 30th January 2023, and is on till the 25th of February. As the poster says, we are a diverse group, so it will be interesting to see what other people in the group are putting on display. After over a month of illness I’m really pleased to be involved with this. I’m looking forward to seeing it when it’s up. One of the group members is a volunteer at the theatre and its great to be able to show our work to a wider audience there.

Socks idea

Posted on January 27, 2023January 28, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Bottle oven, Canal, Copyright?, Drawing, Pottery, Present, Sketching, socks, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

Thursdays #bandofsketchers prompt was socks. I don’t know if these exist, so if they don’t this idea is my copyright ©. Canal and bottle oven socks. The ideal present for someone who loves industrial archaeology, is interested in the Trent and Mersey canal and needs to keep their feet warm!

Mike the snail

Posted on January 24, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Children's programme, Drawing, Fun, Life, Limerick, Sketching, Snail, the magic roundabout, TVLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was snail. I remember Brian the snail from the Magic Roundabout children’s TV programme, which I watched in the 1970’s. But this is Mike the snail. I decided to write a limerick for him.
“There was a snail called Mike,
Who decided to go for a hike!
He slid cross the table
To see his friend Mable
I saw him and shouted out YIKES!

Reflected

Posted on January 23, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Artrage oils, Colours, Digital drawing, Drawing, Fun, Metallic, Pattern, Shiny, SketchingLeave a comment

Digital abstract in ArtRage oils that I did five years ago. The centres is meant to be a metallic, shiny egg shaped object, and the outside the pattern that is seen on the object. It doesn’t quite work but I think you can see a contrast between the sharp lines of the centre, and the softer outer lines. I saw this today as a memory on my Facebook page.

Cat, a digital sketch

Posted on January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Artrage oils, Black and white cat, Cat, Drawing, Instagram, Life, Photodirector, Sketching, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

A digital drawing of a black and white cat, then which I then digitally manipulated to add textures and tilt the image. I used artrage oils free for the original drawing using a stylus on my phone screen, then photodirector to add texture and finally the editing tools including a sharpness option and tilting option on my Instagram account. I have also duplicated this image as four seperated cats, but that was done after I did this.

Flight

Posted on January 22, 2023January 22, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Artistic pottery, Drawing, Gladstone pottery museum, Life, Longton, Pigeon, Pottery, Sketching, Stoke-on trent, TV18 Comments

I just watched a programme about pottery on the TV. It’s set at the Gladstone Pottery Museum in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. I like it because people have to do challenges, tonight’s was to create three low relief birds, in a small medium and large sizes. Each one had to represent a real bird. One person did three macaws, another kingfishers, a third falcons. Each contestant made really interesting birds, the standard was very high. One person got Potter of the week, one got eliminated. Its good to see an art based programme with real skills.

The drawing above is a digital finger painting I dis in ArtRage oils a few years ago. It’s meant to be a multicoloured pigeon.

Random….

Posted on January 22, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Black and white cat, Cat, Dots, Drawing, Fun, Game, Life, Random, Tuxedo cat, twisterLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was ‘random’. Random cat drawing, they are so able to almost tie themselves in knots! I just realised the dots could be like that game ‘twister’! Felt pen and black ink fine line pen.

Lace?

Posted on January 18, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue, Design, Drawing, Grey, lace, Patterns, Sketch app, Sketching, Symmetry, White4 Comments

Once I start playing with apps I go back and make new patterns. I realised that using the symmetry tool on my sketch app I can offset them so they don’t overlap, and I used various colours from the same part of the spectrum. Then I duplicated and rotated the pattern, creating a lace like design.

Favourite filter

Posted on January 17, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Bodnant, Cold, Colour, Drawing, Felt pens, Life, Memory, Photodirector, Sketching, Snow, Swirls2 Comments

I like this particular filter on photodirector. It creates swirls but of a definite size, texturising the felt pen shading, and making a more graphic design. It sort of reorganises my artwork into something more abstract but coherent. Less realism, more illustrative. Drawing and playing with the resultant image is keeping me occupied on a very cold day, with temperatures below freezing in some parts of the country and a sprinkling of snow here, but deep elsewhere. And I dream of going to Bodnant in the spring.

History

Posted on January 17, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Bodnant Gardens, Drawing, Felt pens, Life, Llandudno, North Wales, Sketching, WalesLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was history. I decided to draw the pool at Bodnant Gardens, a house and gardens run by the National Trust near, Llandudno in North Wales. Its well known for its beautiful laburnum walk and many flowering shrubs and plants. The upper part near the house has lawns and perennial plants while the garden slopes down to a river and has lovely wooded areas.

Mallaband-Brown

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