New paintings and regular art updates.
Acrylic on canvas.
Painting is difficult with Parkinsons shakes. Details blur as the canvas waves (I was holding it), or my paintbrush won’t go in a straight line. It’s like being on a rattling train, or boat surging in a stormy sea.
I keep telling people I’m in permanent earthquake mode!
Don’t think I’ll get in the exhibition but I will keep trying.
I just went to the cinema to watch the devil wears prada 2. It’s a sequel but quite a lot later than you would expect. Maybe 20 years…? I wasn’t that impressed with the original, but this was very good. So many twists and turns.
I won’t spoil the story by telling you what happened, but it was an escape from the reality of today. It’s a sharp witted comedy which I think people would enjoy. No violence, no guns, no massive romances, just a good storyline and what I thought was a good ending. Machinations and rivalry….
The things we make for the Mystery Play.. This is a bears head that was worn by a cast member. He was dressed in ragged clothing to resemble a bears pelt.
These are made with willow withies and covered in papier mache. Painted with acrylics and emulsion paint. It will require some repair as it’s stored in a small garage, which is in need repairing too!
The rehearsals are on from tomorrow. In addition we need makers helping with scenery and costumes. Actors would help too. There’s only so much us oldies who have been involved for twenty years can do.
So if you are in the area why not pop in and see what we are up to?
Plots and plans. Time to mysteriously create a new play. After a bit of a hitch a new set of writers have been found. We are still looking for a director as the lady who was going to do it has been asked to work on something else.
It must be something in the water as another local theatre group is having problems. I think everyone is so busy working hard on their own projects that it’s hard to find the time.
I’ve got involved in the background admin and there are a lot more responsibilities than you realise. Grant applications are needed because of the difficulties with raising funds from local people. There is just not the cash available. And then extra costs appear. It’s no wonder I’m not sleeping well…
I’m finally going to get something to eat.. At midnight!
I can read
Read my thoughts
Thoughts joined together
Together in words
Words made of letters
Letters linked with lines
Lines make it cursive
Cursive makes it MINE!
I just found out it has a collaging section where I can upload multiple images then add details like text on the top. This is part way through the process but I’m not sure what else I want to do with it. My cat picture looks like a set of stamps….
No matter how small my cat always seeks bright sunshine. He was playing with his catnip mouse, rolling around, kicking out with his back legs. Happy to be playing and enjoying himself…
Cats are like that, taking the opportunity to get warm and enjoying themselves. Next.. Nap time. Xxxx
Drawing a few cards for an art group I go to’s summer fair. I decided to use cats with patterns as a design. There is a cat in a hat, a sleepy sort of leopard style one and a couple sitting together.
I did quite a few last week of just cat heads and shoulders. It’s nice to just do a bit of relaxing illustration. The pens are a bit dried out so I’ve had to be selective with the colours. X
Writers group today, prompt was Truth.
We all had different takes on this. Fiction and non fiction. My truth was about symptoms and how they affect my life. One was about getting away from domestic violence. Another was a funny story about three young women competing against each other. It had a good twist at the end.
Eight of us enjoyed two hours of friendly discussion and support. Looking at styles of prose. Non of us want to be arrogant or egotistical, we just want to improve our craft. We may be doing this for fun. But it’s stimulating and interesting.
Plus tea and biscuits helps.
Mallaband-Brown