Choir practice

Posted on February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Aye Waulkin oh, Choir, Choir practice, Fun, Learning, Music, Practice, Robert Burns, Singing, Summer is a coming in, The Green ManLeave a comment

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Learning new songs tonight including ‘Summer is a coming in’. That was the song towards the end of the film ‘The Green Man’. Its a joyous song of the coming of summer, but I can’t get the image of Edward Woodward being captured and killed at the end of the film out of my mind.

We also started learning a wedding song but I left the words behind so can’t remember the title. I know it was sung by the Copper family, who are a folk singing group. We also continued to practice ‘Ay waulkin oh’ by Robert Burns. It means I’m still awake, and does not mean I’m walking…. Its about a woman worrying about her lover and when he will come back to her I think.

Talking about songs I still need to remember the words to ‘Prince Ali’ for the panto. I think it’s from the film ‘Aladdin’ with Robin Williams? Anyway I’ve got two days to learn the bits the chorus sing, so that’s OK then….

Play your beautiful tune.

Posted on February 15, 2020February 15, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bow, Fun, Happy, Joy, Music, Poem, Poetry, Soaring, Strings, Thinking, ViolinLeave a comment

Notes bright and fast,

now slow and low,

up and down and round.

Vibrating strings,

music arching about.

Liquid notes,

that hold the mind

In thrall of sorrow or beauty.

Such wonderful feelings

stirred by movement,

bow drawn over strings.

Takes mind in hand

a merry dance

all through the land,

We jump and prance,

gives joy to all around!

Designing tiles

Posted on February 15, 2020February 15, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged art nouveau, Arts and crafts, Colour, Design, Digital drawing, Fun, Monochrome, Pattern, Tiles, TreeLeave a comment

I decided to make a drawing of a tree shape then played with it in various apps to change its colour and shape.

I love old fashioned Art Nouveau and Rennie Mackintosh designs from the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century. Also the Arts and Crafts movement. We have become so interested in glossy and sleek, modern, monochrome that we don’t seem to recognise that patterns can be exciting and interesting. You can do anything you want really.

Black cat

Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Birds, Black cat, Cat, Digital drawing, Fun, Life, Mice, Poem, PoetryLeave a comment

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Black cat,

Gleaming eyes,

Soft, sleek fur,

Happy purr.

Golden irises,

White whiskers,

Ears switched on,

To every sound?

Staring out,

To catch sight

Of birds flying,

Mice walking

Past the window,

Cat inside,

Bird and mice outside.

Happy me x

Game of Rock, Washer, Mangle

Posted on February 14, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Flattened man, Fun, Painting, Pantomime, Rock, Scenery, WasherLeave a comment

Panto rehearsal again tonight… Oops, the body DIDN’T line up on the back of the flattened policeman. But I can sort it out. The rock for the cave scene works fine… The washing mashing machine looks OK too I think…. Anyway its all kicking off next week… Four performances over three days.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday next week are going to be very busy.

I’ll try not to break a leg!

Jewellery at Serendiparty

Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Creative, Creatives, Design, Fun, Jewellery, Paint, Paintings, Pictures, Sculpture, Serendiparty, WorkshopsLeave a comment

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I’m really pleased that I’ve got some of my glass necklaces in the new art shop in Campbell Place, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent. It’s called Serendiparty and it’s run by a really kind person called Phil.

He has lots of artists work on display as well as his own as he is an artist himself. He does art that is created from plastic, and he is working against plastic pollution in the world.

Stoke has various creative people working in the town, including BArts, Acava Studios at Spode, Market@48 and Majestic studios. It’s good to welcome more creativity into the town. He’s going to be holding creative workshops at Serendiparty. With Staffordshire University having Fine Art and creative courses, I think this is a good add to the mix.

Looking forward to seeing what goes on there.

(ps on WordPress reader there is a picture of some food on this post, I hit the wrong button and somehow its showing the wrong image)

Child’s mural

Posted on February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on walls, Acrylics, Art, Blogging, Cartoon characters, Fun, Life, Murals, VarnishLeave a comment

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I did this mural of Mr Incredible about nine or ten years ago for someone’s son. The paint is acrylic because it’s easy to apply and dries within hours. I think it’s also quite stable. I used clear matt varnish over it and left about a centimeter margin of varnish all around the figure so the paint would not lift off. I’ve recently done a new mural for the family in their new house. I found out recently that my original murals (there were three others, Batman, Spiderman, and Superman) were painted over. Sad I know, but at least I gave some fun to the family while they were there.

Today I have been painting…

Posted on February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged acrylics on board, Art, Design, Drama, Flattened, Fun, Paint, Painting, Rock, Scenery, Tiring, Washing machineLeave a comment

Papier mache rock, for the pantomime. It is covered in newspaper and was painted with white emulsion. As I painted it the undercoat of white kept flaking off. I’ve painted it to look like the top is catching a ray of sunlight and the base is in shadow.

While I was doing this I also painted a flattened figure of one of the policemen in the panto. He has been through a mangle and has been squashed flat. I had to do both sides but I didn’t do each side the same so I might have to repaint the back. Finally I painted clothes on a pretend washing machine. The door opens and a policeman climbs in. Then a child comes out in similar clothes, as if he has shrunk!

Anyway four hours of tiring but fun painting. It’s coming together x

Snake painting,

Posted on February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Animal, Art, Fun, ladder, Painting, Reptile, Snake, Snakes and laddersLeave a comment

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Did this Snake and Ladder painting a couple of years ago. It was a bit of an experiment but someone liked it and had it straight away. I don’t remember all the paintings I’ve done, and I’m not the kind of person who makes a list, so there are pictures out there in the world that you might own….

Fairies flitting

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Fairie, Fairies, fairy folk, Fun, Humour, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Sculpture, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Trentham Gardens, Verse, WorkLeave a comment

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Leap up and fly

In the sky

Searching round

About the grounds

Of ancient house

Or garden, green

Faries fly.

They’re rarely seen…

They find the flowers,

Chase the wasps

Feed the bees

Have fairie tasks

Grooming beetles

Catching frogs

To ride around

The lake and ponds.

Never seen by mortal men.

They live in a fairie glen.

Enough of whimsy

My tale is done

The story, flimsy

But lots of fun.

(sculpture of a Fairy at Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent)

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