Purple satin…?

Posted on January 11, 2023January 12, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cat, Experiment, Fun, Imagination, Life, Pattern, satin, soap suds, Thinking, WaterLeave a comment

Filtered photo, changed a photo of water and soapsuds by altering the colour of it. Then adding texture. In the end it either looks like crumpled satin or even red cabbage! Or it could be red wine, or a pool deep in the woods as autumn sets in.

You can describe anything by looking at it and deciding what it something you of, imagination is something you can cultivate. If you look closely you might see an eye or the profile of an imp with its mouth open? Bottom left/middle… Or a gorilla or a cat stretching…

Crochet

Posted on January 10, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Pattern, Fun, Learning, Hobby, Knitting, Crochet, Blanket, Wool, Throw, Stitches, squareLeave a comment

Not knit one pearl one. Only one crochet needle and a finger and thumb required. Twisting and turning, wrapping the wool round and knotting it.

If you want to learn it have a go. You can make squares to create a blanket, or crochet round and round to make a throw. It’s a craft in the same way as knitting or macrame. There are plenty of patterns out there and you can make clothes too. If you look on line you can find some very strange crocheted trouser suits for men! I realise that it was more popular in the 1970’s…..

Cats

Posted on January 10, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged aliens, Art, Cat, Christmas cactus, doorstop, Fun, Mirrored, monsters, Pareidolia, Photography, SymmetryLeave a comment

Alien plants?

Symmetry makes interesting patterns. I took a few photos of my kitchen window ledge a few days ago and then tried using a vertical mirroring to create something different and unusual. Something you wouldn’t see unless it was in a reflection. I always think it’s worth doing this because it can look really alien. This photo has a large cat doorstop in it at the back, a Spanish pot with a tile design pattern and a large, dark pink cactus. But I can see a face, with pink hair and a moustache at the front with dark eyes and nose? The cats could be like conjoined twins, like a Greek mythological monster. And the cactus leaves in the middle seem to show a green face with an open mouth. Why not try this yourself?

Tiger cat

Posted on January 6, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Carving, Cat, Design, Fun, Learning, lino cut, Pattern, Printing, tiger cat2 Comments

Lino cut cat from last year. The curve at the back could be from a snail shell. This is another technique I would like to pramore this year. I think I will try and create card sets, hopefully without cutting my fingers. You also have to remember to carve back to front or letters are the wrong way round. If you have ever tried this you can feel the carving tools slipping on the surface of the lino. You have to push quite hard to cut down into it but not too deep or you can split the lino. The kit I bought had a safety carving blade which is the safest way to carve. I look forward to doing some more.

A strange creature

Posted on January 6, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Christmas cactus, Creature, Flowers, Fun, Green, Life, Pareidolia, Pattern, Red2 Comments

A crab? A pouting face? A reflection of a dragon? You can do funny things with symmetry and photos. Christmas cactus turned into something surreal. It would be better if it was less blurred, but my arm shakes so much sometimes that I get camera shake. Still it’s an interesting image and it’s an example of Pareidolia (seeing creatures in a pattern that isn’t actually there). I have posted a few of these on the blog over the years.

Belly

Posted on January 3, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged belly, Black and white cat, Cat, charming, Fun, Life, playful, Poem, Poetry, Silly, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

My cat last night

Upside down,

Playing with a toy

Belly exposed

Excited and charming

Relaxed and fat!

Funny and playful

Twisting and twirling

A black and white whirlwind

Happy and purring!

Dragon thoughts

Posted on January 2, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Dragon, Drawing, Fun, Illustration, Imagination, Life, Scales, Sketching, thoughtfulLeave a comment

Looking back on the first half of 2022, I was struggling to finish my Illustration course. But things weren’t too bad and I was OK eventually. Then in the last six things got worse through illness and loss. So I have decided not to make an actual resolution, but I have decided to be more ‘dragon’ this year, I will try and be stronger and more thoughtful, patient and brave (but no fierce temper!). The illustration is from a drawing I did last summer.

Does your cat?

Posted on December 31, 2022December 31, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Claws, Eyes, Fun, New years eve, Paws, Poem, Poetry, tongue, Tuxedo cat2 Comments

Stick his tongue out at you?

While he’s lounging on your knee?

Does your cat stick his claws in?

When he kneads your belly.

Does your cat close his eyes?

When you give him mince pies?

And as a surprise

he just drinks the cream!

Merry New Year

You cheeky creature!

Eye doodles

Posted on December 29, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colour, Doodling, Drawing, Faces, Fun, Learning, Life, nostrils, Photodirector, Sketching2 Comments

For as long as I can remember I have drawn eyes. Sometimes I’ve even just painted them. I have always drawn faces, my Mom would ask why I drew nostrils when I was about nine or ten, and I said it was because people had them! I’ve never stopped drawing eyes, but I have a definite way I learnt when I was a child and its hard to get out of the habit, they just don’t look realistic. It’s something to do with the shading of the eyeballs, and the eyelids and flesh around them. Hence doodling to play with my technique and used photodirector to change the texture on the drawings.

After the show

Posted on December 17, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged A Christmas Carol, Acting, applause, Charles Dickens, Drama, Fun, Play, TheatreLeave a comment

We performed A Christmas Carol play tonight. The cast was almost bigger than the audience, which was good, we didn’t feel intimidated. The scene where me and hubby played the Fezziwiggs was fun. We ad-libbed a bit and actually got a laugh. I guess that’s the advantage of knowing someone well, we could afford to take the mickey out of each other!

I stumbled over some of my lines and missed out one of them altogether! But one thing about doing plays is the cast are the only people who see the script. I realised that as long as you pass on the gist of the drama you can get through it. We got applause at the end, so we must have done OK!

Mallaband-Brown

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