Chinese dragon

Posted on January 15, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Bowl, Chinese dragon, College, Dragon, Drawing, five toes, Fun, pottery class, SketchingLeave a comment

A dragon 🐲 in the Chinese style. Head and tail are large. The body thin and snake or worm like with a sinuous shape. Four legs, clawed feet. Apparently Imperial dragons had five claws and normal dragons had four.

I once made a dragon bowl in pottery class. I’d made the bowl in a mold and I carved a dragon like this inside. I gave it five claws and toes on each foot and it was carved to show the scales. I had it biscuit fired and it survived the heat. No cracks or blemishes. Then I glazed it. I can’t remember what colours, but I looked forward to seeing the result after the Christmas break (about thirty years ago). Unfortunately when we came back it was missing! The consensus was it must have been stolen! Soon after that I left the pottery class because I was so disappointed.

Wordless cartoon

Posted on January 14, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, campfire, Cartoon, College, Design, Fire, Fun, Life, Memory, Sketching, Snake, TimeLeave a comment

I can’t remember the story behind this or whether there was a prompt. I drew it last year. I had to draw something with four panels for my college course. It starts with someone by a campfire. The fire goes out so they go to get more wood, But instead of it all being sticks, a snake, which had been asleep wakes up. I like the simple style I drew it in and the minimal images in it. But now I look back at it I worry that the snake would have been burned or might have woken up before being put on the embers. Even with a simple story you have to be aware of consequences!

Relief

Posted on January 14, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Charity, Comedy, comic relief, Fun, Money, red nose, Red nose dayLeave a comment

#bandofsketchers prompt on Thursday was relief. I wanted to draw a comic relief red nose (a charity that collects millions of pounds for people in need all round the world) but I can’t find one, (been buying them every couple of years) so I tried to draw one from memory. The telethon has been going for years and mainly relies on comedy to encourage people to donate.
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Dragon 🐲 head

Posted on January 13, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, College, Dragon, Dragon head, Drawing, first for 2022, Fun, Sketching, tippex2 Comments

Drawn from my imagination. Half a dragons head drawn in tippex correction fluid on black cartridge paper. Mirrored in a photo edit, then stitched together as a whole head. My first Dragon of 2022. I’m just wondering when the Chinese year of the dragon is. Their images are amazing. I need to find out about their history x

Tree art

Posted on January 12, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Art, Cold, Design, Fun, Layout app, Reflection, Silhouette, Sky, Sunset, TreeLeave a comment

Capturing tree abstract ideas today. I saw a wonderful silhouetted tree on my slow, short walk this afternoon. Looking at the world is important. You have a chance to see things that you wouldn’t if you just stay home. But getting out is not always simple.

Life can get in the way. My knees ache now. But I’m glad we went. The air was clear and cold. I enjoyed walking and Ben managed a short bit of uphill walking.

Hand

Posted on January 11, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black ink fine line pen, Challenge, Drawing, Fun, Hands, Life, Prompt, Sketching3 Comments

#bandofsketchers prompt today is hands.
Insomnia struck and I wanted something to do so I drew round my left hand as I used to when I was a kid. Then I filled it in, wondered what it would look like with nail varnish. Finally added a pattern so it looks like it’s resting on something. X

Stars

Posted on January 8, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Antique, Fun, Green, Learning, Pattern, Photo, Repetition, Stars, Stylised, TessellationLeave a comment

Green stars abstract. Using a photo of an illuminated star. Duplicating it then changing the textures. The resulting image is a colourful abstract with an antique feel to it.

Pattern again, I like repeating images and tessellations. Must be the way my mind works… I like to learn and play with things till they look good. X

Old cartoon

Posted on January 8, 2022 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cartoon, Cat, Fun, Life, Play, Sketching, splashes, Watercolour sketch, WetLeave a comment

I painted this little cartoon years ago. Don’t remember the date but probably 20 years? I think I’d splashed drips of watercolour onto the paper and the cat was a way of using the paper up and not wasting it. Photo taken late afternoon with a dim sidelight on. I could have waited till tomorrow but I wanted to share.

I have a friend that hates cats. I wish I could explain how I love them. Their character, their expressions, their true friendship when you get to know them. They seem aloof, but once you know them they are not…. And they don’t seem to hate rain. I’m often soaked when they come in from a rain shower, but I thought this looked funny. X

Oorie?

Posted on January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cold, Cold wind, definition, Fun, Grey clouds, Hail, Ice, oorie, Thinking, Time, WordLeave a comment

It was an Oorie day, the sky was full of dark grey, shifting clouds. A cold wind blew from the North East. Hail started to fall, bouncing off roofs and into gutters. The roads and pavements were slippery with the icy white mass of hail. It crunched underfoot. But it was melting quickly and rivulets of ice and water ran down the road into the grids by the pavement.

It’s hard to describe an ‘oorie’ day, even though I’ve just walked home in one. I saw the word on a friends page where she was writing a piece using the word as a prompt. That’s why I looked it up, I’ve never come across it before and doubt I will use it again.

Dragon hide

Posted on January 7, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Dragon, Experiment, Fire, Fun, Hide, Scales, Sketching, Skin, smaug, the Hobbit, ThinkingLeave a comment

What does a dragon need to stay safe? If you read The Hobbit, Smaug the dragon was killed by an arrow that pierced a soft area in his skin under his arm. Dragons have to have a strong skin..

So what would it look like? I’ve been experimenting with how big the scales would be. I guess they would have to be like an alligator or crocodile skin, rather than a lizard or snake whose scales seem smaller or softer. The dragon would need fire retardant scales to prevent charring or burning either around its mouth when it is fire breathing or on the rest of its body. Maybe male dragons duel in short fights, if they were to attack each others wings they would need to be strong. Dragons wings always look vulnerable. The skin is stretched between bony fingers. Surely that could easily be holed if it were not well maintained. Lots to consider.

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