Dancing at Bishton

Posted on April 20, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged A51, antique centre, Bishton Hall, Boatband, Dancing, Day out, Fun, nature reserve, Photo, Polka, Rugeley, Spring, Staffordshire, worsley garden centreLeave a comment

Watching my friends dance along to the Boat band. There were lots more people there but they were all behind me! I think they were dancing to a polka. Lovely surroundings and a great place to visit. Now I know where it is (down a little lane off the A51 near Rugeley in Staffordshire) I think we will go back. Even if its only to watch people dancing. It’s also close to the river and the Worsley garden centre and Nature reserve, a pub by the river and an antiques centre, so there is lots to see if you want to visit them. x

Music makers

Posted on April 18, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bishton Hall, Boat Band, Day out, folk songs, Fun, Music, musicians, Rugeley, StaffordshireLeave a comment

The Boat band playing at Bishton Hall today. It was great to hear live music. Fiddle, trombone, guitar and squeezebox (accordion?). The fun of hearing reels and jigs, creole and folk songs. Hearing the sloop John B played with enthusiasm. So entertaining. So much fun. They are always worth listening to. Enjoyed it.

Face scribble

Posted on April 18, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Artrage oils, Doodle, Drawing, Fun, Lines, Poem, Poetry, Scribble, Short poem, SketchLeave a comment

Oh what fun to scribble

Into art to dabble

Seeking nothing

Finding fun

Doodled

Lines

Done!

Fighting with Jpegs!

Posted on April 16, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Computer, Drawing, Frustrated, Fun, Illustration, jpeg, Layout, ma, Project, tif, Working2 Comments

I’ve been working on my MA project Al day and it’s driving me mad. I have one image that will save as a .Tif file but not as a .Jpeg, no matter what I do I get a notification that the file is not supported or something. All the rest are fine. I have both sorts of files so I can put them into a website that will print a one off book for you! Argh!

Black and white experiment

Posted on April 16, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, black fine liner pen, Design, Experiment, Fun, Pink, Red2 Comments

Another late night experiment. I added the pink and red this morning, when I could see their colours clearly. Drawing under electric light means colours are not as easily perceived. The yellow cast of the light made it hard to decide what colours were on the felt pens. Pinks and oranges looked very similar. Why hearts? Just because the shapes I had drawn suggested them and I wanted a soft contrast to the strong black and white shapes.

Marilyn

Posted on April 15, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, Closed, Drawing, Fun, Life, Marilyn, Memory, Sketchfu, Sketching, WebsiteLeave a comment

Drawing I did at an old website called Sketchfu nine years ago. Sadly it closed down a few years ago. The tools were very simple, but that made it easy for artists to use. I was pleased how this digital sketch came out. If I find more drawings I will share them.

trying to write Limericks

Posted on April 13, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged bad limerick, Book, Copyright, Dragon, dragon story, Fun, Ideas, Illustration, Limerick, Poem, Poetry3 Comments

Flying up into the sky

She was scared, that’s no lie!

Round cliff edges in flight

And around the lighthouse, bright

They swiftly rose up very high!

My dragon story is coming on. But I’m trying to write 16 limericks to go with it (perhaps more). Each one will relate to a page that has a black and white ongoing illustration of the story. At the moment I’m trying to decide on a good clear font for the writing which will be visible against any illustration. There will also be colour illustrations of the dragons scales. This poem and image are part of the book so I have to say that they are covered by copyright and should not be copied or shared without my permission. Im just giving you an idea of what I have been up to ( bad limericks included!)

Playing

Posted on April 13, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Cheerful, Fun, Photo, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pounce, Tuxedo cat, wide eyesLeave a comment

Chasing, running

Playing, jumping

Pouncing, leaping

Happy, racing

Running fast

Speedy paws

Get that toy!

Pounce on the mouse!

So much catnip!

Cheeky face!

Dalek

Posted on April 11, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Character, Dalek, Dr Who, exterminate, Fun, History, Media, regeneration, Sci fi, sixties, TVLeave a comment

Hubby grabbed the Dalek arm so it could not shoot at me. Well not really. This character from the Sci-fi series ‘Dr Who’ was on display in the foyer of the Potteries Museum and Art gallery so of course I had to take a photo. The TV series has been on and off the BBC over about fifty years! It’s amazing how the show has such longevity, but then it could be because the ‘doctor’ of the title can regenerate and turn into a new person. In the meantime ii hope it doesn’t say ‘Exterminate!’.

And then there’s faces

Posted on April 7, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Design, Drawing, Faces, Fun, Layout app, Life, Pattern, Sketching appLeave a comment

Digital drawing I did six years ago. I think in the sketcher free app and then I used the layout app on my phone. I’ve tried several art apps but I can’t keep all of them on my phone because I still haven’t increased the memory on it. I don’t want to lose my images if they get deleted by accident. I could imagine this being a tapestry or embroidery.

Mallaband-Brown

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