The seagull

Posted on October 21, 2021October 22, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cheeky, Fun, graceful flight, Gull, Hotel, Naughty, Sea, Seagull, theif, Town, WindowledgeLeave a comment

Apparently they are gulls, not seagulls. They have migrated inland and live off waste food in towns, and also rubbish dumps. This one was on a friends windowledge when she stayed overnight at a hotel. If she opened the window it might have come in! She said she was glad it didn’t tap on the glass! I think gulls are handsome birds, the shape and colours of them and their graceful flight. That doesn’t stop them from being cheeky. Swooping down and stealing food, or flying over and releasing droppings onto you! But even with their naughty attitude I ike them.

Sketching dragons

Posted on October 20, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic paint, Art, Digital drawing, digital edit, Dragon, Felt pens, Flying, Fun, Poem, Poetry, SeaLeave a comment

Doodling dragons

Drawing scales

Digital drawing

Liquid effect

Writhing in the sky

Hovering high

Digital dragon

Tail trailing in the sea.

Sweetie Gwurly

Posted on October 19, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Fun, Humour, Life, Names, nick names, puddy tat, pussy cats, Tuxedo cat2 Comments

Does anyone else talk to their cat using nicknames and silly words?

I catch myself calling them foofs, and chuzzies, tussy pats, fluffiez, nus-nus.

I call the boy cats nussies, mussy cats, twuddles, puddy pats.

I call the girl cat fluffy chuff, sweetie gwurly, little fud, and hus.

There are other words I can’t remember. I’ve always done it with all my cats. I don’t know why. I think they are ‘terms of endearment?’ I think I probably do it all the time. They are similar sounding to either their names or alternative words that mean cat like puss, pussy cat, puddy tat etc. Am I strange?

Prompted

Posted on October 19, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Colours, Faber-Castell, Felt pens, Fun, Hues, Prompt, SketchingLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was excitement. I recently got a new set of Faber-Castell felt pens. I started out with blues but then played with the hues!

Looking at it, it’s not that exciting really. I wish I’d coloured it differently. Anyway that’s why I duplicated it….

Tide

Posted on October 18, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Fun, Moon, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Sea, Seaside, tide, WaterLeave a comment

In and out

Out then in

Turn about

Sink or swim

Splash and shout

Try to float

water wings

Take a boat

Walk the sand

Paddle in water

Tide turns round

As the moon grows brighter.

up late/early?

Posted on October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged childrens book, College, Digital sketch, Dragon, Drawing, Fun, Illustration, Luck, Meeting, Project, WritingLeave a comment

I’m up messing about on my computer, I want to work out characters for a childrens story I hope to write and illustrate for my college project. I am not sharing what it will be called or the scenario. And given my bad grammar here I dont even know if I will be able to do it. But the saying goes that we all have at least one book in us. Mine might be a bit musty and old fashioned! I think I need dragging into the 21st century. I also want to find some watercolour sketches I painted years ago to illustrate this (its a very old project) wish me luck.

Mosaics

Posted on October 17, 2021December 15, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, astronaut, BCB, Ceramic, digestion, Fun, Green man, mosaics, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

Just back from the last day of the BCB (British Ceramic biannual). I would have gone before but my leg restricted my movement. The exhibition was over three floors but luckily there was a lift. Of the numerous ceramics my favourites were a series of mosaics by a ceramic artist called Cleo Mussi. I will post other photos but I wanted to share these.

Dragon scales

Posted on October 15, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, College, Designs, Dragon scales, Drawing, Duplicated, Experiment, Fun, Life, Nail polish, Sketching, Texture2 Comments

Experimenting again with dragon ideas. This one is made up of a drawing coloured in with different nail varnishes and then duplicated and mirrored after adding texture digitally. The blurred section had the words ‘dragon scales’ written on it but I decided to blur that out.

Each of these experiments will be added to a portfolio of images that will go towards my final major project for college.

Sand

Posted on October 14, 2021December 15, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital editing, Fun, Instagram, Layout, Photo, Photodirector, SunnyLeave a comment

Digitally edited photo of a piece of sand. Using Photodirector and Layout apps, then adjusted the colours in Instagram.

The initial photo was of rippled sand on Rhyl beach in Wales. Photo taken on a sunny day with shadows cast by the sun.

Dragon digitally

Posted on October 12, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, College, Design, Digital art, Dragon, Fun, Illustration, Life, Project, Work in progress2 Comments

I’m working on a series of images of dragons for a college project. Working towards a final depiction of a dragon for my proposed children’s book.

Thus started out as a bit of glittery painting I’d called dragon skin. Then I mirrored it so it was symmetrical. Finally I drew features on it symmetrically using a digital sketching app. I like the idea of amalgamating digital and analogue art.

Mallaband-Brown

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