Limerick

Posted on October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged can you write?, Challenge, Esther's challenge, Fun, Humour, Limerick, Poem, Poetry, WritingLeave a comment

I just completed a fellow bloggers challenge to write a limerick. The word we had to use was Lie. The trick is that you can use the word anywhere in the limerick, you don’t need to use it as a word at the end of a line.

Limericks are five line rhymes, made famous I think by Edward Lear the poet. The format is two longer lines that rhyme at the end… Mine were Joe and Toe today, then two shorter lines. I ended mine with blame and lame. Then a final, fifth line that rhymes with the ends of the first two lines, where I used the word Know.

Sometimes limericks don’t rhyme because the last words look similar but don’t sound similar, you have to know the pronunciation.

Universe

Posted on October 3, 2021October 3, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Drawing, Fun, Galaxies, Imagination, Life, moons, Planets, Sketching, TardisLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was Universe. So I did this doodle. Crystal shapes that represent ancient ideas of the crystal spheres, moons in different phases. A solar system, a sun, a tardis, a wormhole a saturn type planet… Also galaxies colliding and other space stuff.

Black fine liner pen and black felt pens. I had fun doing this.

Old digital drawing

Posted on October 2, 2021October 4, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital drawing, Fun, House, Life, Portrait, Sketchfu, Sketching, TV medical drama4 Comments

A few years ago I drew this portrait of Hugh Laurie, (who played House in the medical drama of that name). This was a digital drawing done with a stylus on a tablet but with very simple tools on a site called Sketchfu. It consequently closed and people lost their drawings. Luckily I downloaded some of mine.

This particular drawing always gives me pleasure. It took me a while to master the tools and when I try and draw like this now it doesn’t flow as easily. It’s true what they say – practice makes perfect!

Bats?

Posted on October 1, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged 3d, Animals, Art, Bats, Design, Fun, Life, Pareidolia, Spirals, Squares, trianglesLeave a comment

Another pattern that I can see creatures in. This time bats I think. Drawn with spirals, squares and triangles, tried to make them a little, 3d. I thought leaving some white space around the shapes gave it a bit more of an interesting look.

Woodpecker

Posted on October 1, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bird, Environment, Fun, Garden, Life, Morning, Nature, Trees, Willow, WoodpeckerLeave a comment

This morning I saw a woodpecker in our garden. I’d never seen one in real life and I’m not sure what type it was but it was climbing up our willow tree, pecking at the bark. Looking for insects? I hope it comes back tomorrow. If it does I will try and get a photo then try and identify it. We do have lots of trees in the garden even though we are in the centre of a city. I guess we are trying to do our bit for the environment.

Inktober 2018

Posted on September 30, 2021October 4, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged 2018, Art, Black and white, Design, Driving, Fun, inktober, Life, Memory, record, SketchingLeave a comment

Three years ago I was drawing pictures for Inktober. I did do drawings for the whole month. I must have visited my sister and drawn my impression of driving in the dark. That’s something I hate, people driving behind you with their headlights full on. (the two white dots on the drivers mirror) this was from my memory.

Since I’ve been doing an illustration course I have amassed a large collection of drawings and sketches. So many memories. Even during lockdown, I have recorded images. I’m not sure where to store them all!

Rainbows

Posted on September 30, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Art, cabbage, Colours, Contours, Doodle, Fun, Lines, Rainbow colours, SketchingLeave a comment

Another abstract drawing today. I drew contours around the back of a sketchbook page where ink had bled through and left lots of dots. When I’d finally drawn round them all it looked like the swirls in a cabbage that has been cut in half. But it was a bit flat so I added dark areas where the lines were close together. Then I worked outwards from each dark area adding colours in a rainbow effect. I’ve only posted a thumbnail image as I’m up to over 97% used storage on WordPress.

Cat ‘escaped’ last night

Posted on September 30, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Caring, Cat, escaped, Fun, Rest, Tired, Tuxedo cat, vets, Worried2 Comments

My black and white cat is very good at hiding. He’s not allowed out because he’s having treatment for his eye. It does mean that I have to let the other two out carefully. We are keeping the door between the kitchen and backdoor closed. Except when hubby forgets. Last night he was going to bed. I asked him to check the cat was upstairs. He shouted down he wasn’t (he’s got a couple of good hiding places). So hubby went out in the rain to see if he could see the cat. I stood and called at the back door. Hubby came back, no sign. But the cat usually comes when I call. I promised to whistle and shout for him every hour or so to see if he would come back. But all that happened was the other two cats popped in and out. After hours of not sleeping, but going to the back door regularly and calling and rattling food… At five thirty am he CAME DOWNSTAIRS! ate some cat food and fell asleep on top of the settee and I could finally rest!

Feed the birds

Posted on September 29, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Autumn, Birds, Collage, Design, Feeding, Flight, Food, Fun, grain, Paper, sunflowers, Weather1 Comment

As the autumn approaches the northern hemisphere the weather gets colder. Local bird populations are looking for food. Some of them need to stock up so they can migrate others so they can overwinter in the UK.

You can get bird foods from local shops and pet stores. Grain, peanuts, sunflower seeds, fat balls, together with a fresh supply of water is what they need. If you feed them bread make sure it has been soaked in water, otherwise it can swell up in their crops and cause harm to them.

See your local nature charities for more information about feeding specific birds.

Variations

Posted on September 29, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Analogue, Art, Colour, Design, Digital, Felt pens, Fun, Illustration, Layout app, Mirrored, Pattern, PhotodirectorLeave a comment

Draw a repeating pattern (top left) of blue flowers (four petals joined into squares).

Add colours, use an app to mirror the pattern, use another one to distort the pattern of lines, or change hues. Erase some of the changes to get a variation in the pattern.

That’s what I do, start with something basic but slightly complex then change it either by hand or digitally. I’m hoping to use some of these patterns for my Final Major project at college.

Mallaband-Brown

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