Socially distanced choir

Posted on July 5, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Choir, Clay Chorus, Friends, Fun, Music, public singing, Singing, social distanceLeave a comment

We finally sang as a choir tonight. We were socially distanced. Each of us had a chair placed behind a CD. Two meters apart. We did some stretches and vocal exercises and suddenly we were singing together in reasonable harmony. We even sang in parts, soprano, tenor, alto and base. It was lovely! No zoom where all you can hear is yourself and the choir leaders. We started quietly but by the end we had some volume. Hearing each other gets the camaraderie going again.n

Next stop, singing in public at a canal day this coming Sunday. I hope we all stay well and the weather improves!

I can see mice?

Posted on July 2, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Banana, Feather, Fun, Layout app, Mice, Mirrored, Pattern, PlayingLeave a comment

It started as another feather post, then someone pointed out it looks like mice. (maybe eating a slice of banana?) I used a straightening tool to make the feather twist round and the layout to mirror it. I’m not sure how many more feather photos I can do before I get bored by the idea…. Or not!

I’ve also noticed that the feathers could look like wings beating up and down. You can see how the photos can be changed by using filters in Instagram.

Easy rider!

Posted on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Fun, Helmet, Life, Motorbike, rider, Roads, sunglasses, TravelLeave a comment

Hubby wearing his sunglasses, off for a ride. Then he took them off because they made it too dark for him to see! Then as he went to the bike he noticed the back light is loose. He thinks he knocked it getting it out the gate, so now he’s gone out with a roll of sellotape. He says all it needs is a bit of glue. He’s going to have a ride out on his motorbike to keep the battery charged. I told him to be careful. He is just going to ride round the block a few times, up a steep hill then down a less steep road and onto the main road. It only costs £3 for a tank of petrol!

Feathers

Posted on June 27, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Black and white, Black and white feather, Fun, Image, Layout app, Mirrored, Photo, straightened3 Comments

I found a black and white feather, possibly from a magpie and decided to make a pattern with it. I turned it slightly in the ‘straighten’ tool I have, then mirrored it and duplicated it. It tickles my brain playing with feathers! I’d turn the feather into a quill pen if I could.

Digital drawing of Jazz

Posted on June 25, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital drawing, Digital sketch, Drawing, Fun, jazz, Learning, Pattern, Sketchfu, Sketching1 Comment

I was talking about digital art, about simple ideas to create interesting images. This is one of my old digital drawings I did years ago. Blocks of colour with added squiggles then drawn over the top with black, white and a few colours. Yes I did use different opacities but I think you coukd do something like this without them…

Plasma lights bulb

Posted on June 24, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bulb, Experiment, Fun, Glow, Glowing, Learning, plasma?, Science, spiral bulbLeave a comment

I touched a spiral bulb to my plasma lightning lamp that shines using four triple A batteries. I was amazed that it glowed brightly. The lamp must be transferring energy to the light bulb. I will try and find out if it effects any other bulbs?

Playing a with Peony flower.

Posted on June 21, 2021December 13, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colour, curve tool, Editing, Fun, Gardening, peony, Photodirector, Photos, shadow, TextureLeave a comment

Paeony or Peony? How do you spell it. I changed this photos texture in Photodirector, then changed its hue and saturation and finally used the curve tool to adjust the lightness and shadows. I feel it has a look of embroidered silk or satin. The petals are more defined than the original white flower. I like the yellow and blue greens on the leaves. If this was the true colours I would say that it was an ill plant. But as this is an edit of the original I think it gives an interesting effect.

#bandofsketchers prompt

Posted on June 21, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, black ink liner pen, Chess, Drawing, Fun, Glass, Pencil, Quick sketch, SketchingLeave a comment

Quick sketch : My dusty old glass chess set. Not very well drawn, I’m not sure if I will play with it or put it back away under the cupboard. Sundays #bandofsketchers prompt was ‘Game’.

Pencil and black fine liner pen. In a small A6 sketchpad.

Step out

Posted on June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Fun, Humour, Made up, Scary?, Short story, silly idea, Tale, two feet, unipedLeave a comment

Two feet stood looking at the print… A single paw print. No more? Had it sprung down from the air and then leapt back up, to where?

Two feet thought ‘could it be a uniped? A single leg topped by what? A canine form of cyclops? Did such a thing exist, and if so how did it get around? Hopping like a one legged Sparrow? What did it eat? Should two feet be wary?

Barking from down the road, a violent noise that grew larger. Even though the unidog may be miles away sweat broke on his brow. Two feet did not stay. Not wanting to meet such a monster.

He was only two feet tall, after all!

Kirk and Spock

Posted on June 18, 2021June 20, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital drawing, Drawing, enterprise, Fun, kirk, old drawings, Sketching, Spock, Star TrekLeave a comment

My favourite sci-fi characters. Captain Kirk and First Officer Spock from the 1960’s TV show ‘Star Trek’. I drew this at a website called Sketchfu which closed a few years ago. Even with the simple tools there I was able to draw them reasonably accurately. There were not that many episodes made and it only ran for three series. But it came back a few years later with follow up films and TV series. The franchise must have made a great deal of money for its backers x.

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