Imagined characters

Posted on March 7, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Animals, Art, Characters, Design, Drawing, Fun, Humour, Illustration, Imagination, Plants, Sketching, Surreal, ViewLeave a comment

We had to imagine some characters to add to an illustration so I drew these. I’m not sure whether they are OK. I did a large face so it comes forward in the image, a genie that eminates from the gas fire in the illustration and a fairy just taking in the view…

The resulting image is quite strange, with added fix, owl, horse, bug and cat. Then I added some flowers and plants..

Bad photos so I used filters on my phone then Instagram to bring out the colours, I need to find a way of taking pictures without shadows and glare on the page….

Portrait group tonight…

Posted on March 5, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, College, Colour, Drawing, five minute drawings, Illustration, Learning, Life, neon, portrait group, post it notes, SketchingLeave a comment

Tonight we had to sketch each other in hats. I decided to use post it notes as a background, with graphite stick and black ink calligraphy pen. My mistake was not to glue the squares down, so as these were five minute sketches I had to glue before I coukd draw! One if them I deliberately didn’t stick down so I could move the pieces around after I’d finished drawing….

#bandofsketchers Thursday prompt

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, archway, Art, Black and white drawing, Black ink, Bookcases, Illustration, UnderneathLeave a comment

Underneath our arch in the living room. Lots of mobiles hand off it, plus a disco ball and star that lights up. The Thursday #bandofsketchers prompt was underneath and this seemed appropriate. Lots of books to draw!

Embroidery and illustration

Posted on March 4, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged backstitch, chain stitch, College, Embroidery, French knots, Horse, Illustration, Ink, stitching, whipped backstitchLeave a comment

Just been to an embroidery workshop online. I had a go at backstitch, running back stitch, chain stitch and French knots. I was trying out the whipped back stich. The paper was too thin so I glued on some post it notes and used a black line so the thread stands out better.. Messy but fun.. The cotton got tangled up so I decided to leave it till tomorrow.

Sunset sketch

Posted on February 27, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, black fine liner, Blue, Calligraphy pen, Colours, Illustration, Sketch, Sketching, Sunset, Watercolour painting, Windsor and Newton Watercolours2 Comments

Quick watercolour and ink pen sketch of the sunset on my walk today. It took me 3. 5 hours to walk 6.73 miles, but that was including stops and visits to shops. I’m haven’t blogged much today.. Too tired…

Zoom selfie

Posted on February 23, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Choir practice, Drawing, Fun, Illustration, Life, Sketching, Zoom4 Comments

I am singing in a zoom meeting choir so I decided to try and draw myself singing.

Black calligraphy pen in my cartridge paper sketchbook. Concentrating on learning the words, singing, and drawing is hard!

Cat drawings

Posted on February 23, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white cat, Cat, Drawings, Food, Illustration, Life, Tuxedo cat, what's for tea? Cat teapot3 Comments

Learning to illustrate means playing with different techniques. Both of these are black ink. One is just using a black calligraphy pen and the other a fine liner pen and a calligraphy pen. The top is called ‘what’s for tea?’ and the second is a tiny ‘cat teapot’.

I remember a tree

Posted on February 20, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Childhood, face in a tree, Illustration, Life, Memories, Park, Remembered, Scared, Spooky2 Comments

I remember a tree that seemed to have a face, and used to scare me when I was a child. There were knot holes where branches had broken off that looked like a face. I remember watching the Wizard of Oz and seeing the wicked witch. For some reason the tree and the witch were linked in my mind. I know I used to walk home through the park sometimes, but I wouldn’t go down that path if it was getting dark.. I also remember walking on the top of an old stone wall, balancing on the top of it, pretending to be a gymnast…. This was over forty years ago. When I look at photos of the park it has a lot more civilised appearance!

Drawing a set

Posted on February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Fun, Happy, Illustration, Imagination, Landscape, Life, Sci fi, Set, SketchingLeave a comment

My college course is getting us to make sets and draw from them. So I’ve created this bizarre landscape. The figures were decorated at a pottery workshop. The goat figurine was made by my friend Rie. The baby Buddha was a gift from a friend. The plants are from the kitchen as is the grater. Now I’ve got to redraw it but use my imagination to change it…. M

Eclipsed

Posted on February 12, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Artrage, Design, Digital drawing, Digital sketch, dim, Illustration, Poem, Poetry, Sketch, TimeLeave a comment

A bite out of the sun..

Sunlight dims

But the star is still bright.

Too bright to look at,

So don’t stare,

Keep your eyes

On the car window

On that puddle,

In the shadows

On the wall..

The sun might dim

And dim

Till its eclipsed.

Annular or full

Will it return

Or be gone

For good?

Blinded by the moon,

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Illustration