Odd story

Posted on June 8, 2022June 9, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Drawing, Life, Odd story, Plot twist, Portrait, Short story, Silly story, Story, TwinsLeave a comment

I saw the twins again today, she said. They are getting older, but they still look the same. Craggy, serious, hard.

Yes, I know, he said, they were never cute, but they certainly have character.

I think I will ask them if I can draw their portraits she said. It would be interesting to chat with them and find out a bit about them.

So three weeks later she say down with a pen and paper and started to draw Kim and Jen. She started slowly, trying to find their differences and their similarities. Chatting with them she found they finished each others sentences. Kim was a Chemist, Jen was a Jeweler. Both had problems with their lives. The world couldn’t get its head around identical sisters. Well, not exactly that, she could see what they meant.

Wooden puppets! Who knew they could be alive and walking round the world. Pinnochio had a lot to answer for!

Flags

Posted on June 8, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Art, Design, Duplicated, Filters, Flags, Life, Pattern, Peeling paint, Photo, Photodirector, Stars4 Comments

Peeling paint filter over duplicated flags. I have tried to create an image that you might have found on an old billboard, perhaps in the states although the pattern is not correct (I’m not sure what country it represented, and as I have duplicated its more difficult to recognise). I might try and paint it as an abstract image.

Springwatch

Posted on June 5, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged badgers, Bbc TV, Birds, chicks, Hedgehog, Herons, Life, Nature, Owl painting, Springwatch, UKLeave a comment

I’m enjoying Springwatch on BBC TV. It started last week and runs Monday to Thursday for three weeks. It shows you wildlife in different parts of the United Kingdom. So far there have been birds and mammals, views of Herons on the nest, nature red in tooth and claw (a hedgehog munching on some ground nesting baby birds – who knew? ) and lots more. The presenters including Chris Packham are very informative and share lots of interesting and sometimes obscure information. We are promised among other things film of Badgers this week.

Been out singing!

Posted on June 5, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Choirs, jubilee, Life, Music, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Penkhull, Queen Elizabeth second, Singing, Sketching, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

The two choirs I’m in were both out for performances today. First Loud Mouth Women (seen here in a sketch from 2019), and then Clay Chorus, a mixed choir for Soprano, Tenor, Alto and Bass.

Louds sang by the Guildhall in Newcastle under Lyme. We were outside singing at the artesan market.. We sang a mixture of languages to represent the Commonwealth. These included Maori and English. Including Wahine MA and Frejaro Ma Revee.

From Newcastle I went to Penkhull. We were due to sing outside the village church but it was too wet so we sang inside the village hall. Clay chorus sang six songs spanning the reign of Queen Elizabeth the Second. The room was packed with people holding an indoor picnic. We sang and other groups entertained with Rap music and dancing and drama. I’m thoroughly tired out now!

People

Posted on June 4, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Charis Jones, Drawing, Etruria Industrial museum, Felt pens, Forge, Life, People, Sculpted Steel, SketchingLeave a comment

One thing that was missing from my drawings today were people. And the museum area and festival were crowded. I tried to rectify this by drawing a woman in front of the steam roller and a couple walking hand in hand away from me towards the forge that is on site. The blacksmith there, Charis Jones, runs a business called Sculpted Steel. I am sorry I didn’t get to see her but I spent most of my time drawing as you can see!

It was probably the biggest gathering of people I have seen for months. I wasn’t quite as nervous today, but my heart was still in my mouth!

Steam roller

Posted on June 4, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Felt pens, Life, Sketching, Stafford, Staffordshire, steam roller, Stoke-on trent, Urban SketchersLeave a comment

I also had the opportunity to draw a steam roller that was parked up outside the museum. Felt pen drawing again. I found out they are not waterproof as a few spots of rain fell and left drip marks on the drawing! I actually saw this driving along the street on Thursday. I asked the owner and he said he had taken three hours to drive the twenty miles from Stafford. It’s certainly an impressive beast!

Friday already?

Posted on June 3, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Friday, Life, Memory, Poem, Poetry, Sadness, Thinking, TimeLeave a comment

Friday? Already?

How did that happen?

Where do the days

And nights go?

When will they be gone

Run out?

The sands of time

Stretch far into the future

But soon the tide turns

You lose sand

And gain infinite water

The sea is deep

You cannot escape it

Friday’s always come round

Too fast.

Peony

Posted on June 3, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cream, Flower, Garden, Gardening, Green, Life, peony, Pink, Plant, Time, Trees, Work4 Comments

Our old peonies didn’t flower this spring but a new peony has come into bloom and its a pale creamy pin. Is a bright spot in a very overgrown jungle! Hubby asked if it was a poppy and I thought it would be until he showed it to me. I don’t even remember planting it.

Gardening takes hard work and effort. I wish I had the energy to do more of it. The garden needs a serious hacking back. Bringing light back in and reducing shade… Its actually quite frightening.

Bay/ Bridge

Posted on June 2, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, alternative., Art, Bay, bay horse, Bridge, Drawing, Etruria, Fun, Life, SketchingLeave a comment

#bandofsketchers prompt again… Today’s was Bridge/Bay. I did the white bridge at Etruria a few weeks ago, and a bay in Devon as part of my college work so I decided to draw a Bay horse instead. And why not. Felt pens again, two separate sets. I’m using ones that don’t bleed through to the other side of the paper as I don’t want to ruin other drawings…

Giant cat?

Posted on June 1, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cat, Depth of field, giant cat, Hand, hubble space telescope, Images, Life, Photography, PhotosLeave a comment

Look at the size of the hand in the background, apparently stroking this cat? If it were really that size the cat would be as big as a pony! How does this work? The cat was very close to the camera and appears large, the hand is my hubby’s, he sat about a foot away and this is his right hand, furthest away from the cat. It’s a bit blurred because it’s at the back. This is called depth of field. If you think of a photo as being in layers from the closest layer to the lens going backwards in slices then the deepest part of the feild of view is at the back. If you have a shallow field only the things at a certain distance will be in focus. With a deep feild all or most of the photo will be in focus. This is most noticeable in the deep field view of the universe with the Hubble Space telescope. In the pictures from that you can keep zooming in to see more and more detail. Sorry for the non technical explanation!

Mallaband-Brown

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