Love and friendship

Posted on September 23, 2023 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Art, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2068, Energy, Family, Friends, Life, Negative, Positive, Thinking, Trying to understand4 Comments

What things give you energy?

I’m trying to be honest with this post, I am honest when I blog but I don’t express my emotions here very much. What I will say is that when I’m down I get energy from love and friendship from family and friends. But what I don’t do is seek out those people when I feel sad. I guess I don’t like dragging others down with me. I hide away from them and instead of getting healing energy I feel lower moods.

But when I allow people to know what’s going on, I think I get positive energy from them. Which can lift my mood. It’s just finding a balance, it’s hard to do that.

I think I also get energy from doing art. It increases my enthusiasm to do more. It makes me feel free and able to use my imagination. I get a lot more energy from Art when family and friends enjoy what I do, in that way I know what I’m doing is possibly worthwhile. One thing I do have is imposter syndrome which means I feel like I question my validity a lot. Perhaps that’s why I blog.

Quackers

Posted on September 23, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Artrage, Diuck, Funny, greetings, Hello, Life, misunderstood, Sketching, Stoke2 Comments

Hello Duck, hello Chick, Deary, Sweet pea, Luv, my Dear, so many ways to greet each other depending on where you live in the UK, (and probably around the world).

Duck used to make me laugh. When I first came to Stoke I literally used to duck! I thought someone was going to throw something at me!

So I’ve drawn a little friendly duck to cheer me up and remind me that misunderstanding can be funny as well as annoying!

Train

Posted on September 22, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, ArtRage app, Design, Drawing, History, Life, possible screenprint, Sketching, snow plough, Steam trains, Stylus, TrainLeave a comment

Thursdays #bandofsketchers prompt was train. Train design, didn’t look at an image, just channelling a screen print idea. The Green light is on the front of an American style train with a snow plow sort of thing. Obviously based on steam trains. Maybe in a transport museum? Artrage app drawing.

Friendship paw

Posted on September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, greeting, Life, Morning, Paw, Sleeping, Tired, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Morning all, I just woke up and my cat decided to say hello. He puts his paw out to greet me and I stroke it, he is very sweet, it’s almost turned into a ritual as I’m still sleeping on the settee which I think he sees as his territory. I might go back to sleep, I woke up cold and shivering in the night, the temperature is definitely becoming autumnal.

Mug design

Posted on September 21, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Apps, Art, Collage, Drawing, Ideas, incollage, Life, Mug, Pattern, Redbubble, Sketching, Spoonflower2 Comments

Badly drawn mug with a photo superimposed on it. I was just trying out the idea of what would work on a mug. I’m sure there are templates so you can see how things would work, but I don’t know which application is the best to choose? I think spoonflower and red bubble have them but I don’t know of there is a charge to use them. The pattern is a collage of a photo of my crocheted blanket, it was square so I had to draw curves so the top and bottom fitted into the shape. It might work?

Paranormal

Posted on September 20, 2023 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, ArtRage app, Cat, Drawing, Ghostly, Life, Night, Sketching, Spooky cat, thin moon2 Comments

I’ve never seen anything out of this world but Tuesdays #bandofsketchers prompt was paranormal. I drew a spooky, ghostly cat, out on the prowl at night. Artrage app using various tools. I think I’ve made him too friendly!

Dull

Posted on September 20, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Damp, Description, Dull, Gale, Life, phrases, rains, Showers, Storm, UK, Weather, WordsLeave a comment

In a country that often gets more than its fair share of rain, today is rather dull, overcast, wet and windy.

It’s also flipping wet, raining cats and dogs, dark over Bills mothers house, persisting it down, good weather for ducks.

Other phrases spring to mind. If its not raining yet just wait five minutes… A bit damp, mizzling, drizzling, raining stair rods, blowing a gale, blowing a hooly, damp. Stormy, showery.

I’m sure there’s more, just can’t remember them all! Have a good day, stay safe, and if you do go out take a brolly and wellies!

Lots of mistakes

Posted on September 19, 2023 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged burnt, Chilli, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2063, Food, Garlic, Heat, Life, Memory, mistakes, Taste2 Comments

Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail.

I guess the worst thing I ever did was to burn a cake! I took the risk of making it up as I went along, but I didn’t think of the oven temperature. I set it at has mark 7 and cooked it for an hour. More than slightly crispy even after I cut the outside layer off.

That’s why it’s good to follow a recipe. You can learn from your mistakes. But once you have the basic idea THEN you can add your own twist. But remember not to over spice things. Especially if you know nothing about chilli and the varying types that you can get. I also didn’t know about deseeding them and not to touch your eyes if you have chilli on your hands!

One meal I wasn’t responsible for was a chicken casserole. I left my hubby detailed instructions and friends came round to enjoy the meal (not). I didn’t realise that he would translate my clove of garlic into a BULB of garlic. Not a pleasant meal!

Hidden faces

Posted on September 18, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Description, Digital art, Digital drawing, Drawing, elipses, hidden faces, Life, Lines, Mind2 Comments

My mind is full of ideas balled up like elastic bands wrapped together. They are bouncing all over the place. The feeling of faces watching me as I struggle through them. A crowd of amorphous figures that slide in and out of focus.

How to describe where I went to create this digital sketch. Pushing the boundaries a little more. It is also about how I am feeling tonight

Am I being too verbose? I’m experimenting with how to describe things, trying to be more thoughtful instead of simply explaining. It’s interesting to try and change how I think. Making the words more poetic. But trying to make sense too….

Not much

Posted on September 15, 2023 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Cycling, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2060, injury, Life, Memory, Running, Sad, Walking, Wear and tear4 Comments

How often do you walk or run?

When I was young I used to run in races, I didn’t have any training but I would get quiet good places in school sports day races. I was fit, I used to jump over my dad’s saw bench, using it as a hurdle in our back garden. I also used to love climbing up the swing and hanging off the top.

As I got older we would walk to places and I got good at cycling. I was able to cycle 40 miles up to my boyfriends house north of Manchester and down to my mom’s home near Birmingham.

Then I had an accident, my bike was damaged and we got a car. The car was useful for commuting to work. The repair shop which was fixing my bike lost it for a year! But I still walked around my patch at work, so I stayed fit. I eventually got my bike back, but never felt the same way.

I still walked a bit, but my health wasn’t good. I put on weight and my job changed so I was more sedentary. I didn’t realise how big I was getting until a health scare.

I lost about a third of my body weight and met a good friend. We started walking together and I started to get fit again. I was also going on walks with hubby.

Then the pandemic happened. I still walked but didn’t see friends as much. My health was not good and although I was trying, when my friend got a new job I stopped walking as much. At the time I pulled my calf muscle and ended up off my feet for several weeks. I slowly started to gain strength, but I wasn’t able to do as much. Other sad things happened and I got in a rut.

Now I’m slowly recovering from another injury. I must start walking again as soon as I can. Being stuck at home is very frustrating.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Life