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!

Seahorse

Posted on September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Beach, Drawing, Fun, Memory, razor clam, Sand, Sea, sea horse, Seaside, She'llLeave a comment

I always draw seahorses when I go to a sandy beach. This was today’s drawing. I didn’t have anything other than a long flat razor clam shell to draw with.

I don’t know why I like doing this but it’s become a tradition for me. The next tide will wash it away but I know it was there, looking out to sea.

Old roses

Posted on September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Flowers, Garden, Life, mellow, Memory, Mist, Poem, Poetry, Roses, Time, WeatherLeave a comment

Autumn is coming,

the roses are fading.

Blue sky has mackerel clouds.

Sea breezes are cooler

laden with moisture.

Soon it will be

‘the season of mist’s

and mellow fruitfulness’

that some forgotten poet

(forgotten by me)

once wrote about.

Beauty and the Beast

watch the petals fade and fall….

Will they catch them

before it’s too late?

Glass star

Posted on September 14, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, diamond shape, Fun, Fused glass, Glass, Memory, star shape, Time, Workshop2 Comments

Small pieces of coloured glass embedded in diamond shaped clear glass which is joined at the centre to form a star. This is an example of fused glass which my hubby made at a workshop a couple of years ago. This summer it’s been outside in the garden but I will bring it back in and hang it in a window when the weather starts to get frosty. I don’t know whether it would break in the cold but I would like to keep it safe. Its about the pleasure of making things and the memories of the friendly people who were there that adds to the experience. Made in a group led by Angela Ashton. Glass artist.

Feeding the Maw

Posted on September 14, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Apollo, enterprise, Life, lunar, Maw, Memory, Moon, Neil Armstrong, Sci fi, Star Trek, Thinking, WorldLeave a comment

I just remembered this word ‘Maw’, it sometimes feels like social media is a voracious maw, gulping down tons of information and generating a lot of waste or rubbish alongside useful information.

Take the moon landing for instance. There are people today who think it didn’t happen. Some of those people were not born when it happened.

I remember being allowed to stay up to watch it. The grainy pictures, the slow step of Neil Armstrong off the lander. Later visits where other astronauts drove the lunar rover. And bouncing across the surface and one of them tripping over slowly in the 1/6th gravity of the Moon.

Talking about Maws, I remember a Star Trek episode where a giant world eating machine threatens to engulf the Enterprise. Somehow they defeat the monstrous killer.

So why write about Maws? I guess it’s because I keep blogging here. I feel like I’m feeding an insatiable need. Perhaps what I churn out is rubbish? You decide X

Too many Ads

Posted on September 4, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2021, Ads, ate night, coverage, Humour, irritation, Life, Memory, Paralympics, Repetition, TV ads3 Comments

I’m watching the last day of the Paralympics. It’s been a wonderful display of talent and sporting prowess. My only dislike? Repetitious ad breaks! Yes I know who the sponsors are. I don’t need reminding every five minutes!

Let me put this out there. I’m not in the market to buy a new car, some new technology, or a new TV. I’m not interested in the channels new dramas, and if I did I wouldn’t need to be told over and over again when it’s on, my short and long term memory is fine… Its still 2019 isn’t it?

Joke….

Animal with a ‘G’

Posted on August 10, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged animals names, Fun, G, Geese, Humour, Life, Memory, Prompt, Thinking5 Comments

A question on an art page asking what they should make in needle felting. They are doing a series of animals in alphabetical order.

I can think of a few.

Goat, gazelle, geese, gecko, gnat, goldfish and giraffe.

What unusual animals can you think of? I like thinking of things like this, good for the memory. It has to be things that you think of, not what you ‘Google’, 😂

Confused photos

Posted on July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Annoying, Art, Cleaning, Doodle, Life, Memory, out of order, out of time, Poem, Poetry, SketchLeave a comment

Darn! I decided to clean up my photos, and suddenly they are all mixed up! Photos from 2018 ahead of 2021!

I’ve got photos I need, I will have to edit them to push some of them forward I hope?

They are still there though.. But how irritating!

Out of order,

Out of time

Memories?

I forget where.

Three tears

For three years

Confused art

Where to start!

A little doodle

Irritating

Gallery

Poppy

Posted on July 20, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colour, commemorate, Flower, Gardening, Memory, Photo, Plant, Poppy, Red, WarLeave a comment

I just love them, their colour, brilliance, shape, papery petals. Colourful flowers that are imbued with sorrow because they were used to commemorate wars. They sprang up in the fields of flanders after the battles there. And yet to me they don’t signify fighting or fears, but memories of summers long gone, my favourite colour and how tiny seeds can create such magnificent flowers.

Tig, remembered

Posted on June 23, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white cat, Cat, Digital drawing, Drawing, Life, Memory, Sketchfu, Time, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Tig was a stray cat we took in several years ago. I loved his black nose and chin. I used to draw him at sketchfu and this was the drawing I did of him after he died. He was very bright and got up to all sorts of mischief. Our outdoor cat could be his son! The similarities in looks and behaviour, even their thick shiny, glossy coats.i

I do like drawing cats. Most of them are black and white, but we once had a ginger cat and when I was a child I had a tortoiseshell cat. I have lots of paintings and drawings. Seeing this brings back fond memories.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Memory