Frost

Posted on January 30, 2021February 1, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cold, Frost, Frozen, Funny, Ice, Jack Frost, Life, Molecules, Odd, Patterns, WaterLeave a comment

Frost on the bonnet of my car. How does it grow like that? Feathers created by a mysterious creature called Jack Frost. Water frozen in amazing patterns, crystallising into flakes or swirls or swooping spirals. Beauty in nature, patterns from tiny water molecules.

This photo is from a couple of years ago. I haven’t seen frost like this, this winter. We have has snow, and some passing frosts, but nothing to build up a deep layer of ice like this. I would love to try and draw it if it happens again, particularly when it builds up on the windscreen of my car…

Digital life drawing

Posted on November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Digital drawing, Drawing, Life drawing, Patterns, Sketch, SketchingLeave a comment

I took my tablet to a life drawing class a couple of years ago. I wanted to see what a digital drawing would look like. I chose to use a program called sketcher free that gives you different texture tools, like fur long fur, ribbon, chrome, and other pens. You can chose the background colour. You can also use a colour slider and picker and a change in pen sizes. It’s a bit complicated to choose a pen shape that translates to the drawing well. There are other programs that are simpler to use but I liked (as usual) the patterned effect I created.

Mandalas

Posted on November 16, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black paper, Calligraphy pen, Drawing, Gold and silver, Layout app, Mandalas, Marker pens, Patterns, PhotodirectorLeave a comment

A doodled mandala and adjustments in photodirector to add lens flare and playing with the drawn lines (gold and silver pens on black cartridge paper).

I wanted to cover the paper in patterns, it started out as a reasonably balanced pattern at the centre, but I soon went off on a tangent!

Phoenix doodle

Posted on October 24, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Birds, Black ink, Colours, Curves, Doodles, Drawing, Face, Fun, Patterns, Sketching, Spirals3 Comments

I drew some curves and spirals then started adding doodles, including a couple of birds and a face. I started using a fine line black ink pen, but it was running out so I turned instead to a black calligraphy pen. When I’d finished I decided to add colour. That helped accentuate some of the shapes. I could do more but decided to leave it. I called it phoenix because a bird seemed to ge appearing from the background.

Leaf

Posted on October 18, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Clouds, Colour, Fractal, Leaf, Patterns, Photo, Tree, TrunkLeave a comment

A single leaf, veins in the shape of a tree, trunk and branches, funny how one pattern can mimic another. Like swirls of cream in coffee and galaxies out in space. Fractal clouds with patterns repeating. Always good to look closely at things.

Pattern

Posted on October 11, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Creative, Design, Layout app, Like stained glass, Nail varnish, Patterns, PictureLeave a comment

I ddo like creating patterns, so I used the drawing I did earlier to create something different. Bits of it remind me of Tiffany glass or stained glass pieces. If you rotate and twist the images you get something new each time… I will be using up the rest of my nail varnishes to create new images.

Flowers

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Design, Flowers, Intricate, Layout app, Life, Patterns, Photo, Plant support, PlantsLeave a comment

Used layout app to create this image of pink busy lizzies and a metal plant support. I just have fun playing with images. The pink and green are nicely contrasting colours, the smooth surface of the plant support adds more interest. The symmetry of the mirrored leaves and stems complete impossible and intricate patterns. They are natural and unnatural in equal amounts.

Flying chimney

Posted on August 22, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue, Bricks, Building, Chimney, Clouds, Ideas, Layout app, Patterns, Sky, Thoughts, TilesLeave a comment

Creating strange images. Floating objects. Buildings not held down by gravity. Defying the laws of physics, playful, a rocket, chimney, identified flying object. Old tiles and bricks badly laid. Clouds cracking to let the blue sky through. Can I see faces or animals in them. Your choice.

Blue and orange

Posted on March 5, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue, Design, Fun, Orange, Painting, Patterns, Tiles, Tiny paintingsLeave a comment

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Patterns created to look like tiles.

Taken from tiny paintings, duplicated and made into a grid. A couple of years old, I think it is probably too jazzy for today’s minimalist people.

I call it having fun with blue and orange. Not much else to say really.

Tree and faces

Posted on January 20, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Artrage oils, Cat face, Design, Digital art, Digital drawing, Duplicated, Humour, Patterns, TreeLeave a comment

Untitled76_001 IMG_20200120_185123 I decided to draw a tree with a pinkish sunset in the background. I used the ArtRage oils app.then I decided to see what it would look like if I duplicated and mirrored it. Now I can see a 🙀 cat! And various other patterns…. I’m one of those people who see faces in anything. I think I heard people saying that you can be employed to look for faces in patterns so they can alter designs and remove them. I could do that job! Art and Design seems full of them…. X

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