Favourite filter

Posted on January 17, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Bodnant, Cold, Colour, Drawing, Felt pens, Life, Memory, Photodirector, Sketching, Snow, Swirls2 Comments

I like this particular filter on photodirector. It creates swirls but of a definite size, texturising the felt pen shading, and making a more graphic design. It sort of reorganises my artwork into something more abstract but coherent. Less realism, more illustrative. Drawing and playing with the resultant image is keeping me occupied on a very cold day, with temperatures below freezing in some parts of the country and a sprinkling of snow here, but deep elsewhere. And I dream of going to Bodnant in the spring.

Things to do

Posted on January 14, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital manipulation, Dozing, Filter, napping, Photodirector, Sketching, Sleep, TiredLeave a comment

Tired, didn’t sleep last night so had several naps this afternoon and evening. I saw the start and end of one film, but nothing in between. My eyes have kept closing, while I’ve been dozing. But I have lots of things to do. I must get better and find the time to get them done. Stupid chest infection.

I digitally manipulated the previous grumpy drawing to try and make it look sad.

Eye doodles

Posted on December 29, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colour, Doodling, Drawing, Faces, Fun, Learning, Life, nostrils, Photodirector, Sketching2 Comments

For as long as I can remember I have drawn eyes. Sometimes I’ve even just painted them. I have always drawn faces, my Mom would ask why I drew nostrils when I was about nine or ten, and I said it was because people had them! I’ve never stopped drawing eyes, but I have a definite way I learnt when I was a child and its hard to get out of the habit, they just don’t look realistic. It’s something to do with the shading of the eyeballs, and the eyelids and flesh around them. Hence doodling to play with my technique and used photodirector to change the texture on the drawings.

Dark

Posted on November 10, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Artrage oils, Digital art, Digital drawing, Drawing, Photodirector, Sketcher app, SketchingLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was dark. I decided to use digital apps for my piece today, artrage oils, sketch app and photodirector in that order. It was fun to create this ‘dark’ horse. Lol, it looks rather strange with added textures and plant silhouettesbut it was fun. X

Digital cat

Posted on October 30, 2022 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Cat, Drawing, Filter, Halloween, Life, Photodirector, Pumpkin, Sketching, technique, TexturesLeave a comment

Using a digital filter can steady down analogue drawings. The splodginess of felt pens can get blurred out and the line work becomes more even. I used photodirector to change this drawing. I used the ‘effects’ AI filters and I think I used filter number five on the landscape choice. Somehow the top of the pumpkin looks like a bat….

Nights are drawing in

Posted on October 12, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Colour, Drawing, Life, Lines, Meditation, Moon, Photodirector, SketchingLeave a comment

Drawing for the prompt of ‘nights are drawing in’, I wanted to create a moonrise and I used a previous meditation drawing. I added colour and form, then used a texture app to emphasise the original lines from the drawing, #bandofsketchers.

Watching Sci-fi

Posted on October 1, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Colours, Digital manipulation, Duplicated, Mirrored, Photodirector, star shaped, Symmetry, TextureLeave a comment

I’m watching one of the Star wars movies so I thought I’d create a digital image that reflects the power of the film sets. Full of massive architectural shapes and dark power. This though is a plastic star we have hanging in the living room. I’ve duplicated and twisted it, then added texture and overlays of a lightning storm. Figuring out how to produce an interesting image takes my mind off things.

Window filtered

Posted on September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Colours, contorted, Filter, Mystery, Photo, Photodirector, Playing, Style, WindowLeave a comment

Using a simple filter can change images. I didn’t use the full strength of filter on this because the contorted lines it created was overwhelming. Instead I turned the filter down to about 40%, it gives the photo a bit more mystery I think…. Photodirector style number two filter.

Landscapes joined

Posted on September 1, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blue, Blurred, castellated, Joined, Landscape, Photo, Photodirector, Photography, techniqueLeave a comment

I joined two photos and blurred them with photodirector to give them a blurred, oily effect. I like the way the clouds have become puffed and swirly. The line between the trees and sky has darkened and become almost castellated. Some subtle blues on the left side flow slightly into the right. I like the way things are slurred and smoothed. I just like it.

Autumn is on its way

Posted on September 1, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Fall, fallen leaf, Floor, Leaf, Loss, Photo, Photodirector, Season, TimeLeave a comment

A leaf on our floor has come in to visit today. I put the photo through photodirector to give more texture to it.

Some of our trees are starting to lose their leaves already. I think the lack of water over the last few months has had an effect. Autumn seems to come later each year, with warmer weather the leaves usually stay on longer. It may start now, but trees hold onto their leaves until well into November. But is this leaf a precursor to an earlier fall?

Mallaband-Brown

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