Little paws

Posted on October 29, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Cute, Depth of field, Head, Paws, Photo, Picture, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Foreshortening does things like making my cats head look large and her paws small. It’s because the main focus of the photo is her head and everything else is further away from the lens including the paperweights, which are actually almost as big as her head. They are all in focus because of the depth of field. (the distance from the lens that stays in focus when you take a picture). The photo was taken on my mobile phone. If I had taken a picture at about the middle of her body I think everything would have been more in proportion. You can use the position of your camera phone to get interesting effects.

Overflow

Posted on June 10, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged cartwheel, Life, Nature, overflow, Photo, Picture, Spring, WalkLeave a comment

Overflow to a lake or pond. I was stuck by how it was constructed with something that looked like a cartwheel to stop people or things falling in? A bit flimsy. Perhaps it needs a grating or lid on top. Still the moss on the spokes was very natural. The water must be quite clean x

Working on a drawing

Posted on April 29, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Commission, Drawing, Friend, Life, nephew, Pencil sketch, Picture, Portrait, SketchingLeave a comment

Portrait of a friends nephew. I’ve just started it using a dark grey pencil crayon. It needs some more work and I will try and include some of the background to make it more cohesive. I need to work on the shading. If I squint my eyes I can work out the tonal range. Clearly the forehead needs darkening on the left hand side. I’ve only got today and tomorrow to finish it!

7% battery

Posted on February 12, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Cat, Flat, flat battery, Humour, Life, Phone, Photo, Picture, Poem, Poems, Silly3 Comments

6% now..

I’m fading fast

It’s going to go

There’s no way

I’ll get to the end

Unless I get

This plugged in again!

My battery now

Is 5%

No tags recorded

Or categories set

So I shall finish

I shall end

Now 4%

This poe

Sketchbooks

Posted on January 25, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cafe, Fun, Memory, Picture, Prestatyn, Sketching, tea shop, Teddy bears, WalesLeave a comment

I just found this photo, and my mind is taken back to a Sunday afternoon in Prestatyn, Wales. We were visiting family and decided to call in here to have a coffee and cake. The place was part cafe, part second hand shop. The window ledges were covered in succulents (money plants). I remember a huge Teddybear on one side of the room with a big nose. A teapot sign hung in the window. The cafe was near the railway station.

Taking a sketchbook out helps me remember places, it gives me a reference point, and as it takes time to draw the image its not like a photo, it’s got less information but you can choose how it looks (miss things out, add things).

I don’t always remember my sketch books, but when I do, and I have the time to draw or paint I really enjoy it.

Wide eyed

Posted on December 18, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, Black ink, Charcoal, Drawing, Face, Felt pens, Imagined, Life, Picture, SketchingLeave a comment

I was trying to draw a face that had a child like quality as an example for the children’s book project I’m doing for college. I used black ink fine liner pen to draw and shade it and add some freckles. I was worriedcthe shading was a bit to strong so I decided to use a charcoal pencil to add a bit of softness. Then I coloured the eyes and the lips (I’m planning to use black and white drawings with small coloured highlights). Each drawing is different but it’s helping me decide what I’m doing.

Found, tiny skull

Posted on December 2, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Image, Memories, Photo, Picture, sellotape, Skull, Still life, Time, tiny skullLeave a comment

I placed this skull inside a roll of sellotape to give an idea of scale. It’s sitting on an A6 sketchbook. I think we found it on a walk about ten years ago. I think it’s a rodents skull but the jaw is missing. I have it in my office room and use it when I want to do a still life (death)… A memento mori?

What is death, what happens when we die. To be left as just the bones. Oh sorry, getting a bit maudlin.

Sad

Posted on July 11, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Drawing, Face, fine ink pen, Picture, Sad, self portrait, SketchingLeave a comment

The #bandofsketchers prompt today was sad. I looked for Sad images, but it came up with handsome or pretty people, sad cat memes and info about seasonal effective disorder. So I drew myself pulling a sad face. Black fine point ink drawing.

Using monoprint

Posted on June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic paint, Art, Black and white, Drawing, Experiment, monoprint, Picture, Portrait, Sketching, TextureLeave a comment

Ten minute sketch using cut out monoprint

The monoprint was made by rubbing paper onto black paint brushed onto silver foil and then scratched through a bit. I then cut out a shape to fit to the shape of the woman body and arm, side of the face and hair, (basically the shaded side of her face and body). This was a bit nerve wracking as I only had ten minutes to do the cutting out, sticking, and drawing the rest of the portrait. I used the monoprint from a stock of them I’d made already.

Back to life

Posted on May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, black ink liner pens, Drawing, falcon, Felt pens, Mouse, mouse mat, Observational drawing, Picture, Sketchbook, SketchingLeave a comment

In January I started a back to life sketchbook for my college course. This was day ones drawing, a falcon on my mouse at, pens and my computer mouse. I continued drawing every day from then on, I have done all sorts of drawings and I’m still doing them (today was some ice cubes). That effort has been interesting, sometimes confusing, difficult to maintain if I could not find something to observe and draw. But it has been rewarding. My imagination has been stretched and expanded. My ideas generation has improved. I would recommend drawing everyday to anyone who is interested in art.

Mallaband-Brown

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