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.

Tonights sketch

Posted on April 26, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, Choir practice, Face, Movement, Picture, Portrait, Shadows, Singing5 Comments

One of tonights choir group, each week I’ve been drawing a participant as they sing. It’s good practice as they are moving and the shadows move with them. If you notice the image is slightly distorted. That’s because I had the sketchpad flat on my desk and it’s caused a slightly elongated drawing that is tipped slightly to the right…

It’s something to check on when you are drawing, sometimes it can cause a lot of distortion if you are not careful.

Summer flowers

Posted on January 24, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Fushias, Gardening, Hot, looking forward, Memory, Photo, Picture, SummerLeave a comment

Pink summer Fushias. Looking forward six months and they will be here in June or July. A riot of colour covering our wet and soggy gardem and back yard. I can’t wait. Flowers are uplifting and cheering. They make great subjects to paint and though green has been proved to calm the mind, I think the colours of flowers add joy and happiness… .

Abstract Sun and Moon

Posted on January 24, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #30daysketchbookchallenge, #MendNotTrend, Art, Digital drawing, Drawing, Flood fill, Fun, Picture, prompts, Sketch appLeave a comment

After the #30daysketchbookchallenge yesterday and #MendNotTrend last week I decided to draw a few abstract patterns based on the prompts. They are all based on circles, two in colour and one black and white. They were all drawn in the Sketch app I use. I didn’t use any filters for these just lines and the flood fill option (plain and rainbow fills).

Doodles

Posted on January 16, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Contours, Doodle, Experiment, Life, Lines, Painting, PictureLeave a comment

I think I was trying to do abstract faces with lines here. Somehow the doodles at the bottom of the picture seem to fit with the contours above. I don’t remember the canvas so I probably painted over it. Sometimes what you paint is not what you want and you have to scrap it. Sometimes you fool yourself into thinking somethings OK when it really isn’t. I like some things and they just won’t work…. I may try and alter this in a digital app? Don’t know. I think this image is about three or four years old….

Mallaband-Brown

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