An old tee shirt.

Posted on May 16, 2024 Posted in Uncategorized, MemoriesTagged Life, Prompt, Recycle, Repair, Clothes, Tee shirt, Reuse, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1940Leave a comment

What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today?

My tee shirts are getting holey before I throw them away. Most of my clothes are more than five years old and many are much older. If I get rid of them I put them out for charity or take them to a clothes bank for recycling. I can’t afford to spend lots of money on clothes. I’m not a designer shaped person (thin), I’m short and chubby. I’ve never bought clothes by well known makers. If it fits and it looks OK that’s good enough for me.

Why waste money on clothes you wear once or twice then throw them away? I think the reuse, repair, recycle, restore values are the ones to live by.

In memory

Posted on May 8, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Challenge, Dreams, Esther Chilton, Loss, Memory, Poem, Poetry, Prompt, Sadness, Time, Writing2 Comments

I saw a prompt on Esther Chilton’s page “dreams” and decided to write a poem about loss to respond to it. Here it is.

In my dreams you are still here

I grasp your hand to pull you near

To say “goodnight” to you my sweet,

As my heart trips and skips a beat,

To have you here, to hear you speak,

That is the dream I really seek.

I know that you have gone away,

Will never see another day.

I’m in a dream now, holding on

To memories of you though you’ve gone.

Mouth

Posted on May 7, 2024 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Digital drawing, Drawing, Fire, lava, magma, Prompt, Sketching, VolcanoLeave a comment

My friend did a river mouth image for this prompt. It gave me an idea, so instead of drawing a mouth with teeth I decided to draw the mouth of a volcano starting to erupt. For #bandofsketchers prompt. ‘mouth’, digital drawing.

Eyes prompt

Posted on April 30, 2024 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, ArtRage app, Digital drawing, Drawing, Eyes, Face, Life, Prompt, Sketching2 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was eyes. Well I had a go, digital drawing with a stylus. Eyes drawn on my Artrage app. I’m shaking a bit much to get a neat image. I used various pen and smudge tools to get a softer image but I want to try and do some real painting and drawing soon if I can overcome my shaking.

Pattern prompt

Posted on April 28, 2024 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Digital drawing, Drawing, Pattern, Photodirector, Prompt, sketchbook app, Sketching, symmetrical, TreeLeave a comment

For #bandofsketchers prompt pattern, I was playing with a previous digital drawing. I altered it in my Sketchbook app on my phone to add more symmetrical patterns and lines, then I adjusted it in photodirector.

Pink

Posted on April 28, 2024 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, ArtRage app, Digital drawing, Life, lips, Mouth, Pink, Prompt, SketchingLeave a comment

#bandofsketchers prompt was pink, Following on from my nose drawing, here’s some pink lips x not brilliant, maybe I should have drawn flowers. I’ve tried to be accurate but I think I’ve created a trout pout! Anyway it’s drawn in the Artrage app on my phone.

Science and Art

Posted on April 26, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1920, Fine Art, Juno probe, Nasa, Painting, Prompt, Science, triptych6 Comments

What topics do you like to discuss?

That’s why I like trying to paint astronomical pictures, like this tryptic of Jupiters pole based on the photos by NASAs Juno probe.

I’ve always been interested in both subjects, I wouldn’t say I was an expert, I will always check my facts if I write about science, but I enjoy thinking things through. And having a visual mind helps me imagine how things work.

Art is my first love, I worry that I will find it increasingly difficult to create since my diagnosis with Parkinsons disease. I would be bereft if I could not continue. I hope that better treatment becomes available, another reason for being interested in science

Finishing work

Posted on April 24, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Art, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1918, Fine Art, Hubby, Life, Memory, Prompt, Studio, Time, WorkLeave a comment

Describe a risk you took that you do not regret.

I gave up work to mainly look after my hubby whose mental health was deteriorating. I could have carried on, but circumstances were also changing in my job. The way we worked was reverting back to old fashioned ways which I felt was detrimental to our clients. I’d fought hard to help them more and it felt like their needs were being forgotten while money was saved. Services were being slashed. I had to go, and I never regretted it, I just felt sorry for my fellow workers who I left behind. Covid and other problems meant that I didn’t make a go of my small business, but at least I tried.

Driving

Posted on April 22, 2024April 22, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1916, Distance, Driving, Health, Life, Nervous, Prompt, Time, TravelLeave a comment

What makes you nervous?

As you get older you become more aware of your infirmities. If you are sensible you will take that into account when you drive. It’s not just for your benefit, it’s for the people who are driving or who are travelling around you.

Things like sight, strength, hand eye coordination, reaction times are all important. You must notify the relevant authorities if there is something wrong with you.

There are many places I would have happily visited until recently, but I’m nervous of travelling any distance without someone alongside me. I will continue to take care and drive carefully and not put anyone else at risk.

Mountains

Posted on April 5, 2024 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, ArtRage app, Digital drawing, Drawing, Mountains, Photodirector, Prompt, StylusLeave a comment

Purple mountain #bandofsketchers prompt was mountain, I drew this in Artrage app then adjusted it in photodirector. I must get back to real drawing soon.

Mallaband-Brown

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