Today’s #bandofsketchers sketch

Posted on October 20, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black and white, Drawing, Hand, Life, Pen and ink, Prompt, Sketch6 Comments

Today’s prompt for #bandofsketchers was a drawing of a body part, so I chose to draw my hand, drawing the sketch! I’ve seen other drawings where a person has drawn their hand and a sketch pad balanced on their crossed legs. Adding the shadow of my pen and my hand on the sketchbook to try and indicate this is a sketch, also not completing the line at the base of the box. When I do a sketch like this I have to try and think logically about how it works, what it’s meant to indicate and whether I need to include all the details or if I can leave some more sketchy.

Drawing with nail varnish

Posted on October 14, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Design, Experiment, Fun, Looking, Nail varnish, Playing, Portrait, Sketch4 Comments

This is a thing now. I had a sketchy picture of my hubby done on black paper. I’d used pastels to do the drawing back in September, but after playing with nail varnish to draw a landscape view, I decided to use them on the drawing. It certainly had an interesting effect. It’s shiny and the colours change depending on where the light bounces off. I finished it off with adding a few lines with a silver marker pen. It reminds me of oil on water.

Audrey?

Posted on October 14, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Audrey Hepburn, Drawing, Fun, Life, Pink, Sketch, Website, Youdraw, Youdraw.comLeave a comment

A tiny sketch I did at Youdraw.com of Audrey Hepburn a few years ago. I drew it in a tiny box on the site using a thick and thin black pen and thin and thick eraser. I added the pink later. That’s why the image is pixellated. It’s interesting if you can make something recognisable from only a few marks.

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Posted on October 13, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black paper, Cup, Drink, Mug, Painting, Sketch, Tea, Teapot, WatercolourLeave a comment

A proper cup of Tea.

Quick watercolour sketch of my brown Bessie tea pot and a mug of Tea. It started out as a graphite pencil sketch but you couldn’t really see it against the black paper so…. I filled in some of it, I made up some of it. I was going to leave some of it black but I used washes of dark blue and dark red to give it more oomph.

Art is fun, art let’s you free yourself, creativity can be good for you.

Neighbourhood 2, #bandofsketchers prompt

Posted on October 13, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black paper, Landscape, Life, Neighbourhood 2, Painting, portmeirion, Sketch, Watercolor1 Comment

Today’s prompt was neighbourhood again, to give us the chance to expand (and possibly join up) with Sundays and Thursdays sketches.

This is the view across the road from my front food. Dark cloud lowering, sun hitting coloured leaves, painted in watercolours on black paper. I used white watercolour from a tube to try and cover the black paper. The other colours had to have white mixed in so that I could get the colours to show up on the black paper. I’m quite pleased with the result.

Did I ever share my Boris Johnson cartoon here?

Posted on September 29, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Arts, Black and white drawing, boris, Caracature, creative world, Illustration, johnson, Mane, Sketch, yellow hair4 Comments

Hear no Art, See no Art, Speak no Art.

Cartoon created as part of a project on my college course. My copyright.

It was something I drew in July 2020 I think but it seems more valid now since the Arts are in such a perilous position and the question as to if something is a viable job seems to be a kick in the teeth to the creative industries.

This is Boris Johnson as a boy, based on an image of him as a teenager. I have then surrounded his face with hands and arms, which prevent him (apparently) from seeing, hearing or speaking about the plight of the arts in school, but also in wider society. Very clearly he can see what is happening but seeks to avoid giving the situation his full attention….. The fact that his own government, since 2010, have made cuts in spending totalling billions does not seem to matter to him. He talks about levelling up as if the damage done to society has nothing to do with him. As another yellow haired person on the other side of the ocean presides over crazy policies. I think it is the era of yellow maned fools!

digital background

Posted on September 27, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Art, Artrage oils, Colours, Design, Digital doodle, Digital drawing, Drawing, metallics, Sketch, Woman artistLeave a comment

Another doodle, this time a possible background for something, or even a stand alone piece of art. Created in ArtRage oils and sketch app, digital drawing. learning to use different tools in the apps. I did this a while ago. If I’m not learning and playing with things I get really bored.

that’s it for now, I really have tired myself out just sitting at the computer and typing. Need a rest. Phew! Plus I have not had an evening meal yet and I will have to cook it, might be back later if I feel a bit better.

Favourite chair

Posted on September 17, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Band of sketchers, Chair, Comfortable, Drawing, Favourite chair, Garden, Garden chairs, Geraniums, Late summer, Life, Pears, Sketch, Urban sketching2 Comments

Favourite chair in the garden, but gradually getting submerged into the garden….I’ve got a bit of concern because although these are really comfortable one has a slightly broken arm and the other one is a bit rusty in laces. I guess they will need oiling before the autumn rains set in.

This prompt was from the Band of sketchers group I’m in. I decided to add colour to the picture after drawing with black ink. It meant that I could add to the shadows and increase the contrast. I used some purple to intensify the shadow as my green permanent markers are drying up and I don’t have anything darker than a mid green/turquoise.

The shape of the chair is picked up with the angle of the branches beyond it. The branches curve up to where the pears hang down from the branches. They are still green but I added yellow and orange to make them show up better. The flowers at the bottom are mid purple Geraniums but again I didn’t have the right colour.

I’m pleased with the drawing. I might try something different soon though. I seem to be stuck in one style……

Structure

Posted on September 15, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Band of sketchers, Drawing, Fire escape, Fun, Industry, Life, Pottery, Sketch, Stairs, SuperstructureLeave a comment

View of the fire escape stairs across the road. We live opposite a pottery and of course it looks industrial. The superstructure allows people to come and go at various floors. The doors are always open in hot weather and sometimes people stand on the platforms during hot weather. They have gardens and trees around the grounds. At least they are trying to green the area.

Sketch

Posted on September 14, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Artrage oils, Colours, Digital drawing, Drawing, Face, Female art, Sketch, Sketch app, SketchingLeave a comment

ArtRage oils sketch, edited in Sketch app. 2019. Digital drawing.

I like editing things in one application and then running it through one or two more. In a similar way to using different filters on Photoshop.

I have used lots of different apps over the years but I don’t always remember what I did in each of them which is why they look different each time. I want to find the best selection of drawing tools that I can. I hope they look OK.

Mallaband-Brown

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