‘Underneath’ day 28 usk challenge.

Posted on May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Day 28 usk challenge, Drawing, Glitter ball, Life, Mobiles, Sketching, Staffordshire, Usk challenge, Usk Stoke-on-Trent2 Comments

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This is underneath the arch in our living room. There are various things hanging off it, like a disco glitter ball, which I sometimes shine a torch at when music is playing. Then there’s a star that lights up and changes colour, a model of a usaf plane and an old cardboard mobile of the solar system, which is so old it still includes Pluto! Also luminous stars stuck on the underside of the arch.

USK Stoke-on-Trent challenge had pushed me with lots of prompts. I thought of looking underneath the table, or at the shed roof, or even ‘Underneath the canopy of stars’, but this was easier. I haven’t added a great deal of detail as it is a sketch.

Front door / cell door?

Posted on May 15, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #uskstoke, Art, Door, Drawing, Front door., Lockdown, Pencil sketch, Sketching, Urban sketchers challenge, Urban sketchers Stoke on trentLeave a comment

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Door

Day 27

Usk Stoke-on-Trent challenge.

Friday 15th May 2020.

The choice of this door was basically because its our barrier to the world. It keeps out people, and keeps us in.

Only when the scientists say its safe to do so will I venture out without a mask.

So my Urban sketches stay indoors or inside the garden. This challenge has given me something to do each day. Keeping me calm, and mostly not winding me up!

Usk challenge, day 25, ‘dizzy’…

Posted on May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #uskstoke, Art, Bathroom, Dizzy, Drawing, Fun, Humour, Life, Sketching, Spinning, Usk challenge Stoke-on-TrentLeave a comment

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Dizzy? How do you draw that? I spun round in the bathroom and then decided to do a panoramic drawing. Only one object missing (lol).

I was trying to think about how to depict dizzy, I almost tried to add a bit of blurring, like motion blur. But that wouldn’t be true to life. I could also have drawn our dizzying array of books. But I think people already know about that. So to the tune of ‘you spin me, baby, right round’, I will pinwheel into the distance, byeeee!

Turned the whirlpool into a seashell.

Posted on May 12, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital manipulation, Drawing, Fun, Morphing drawings, Pattern, Photo director app, Seashell, Sketching, WhirlpoolLeave a comment

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I tried to change the whirlpool into a seashell… Then I added gold glitter kiss paint. It looks like sand. I put it through the photo director app , there is a way of creating bits flying off the picture. In the animation it looks like the seashell is under water, the bits coming off look like they are floating. Totally random result. I wish I could share it here, but it’s on my Instagram account. X

Life drawing live

Posted on May 12, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Bbc TV, Drawing, Life drawing, Life drawing live, Sketching4 Comments

Just been drawing at the BBC life drawing live TV programme. A series of short poses of models, all done under social distancing rules. 15893172736382071260241553628239

It was quite stressful. Trying to see the model on the TV when you only have a small screen. I needed a closer view. But overall I enjoyed it.

Various things used to draw, ink pen, charcoal pencil, a metallic pencil and 5b pencil.

Whirlpool

Posted on May 11, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Animated, Art, Doodling, Drawing, Glitter glue, Instagram, Pattern, Permanent marker pens, Sketching4 Comments

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Another abstract. Just silver glitter glue swirled around, then permanent markers using blues, greens and purple to create a spiralling pattern. Why? I don’t know. Spirals have always appealed to me. Spiral galaxies, spirals in ammonites, spiral cloud formations, spirals in the seed heads of sun flowers.

Of all the shapes I see in the world, these are my favourites.

I put this through photodirector and the subsequent animated clip is on my Instagram account.

Love, today’s challenge, day 22.

Posted on May 10, 2020May 10, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #uskstoke, Art, Challenge, Drawing, Fun, Love, Sketching, Tractor, Urban sketchers Stoke on trentLeave a comment

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He loves his tractors, I love him, I’m not sure I love his hair.

I just realised how long my hubby’s hair is getting. If I cut it will he be like Sampson and lose his strength? Should I put it in a pony tail? He does have the look of a mad professor!

Anyway I did this one early, I’m usually a lot later doing a sketch for our Stoke Urban Sketchers challenge, but the prompt was love. My hubby was a good model, and including the tractor calendar just worked. If you look the little drawing above the bowl on the wall is meant to be me sketching. My friend did a caracature of me and its on the wall there. X

Today’s challenge was ‘busy’

Posted on May 9, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #uskstoke, Art, Bird, Blackbird, Drawing, Gardening, Life, Sketch, Sketching, Tidying, Usk Stoke-on-Trent, Working4 Comments

Today’s drawing session, these are for my Urban Sketchers Stoke-on-Trent daily challenge. I thought I would share them, I was planting up pots and trying to tidy up, plus attacking the ivy that’s taken over the garden. Finally had a beer with my hubby and then came round onto the back yard to listen to the blackbird singing on the chimney tops. That was wonderful. So melodious

Cutlery drawer

Posted on May 7, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #uskstoke, 5b pencil, Art, Black ink, cchallenge, Challenge, Cutlery drawer, Drawing, Fun, Sketchbook, Sketching, Usk Stoke-on-TrentLeave a comment

USK Stoke challenge today was to do a sketch of your cutlery drawer. The final sketch had black ink lining round the objects which I originally did with just 5b pencil, but it looked too indistinct.

Sketching is getting to be a habit now. I don’t think I can stop when it gets to the end of this particular challenge. To add to that I also like the fact that the ideas are from different people, so they are eclectic choices. It’s much more interesting drawing things like cutlery as well as the view out the window.

What will tomorrow bring?

Abstract doodling

Posted on May 7, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Art, Catterfly, Drawing, Fun, Glitter pad, Mirroring, Pattern, Permanent markers, Sketch pad, Sketching, SplodgeLeave a comment

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Fold some paper in half, splodge some purple ink on one side and press the two sides together. You get a pattern. I’m also using a spray of green ink on one of them. The results are above. I don’t know whether I like them, but it was fun doing them.

The first is called abstract catterfly and the second abstract splodge, (well it is!).

Used Nibb permanent markers, a spectrum noir ink brush, cosmic shimmer mist, mica shimmer and a cosmic shimmer glitter kiss sponge pad. Drawn on an A5, heavy weight, Windsor and Newton sketch pad.

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