Red sky this morning

Posted on January 22, 2023January 22, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Weather, Sky, View, Dawn, Sunrise, Sunset, Morning, Dorset, Red sky, red sky in the morningLeave a comment

This photo doesn’t do it justice. I don’t have a great view of the horizon because its obscured by trees and buildings, and the window needs clearing of ivy that is growing around it. There was a yellowish gap in the clouds where the sky was visible, then bars of orange/red clouds lay across it, like sand bars in a shallow sea. Have you ever looked up at the sky and thought it was mimicking an ocean view? It was like that. The best time I ever saw that illusion was when we were driving down to Dorset. We were climbing a big hill and the sunset appeared over the peak of the hill. It looked like the sea with land protruding into it. As we reached the summit the real sea became visible and the sky looked as if the sea was reflected in it. All pinks and golds and bars of lavender grey. We had a lovely week away.

Dotted line?

Posted on December 3, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 'cut here' scissors, Blue sky, Clouds, dotted line, Photo, Sky, Sunlight, SunsetLeave a comment

Sunset with dotted line. (top right corner). I think it’s a telephone line not a glitch on the photo. I wanted to get a shot of the winter sky and terraced houses so I stopped to pull over the car on the way back from the gallery at Middleport. It was good to see some blue sky today, but the wind that cleared away a lot of the clouds was quite cold and cutting. And the dotted line? I feel like I should add some text ‘cut along dotted line’ and add a ✂ scissors icon! Even the world can have random glitches, I could literally have cropped it, but no, more interesting like this!

Digital earth and moon

Posted on December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue and white, Collaboration, Digital drawing, digital tablet, Draw, Earth, Moon, Sketchfu, Sketching, Sky, SpaceLeave a comment

This was an old drawing I did online a few years ago. It was at the website called Sketchfu (closed about five years ago). I’ve always loved astronomy and this was a good challenge to try and get a reasonably accurate drawing using very simple tools. The hardest thing was getting the image blurred enough to feel realistic. Colours were chosen from a couple of hundred choices. There were only five sized circular pens and a slider to alter the opacity. Plus an eraser to clear away mistakes. You could add layers so you could show your progress, or do a collaboration with other artists, the only real problem was the images took ages to load.

Mares tails

Posted on November 19, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Beauty, Blue, Hair, manes, Mares tails, Poem, Poetry, Rain, Sky, subtle, WeatherLeave a comment

Mares tails over head

Flying out across the sky

Fluttering, fraying

Splitting and plaited

Spreading across the blue

Mares tails, mares manes,

Weather vanes

Foretelling Rain.

Sunset

Posted on November 1, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Clear sky, Clouds, High pressure, Life, Low pressure, Meteor shower, Sky, Sunset, WeatherLeave a comment

It’s cloudy again tonight, any sunlight has been stifled by cloud. I’m looking forward to a good, colourful sunset. But if we get that it means we need high pressure and less clouds. That means the sky will clear and heat will be lost so we will get colder weather and frosts. At the moment we are getting gusty winds from the south and scattered heavy showers. It’s knocking the old leaves off the trees. I hope it does clear up, apparently the Taurid meteor shower is due.

Anyway when did this blog turn into a weather forecast? Hmm, must think of something else x

Clouds

Posted on October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cloud, Clouds, Cold, darts, Frost, Ground, Poem, Poetry, Rain, Sky, Sunset, Water, WeatherLeave a comment

Clouds spread across the sky

Small ones grow

Darken and throw

Water darts onto the ground

Streaming rain falls down

Clouds disintegrate

As sunset arrives.

Without clouds the earth grows cold.

Frost fixed white on the ground

Then floating high

More clouds arrive

In our skies..

Balloon

Posted on September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Adventure?, Balloon, balloon flights, Blue, Heat, high, Light, Poem, Poetry, Sky, Trentham GardensLeave a comment

Catching the sun

Up in the sky

Over the trees

Lighter than air you fly

Heat rises up

Into the envelope

Shaped and sewn

A flying sphere

View from above

Seeing the ground

Eventually landing

Safe and sound.

Classic cars

Posted on September 11, 2022September 11, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blue, bonnet, Car, Classic cars, Etruria Industrial museum, fiesta, hood, mini, Riley, SkyLeave a comment

We visited Etruria Industrial Museum today where they were holding a classic car fair outside on the field near the museum. They had many different cars, from this Riley to Ford Fiestas. Old Minis to a touring bus/coach. I took quite a few photos and this was a favourite. The sun was shining and it was quite warm and the sky was reflected in the car bonnet. Had a lovely afternoon.

Clouds over carpark

Posted on August 20, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Clouds life, cumulonimbus, cumulus, Memories, Sky, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

Look up, see the blue, but then see the clouds. Mottled grey and white. When I was a child I was obsessed with clouds. In sewing class I embroidered white and grey clouds on a blue background. When I did art foundation I painted a cloudscape in quink ink. The colour of it, a darkish grey blue, split into browns and blue when you added water. I’ve painted clouds reflected in the windows at Spode in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Knowledge of clouds. I wish I could recognise them and their types. I know some names, cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratus, etc, etc,…

Night sky

Posted on August 6, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Change, Digitally manipulated, Night sky, Owl, Owl painting, Sky, Space, StarsLeave a comment

My owl painting has a grey background like moving air. But today someone suggested adding a starry night sky. I decided to digitally change the background and I have to agree. The paints are coming out and I will change it. Its good to have someone else looking at your work. It can change your opinion. I think you have to be open to other ideas. But also you have to stick to your guns if you don’t feel it will better. I hope that makes sense.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Sky