At writers group.

Posted on April 28, 2026 Posted in Uncategorized, MemoriesTagged Teapot, Writing, Group, Fun, Fiction, Prose, Stories, Cuppa, communicating, non fictionLeave a comment

Writers group today, prompt was Truth.

We all had different takes on this. Fiction and non fiction. My truth was about symptoms and how they affect my life. One was about getting away from domestic violence. Another was a funny story about three young women competing against each other. It had a good twist at the end.

Eight of us enjoyed two hours of friendly discussion and support. Looking at styles of prose. Non of us want to be arrogant or egotistical, we just want to improve our craft. We may be doing this for fun. But it’s stimulating and interesting.

Plus tea and biscuits helps.

I must finish this

Posted on April 20, 2025 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, cataract, Eyesight, Fine Art, Life, misty, Painting, Stopped, Teapot3 Comments

About three months ago? I started this, but then winter arrived and I stopped painting. My eyesight has got worse, I’ve found myself cleaning my glasses and realised it was my eyeballs that need “cleaning”, my cataracts are getting worse, extending into my central vision. It’s like a vaseline smeared camera lens that they use to make scenes in films look more romantic or nostalgic. In my case it’s like looking through mist. And it’s bloody annoying! Luckily I’m having my eyes checked out to have a cataract operation. Hopefully I will be able to paint again soon.

Finally in progress

Posted on January 25, 2025 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged another painting, Art, Ceramic, Fine Art, Flowers, Pottery, Teapot, Work in progress2 Comments

I started this at art group last November and I hadn’t touched it till today’s art group. That’s about 2 months. I feel guilty that it’s taking so long but with illness and one thing and another it’s taken me this long to get going again. It’s a work in progress and I want to try and get a better feeling of three dimensions to the teapot.

I working the pattern out as I go along and I need to take into account the lighting aswell. It’s been four hours and I didn’t want to stop, but the session only lasts till 2.30pm

Teapot use

Posted on January 22, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cafe, Chairs, Cream, knives and forks, Light, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Table, Teapot, WindowLeave a comment

If you don’t have a lid what can you do?

Knives and forks and gilding.

A menu clipped to a board,

Light through a window

And cast down from a chandelier.

Chairs and tables

Scrubbed and clean

Let’s get a coffee

With lots of cream.

Distracted

Posted on January 5, 2025 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Art, bills, Chair, Darkness, Life, Mug, Painting, Teapot, Thinking, TV remotes, WinterLeave a comment

Things have got in the way and I have hit a block with my painting of a teapot. I mean both physically and mentally.

You can see some of what is obstructing it. I need to move things, it’s just that I am mentally stuck. I think its the low light levels as this seems to get me every year. One day soon I hope have this finished.

Teapot WIP

Posted on October 26, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue and white, Commission, Design, Fine Art, Life, Painting, Teapot, Work in progress2 Comments

On the easle today, a friend wants a blue and white teapot painting, (acrylic on canvas).

It’s taken me months to start painting this. I have to have a steady hand. The difficult bit will be trying to paint floral patterns on it and get the lighting correct. Wish me luck.

Pots

Posted on July 15, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, BCB, Fine Art, pots, Prompt, Sketching, Teapot, Watercolour sketchLeave a comment

A really old painting I did from when we visited a BCB exhibition at Spode I think. I really liked this watercolour so I thought I’d share it. This was my selection for today’s #bandofsketchers prompt “pots”.

6 years ago, teapot

Posted on January 17, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Burleigh, Burslem, Calico, Life, Painting, Pattern, Spode, Studio, Teapot, Time4 Comments

I painted this teapot six years ago when I first moved into my studio at Spode. This is a medium sized acrylic on canvas. It’s from my imagination, and the flower design is based on the pattern ‘calico’ by the Burleigh pottery. I think its based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. I made the wooden panels up from my memory. I still have this painting at my studio at Spode.

Plant silhouette

Posted on June 24, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cactus, Glass, old plant, Photograph, Plant, Teapot, Window, window pane, Windowsill2 Comments

On a windowsill in Spode. The plant fits in with the background of a metal window frame and frosted glass. The buildings outside are hidden from view. The old teapot adds to the ancient feel of the image. It just needs a spiders web to make it really spooky.

Need to take better photos…

Posted on March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Fine Art, Jug, Painting, Pottery, Spode, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Teapot, Willow pattern2 Comments

Three pottery paintings I did a few years ago. The one of the jug is going to a new home soon. ❤️

I took them to a joint performance of our Clay chorus and the Starfish choir because we were singing a song about the Willow pattern (this is based on a Spode platter) and also a ship called Hispaniola bringing pottery clay from across the seas that had been written for us by Mark Whitter. I was very proud to have my work appreciated.

I am making cards from these if I can so I need better photos to show them clearly .

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Teapot