Misty morning

Posted on April 23, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Fog, Horror, Life, Mist, Short story, Story, Time, Trees, Very short story, WoodLeave a comment

The trees sat in a thin mist rising up from the pools. Moss making the paths slippery. Branches and twigs had broken off in the winds of the night before.

What walked out of that wood was not alive. It had risen during the darkness, disturbed by the roots of the trees. It looked out through the mist and watched for anyone passing close by. It waited without thought. Without intelligence, but with quiet patience. Darkness had started to fall again when it heard the sound of steps. Steady and strong. The steps of a man walking home through the wood. Taking a shortcut. As the moon brightened the pathway a figure lurched in front of him. And then they both sank down into the pool. Together forever.

Blue roses

Posted on April 23, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Closed website, Digital, Digital drawing, Drawing, Sketchfu, Sketching, Time, WebsiteLeave a comment

Another Sketchfu. I think that there would be a reference photo and artists at the site would try and copy them. These roses must have been put in dye so that it would be sucked up into their petals. I’ve also seen multicoloured roses and other flowers where the stems are split so different sections get a different colour.

Chocolate orange

Posted on April 23, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, chocolate orange, Closed, Drawing, Memory, Sketch, Sketchfu, Sketching, Time, WebsiteLeave a comment

Another Sketchfu drawing from the now closed site. This is a picture I drew from memory about ten years ago. I used to love eating these at Christmas. I think it was probably a challenge to draw something sweet. Strange how some things suddenly became fashionable but then lose their appeal again. I don’t think I would buy one now.

Earth moves…

Posted on April 18, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Earth, Energy, Life, Moon, Movement, orbits, Spiral, spiral orbit, Sun, Thinking, Time, time machine, Time travel, TravelLeave a comment

We think the Earth goes round the Sun and the Moon goes round the Earth. So at the end of a year the Earth is in the same place as a year ago. Right? Wrong! The Galaxy is spinning and the Sun moves with it through space. The Earth orbits the Sun but because the Sun is moving the Earth spirals along around it, and the Moon curves and spirals round Earth. So hard to try and draw! If we could time travel we would have to move through time and space to get back onto the Earth. But if you take into account the speed we are travelling and the distance we will have travelled around the Galaxy, I imagine it would take a great deal of energy to do it!

Spring flowers

Posted on April 17, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bluebells, Daffodils, Fortnight, Gardening, Life, Plants, Spring, Time, Tulips, UK, Weather2 Comments

It’s almost the end of tulips and daffodils season. Soon it will be bluebells and other spring flowers… Leaves are opening on the trees. Buds swelling with the water that is falling from the April showers. We decided to go out for the day and headed south for a few miles. You could see more leaves on trees the further south we went. I remember hearing on a TV programme once that you could see the spring slowly creeping up the country as the days lengthened and the daffodils flowered. It might have said it takes two weeks to go from the far south to the far north? Not absolutely certain though.

Tired

Posted on April 14, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Drawing, Hubby, Midnight, Night, Profiles, Shakespeare, Sketching, Sleepy, Time, TiredLeave a comment

Watching a film about Shakespeare after he had finished writing plays and returned home to Stratford on Avon. I drew my husband last night, and I’m struck by the similarity of their profiles. Now I’m tired, I want to watch the film (starring Kenneth Branagh) but I didn’t sleep at all last night. Its almost midnight and I need a rest. Goodnight world.

Seashore mosaic

Posted on April 6, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Bay, Digital manipulation, Experiment, Landscape, Life, Photoshop, Rocks, Sea, Sky, Time4 Comments

Photoshop landscape using mosaic photos to break up the image. It’s an interesting effect but is it a bit jarring? The secrion of the sky seems to have too many black bits I’m it. This is years old and I can’t remember when I did it. I have numerous pictures that I created over several years. I am very interested in artistic experiments. X

The mirror cracked

Posted on April 1, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Face, faded, Fog, Life, obscured, Photo, Poem, Poetry, self portrait, split, third eye, Time2 Comments

I posted this on Instagram and my friend said she could see my third eye!

I like to be obscured

And obscure

Hide my light

Under a bushel.

Blue and red and grey

Like an old TV set

With a cracked screen

A play for today

Trying hard

Not to implode

But dissappear into

The fog of time

Faded in the light

Report finished.

Posted on March 30, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, College, Digitally manipulated, Fine Art, Illustration, Life, Mirrored, Painting, report, Time2 Comments

Feeling a bit less stressed. I’ve got my report in with a day to spare! Gives me time to try and solve another problem tomorrow! If only life was easy. I think I’m going to have another sleepless night while I worry about that. Then next I’ve got to finish putting my Illustration portfolio together. I have almost a month so time to do some more experiments and trials. I want to write some limericks for it too!

Draco

Posted on March 30, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Astronomy, constellations, Draco, Dragon, History, Life, Mythology, Night sky, report, Thinking, Time8 Comments

Draco, the dragon constellation and Ursa minor. Draco writhes up the northern night sky from the constellation Hercules up to Lyra. It sits near the north pole of the ecliptic. It was first identified by Ptolomey in the 2nd century. It remains one of 88 modern constellations.

I’ve found out a lot as I’ve written my college report. Eastern dragons are wise and benign, western ones evil and dangerous. They have lots of different appearances that vary depending on where they are were from or the time they were imagined. No legs, two legs, four legs, winged. Dragons seem to have evolved through time and now a more standardised anatomy seems to have emerged. I wonder how dragons will change in the future?

Mallaband-Brown

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