Tuesday 30 April 2024

And Another One!

 


Marker pens in moleskine sketchbook

Working with marker pens has been interesting but I’m still not achieving the result I was hoping for.  I may try going back to watercolour - pen & wash.  The strength of the marker pens can be overwhelming and I’m not too keen on the bleed through either.  Although it has been fun sometimes to use the bleed through to create another picture.

I do enjoy using the fine liner for the sketch and I’m warming to the subject matter, but the colouring is not quite there.




Sunday 28 April 2024

Good to be back!

 


Marker pens

Hello everyone, sorry I’ve been away too long.  For personal reasons I was unable to indulge in my painting for quite some time.  But now I’m back and experimenting with quick sketches.

I decided that I would face my fears as in try sketching buildings.  I like quirky and the wonkier the better.  Some have been quite successful and some not so, but it’s all been a learning curve.

I know what I want to achieve, but I’m not quite there yet.

Here are a few… the good, the bad and the ugly.  You choose which is which! lol 😂 

Pen and wash

Pen and ink

Ink

Marker pens

All completed in less than 60 minutes.  There are some bits I like, some I really dislike, but above all I have really enjoyed getting the sketchbook out again!




Thursday 18 November 2021

Teddies, teddies everywhere!

Just introducing a few of my teddies.  I love sketching them and often write their little stories too.  The grandkids love this.

First is Beryl, she loves to shop and was quite put out when the pandemic hit and our world was turned upside down.  She armed herself with a face mask and hand sanitiser and headed for the shops, even when the only shops open were the supermarkets! 

Boris is not actually a Teddy, but is in fact a bulldog.  However he gets along tremendously with all the teddies and just loves to compete with Trevor all the time.

Trevor, the Traveller.  Trevor adores travelling and has made his was to various parts of the United Kingdom, Paris and Italy.  His trip of a lifetime was to be to Peru and the Amazon.  However this was curtailed at the eleventh hour when Covid struck and Peru closed it’s borders.  This happened on the evening before Trevor was due to fly out.  He was, as you can imagine, devastated.  Boris didn’t help by sniggering about it at every opportunity, calling it Trevor’s trip that never was!

Garth, always on hand for a cuddle or a kind word.

Jacques Bernard comes from Paris and is quite homesick.  However he has now met a delightful young Teddy named Isabella, who is in fact a fellow Parisienne (or so he believes!).

And this is The Quirky Bird who needs no further introduction! 

 

Monday 16 December 2019

Too long

Yes it’s been far too long since I posted on this blog.  Life kind of got in the way but I never stopped sketching and painting, albeit not as often as I would have liked.  However, I am hoping that this will all change in the New Year 2020.  I have cut down on the day job (reducing to just one day a week). So I shall have much more time to devote to my artwork.  To push things off I have given you a few of my daily sketches here.









Wednesday 23 November 2016

Rain

Waiting in the rain

Oils on deep canvas

Made a start on this, lots to rectify.

Wednesday 26 October 2016

Moonlit tides


Oils on canvas

Took longer than 60 mins but it's so very good to get back into painting again just had to share. 😘

Saturday 8 October 2016

Sleepy head

Teddi relaxing... quick sketch in graphite